A film titled “Ex-Emperor of China appointed Regent of New Oriental state” shows carriages passing by a road as soldiers stand on both side of it in Changchun in Manchuria (Manchukuo). Newly appointed Regent (Chief Executive) and former Qing Dynasty Emperor of China, Henry Puyi, along with new Prime Minister Chang Hsiao-hsu in the Imperial Palace, now the Museum of the Imperial Palace of Manchukuo (No.5 Guangfu North Road, Kuancheng District, Changchun 130052 China).
Soybean cultivation in Manchuria, China. The city of Harbin, the center of soybean production, in northern Manchuria. Several buildings in the city. Fields in the west of Harbin. Prairie region north west of Harbin. A man walking in the fields. A rail track running between the fields. Views of the Hinggan mountain region west of Harbin.
Soybean cultivation in Harbin, Manchuria, China. Farmers in Manchuria moving between fields with horse pulled plows preparing to seed soybean. Buildings in the background. One of the farmers holding a plow. Another farmer beside horses. The farmers beside implements. A rope harness for a four-horse team. A farmer in a field beside a Manchurian plow and a foal. The plow, of which the plow share is the only steel part and other parts are of wood and are homemade. The farmers plowing the field, with the horse-plow, which prepares ridges upon which the seeds are sown. The foal walking beside the horse-plow. A farmer changes a wedge on the beam which helps to adjust the depth of plowing. Views of the ridges. The ridges being rolled by a horse before sowing the seeds. The farmer and the foal walking beside the horse pulling the ridge. A farmer in the field holding a vessel of seeds.
Japanese laborers work hard in various factories creating war materiel, armament, airplanes, tanks. Men and women at work in war production, together with child labor. Japanese make war preparations for World War 2. Japanese soldiers on parade and Japanese tanks seen passing in review. Japanese children being trained and doing various physical exercises. Japanese young boys perform drills and war combat training, calisthenics, and classroom testing. Japanese youth and soldiers learning various martial arts and hand to hand combat. War in Manchuria. Newspaper headlines show the attack of Japan on Hong Kong and Corregidor. Japanese soldiers seen fighting in wars. Scenes of war devastation and dead civilians Manchuria and various areas where Japan has attacked. Bodies loaded onto carts and dead in streets. Japanese officer leading Japanese solders in a banzai cheer.
In New York Harbor, the United States passenger ship SS Manchuria (later the World War 1 troop transport ship USS Manchuria, ID-1633) being loaded with cargo including armament (artillery gun is partially seen). Crew members on the ship loading items from a smaller vessel. Smoke rises from the smokestack of a passenger steam ship as it passes the Statue of Liberty.
General of the Imperial Japanese Army Baron Sadao Araki speaks for a while, with the National flag of Japan (Sun-mark flag) in the background. A group of Japanese hikers is seen on the windy slope of a snow-covered mountain. Camera pans across the snowy scene. Closeups of individual hikers, who seem intimidated by the prospect of continuing their journey. Next, they are seen climbing the mountain, using picks, and lifelines, in an experienced manner. As the leader reaches the summit, he secures their lifeline and assists those behind as they arrive. Shadow of the leader is cast on the snow at the summit. As they cross a Crevasse, one of the climbers falls in, but his descent is stopped by the lifeline. Others work securing the line and pulling him up. With their help, he gains footing up the side of the crevasse and climbs out. Scene shifts completely to the Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, home of the League of Nations. Inside, Japan's chief delegate, Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, is seen objecting to the League's report charging Japan with responsibility for the hostilities in Manchuria. Animated map shows Europe with arrow pointing to Geneva, Switzerland. A cartoon explosion rises there and drifts East to encircle Japan in its smoke, transforming into a steel chain around Japan and environs. It shrinks, successively tightening its grip, choking Japan into its home islands, where the Japanese national Sun-mark flag flies. A train arrives at a crowded station. The crowd contains many persons displaying protest banners and waving small Japanese National flags. Many police are amongst the crowd, maintaining order. Next, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yosuke Matsuoka, arrives from Geneva to report to the Emperor and Government. He steps from a limousine, and walks across an esplanade, followed by many officials. He and they, all bow toward the Imperial Palace, as a photographer takes their picture. For a moment, Yosuke Matsuoka holds a handkerchief to his face as he proceeds across the esplanade. The animated map appears again, this time showing the encircling cartoon smoke ring looping out to enclose part of Manchuria, where the flag of Manchukuo now flies. Scene shifts back to the mountain climbers, who now are descending from the summit. View of clouds below them as they stand with arms raised celebrating their accomplishment with what appears to be three "Banzai" shouts. Final scene is a view from moving railroad train of Mount Fuji and other views of Mount Fuji.