Views of Japanese cities and lifestyle before World War II. Views of a train crossing the Osaka bridge, traffic on road, modern buildings, towers and industries in Osaka. Aerial views, elevated building views, and views from boat moving in water and under bridges busy with traffic including streetcars or trolleys. Mass calisthenics by girls and school children who work in a cotton textile factory. Views of buildings of the textile factory as well as dormitory buildings that house the Japanese workers of the factory. Men and women workers entering factory or housing areas of the manufacturing plant. Women workers at cotton spinning machines and automated loom devices on massive factory production floor. Massive bolts of finished cotton cloth and fabric are completed in production at the factory as men and women workers watch and tend. Department store crowds browse modern goods in department stores of Tokyo and Osaka. Shoppers ride an escalator to upper floors of a modern department store. A woman examines a bolt of cloth presented by a deparment store worker. Shoppers eat in a cafe restaurant. Underground views of subway system bringing shoppers from near and far. Train at subway station. Point of view shot from front of electric train riding on tracks of subway system. Train system from Osaka to Kobe is shown running, and views of boats at sea and beaches in sight of the railroad lines.
A film narrated by General of the Imperial Japanese Army Baron Sadao Araki. Japanese flag in the background. National flags of Japan (Sun-mark flags) are seen on flag poles extending above a moving electric train and on the hood of an automobile. Front view of the train traveling along a rail line powered by overhead electrical wires, in an industrial area. A factory with smoke stacks visible in background. The train passes the camera and scene shifts to black smoke spewing from four metal smoke stacks. Then various industrial scenes are shown in rapid succession, including: a machine printing some sort of documents; an industrial crane raising a closed bucket high above the ground; view from bucket of a crane full of scrap metal being raised high in the air; an empty bucket being lowered by a crane; large shipping containers being offloaded from a ship to barges, below; longshoremen moving boxes of cargo at the port, and others carrying sacks of rice to small boats in a nearby river; a glimpse of a riveter at work; glimpse from above of moving industrial rail cars carrying liquid and bulk cargoes; ground-level views of passing railroad trains and a steam locomotive; a busy street with cars, numerous bicyclists (including one pulling a large cart loaded with boxes. Closeup of a man looking skyward, where a large flock of birds is seen. A group of laborers working in a field with hand tools, such as picks and shovels. Workers tending machinery in a fabric factory. Scene shifts back to General Baron Sadao Araki narrating, for a while, and then shows many factory workers by a large industrial plant, watching a military parade. The national flag flies from a tall flagpole in the factory yard. The color guard of the parading Japanese Imperial Army soldiers carries their rising sun flag and military unit flags. Another parade is seen on the esplanade of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Civilian marchers carry the Japanese national (Sun-mark) flag. People walk together on a street in a commercial district, displaying banners and flags. Boy Scouts parade through a gate of the Imperial Palace, carrying the National flag. An outdoor crowd of enthusiastic men listen to a speaker (unseen). A troop of Japanese soldiers pose with the National and Rising sun flags. School faculty pose in front of a large number of young women. Views downward on an outdoor crowd of cheering men. An outdoor theater, with audience seated on benches. Persons massed carrying flags, raise and lower them in unison. A huge gathering of young women, all dressed alike, outside a wall of the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, which is seen in the background. Camera pans across them. Many uniformed men stand near the Seimon-tetsubashi Bridge to the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo. A conclave of uniformed Boy Scouts and leaders are seen saluting the Japanese National Flag. Closeup of some of them. A large gathering of Girl Scouts cheers three times, in unison. A gathering of uniformed soldiers with massed Rising Sun flags. More views of masses Rising Sun flags. People on a shore, all pulling together on a rope line. The setting sun.
Work, lifestyle of citizens, and landmark places of the Levittown suburban housing community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. A dentist treats a boy reclined on a dental examination chair. A woman sits at waiting room of the clinic. Nurse holds the child and hands over her to the women. Men driving a Good Humor Ice Cream truck pass by and wave. People work at an office. Draftsmen and architects work on drawings of suburban homes and community buildings that are spread over the tables. Man points to places on Levittown's map on a wall. Man points to Levittown's map spread over the table. Man points at a front elevation and yard drawing of a 1950's suburb house. View of shopping mall areas at Levittown with walking promenade and planted greenery between the stores and shops of Levittown. 'Bucks County Playhouse' written on the wall. Board of 'Washington Crossing Thompson Neely House'. View of cost line with fleet of ships. Board of "Levittown station" at local railroad train station. Scene of the Levittown train station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Exterior view of the station and then view of passenger train arriving at the station and passengers emerging from train cars to station. Three women sit at drawing room of a home in the suburbs and talk. A woman brings drinks and serves to men on sofa. A boy sits on a chair and reads. Two boys sit at a table and play. Woman comes to the table and gives drinks to the children.
United States military policemen search and question Japanese-Americans passengers at railroad train station depot next to Santa Anita Assembly Center (horse racing track converted to interment camp), during relocation of Japanese-American citizens in World War 2. Policeman lifts a baby down from the train, women get down from the train and soldiers watch them. Woman and children sit on chairs and officer writes on a paper in front of the woman. Close up views of internees arriving at center including many young children. Inspector frisks pockets and shoes of Japanese-American men. Japanese-American man carries a baby. Girl stands at a table. Inspector inspects suitcase of a woman and points with finger. Men stand at table and talk. A Japanese-American family stands in front of a train. They each have name tags on. Queue of people. Inspector searches a man. Woman walks with inspector. Wide shot of internment camp. (World War II period).
A train carrying Mustafa Kemal Atatürk arrives at a station in Turkey. Smoke arises from the train. Officers and officials assemble to greet Atatürk. Turkish national flags adorn the train station. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk steps down from the train and is greeted and escorted by the officials.
Women work at a farm field in Germany. Trees in the field. Horse-carts on the field. Women harvest wheat and bundle wheat. Women plow fields with horse drawn plow, as men are away at war. Women, girls, and boys help with harvesting food like potatoes. Boys piling up potatoes on field. Young women sort postal mail. They line up to receive piles of mail for sorting and routing. Food goods in a warehouse including boxes of food, sacks of flour, barrels stacked high, slaughtered pigs hanging from hooks, sausages hanging from hooks. Factory workers (mostly boys and older men) eat food in a dining hall at workplace. View from a moving train of a a railway track ahead at a switch with branches to left and right. A train moving by on a railroad track, carrying goods. Officers talk between parked train cars. Workers shovel grain between train cars. Workers in snow connect fuel lines to railroad tanker cars to fill them with fuel for war effort.
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