Japanese army officers examining foreign military equipment. A Japanese worker employing electric drill developed in a Western country. The Japanese freighter, Tatsuno Maru, loading scrap iron at a port in the United States. Other Japanese freighters loading coal and oil for shipment back to Japan. View of the Washington Naval Conference in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC, held in 1921-22 and again in 1927 and 1930, to deal with several lingering issues. Glimpse of Japanese people holding flags while gathered near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Glimpse of Japanese army troops on parade. Japanese Navy warships at sea. A fleet of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers and Nakajima Ki-27 pursuit planes, parked on an airfield. A loose formation of Ki-27s airborne. Animated map illustrates Japanese fortification of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall islands in the Pacific. Animated map illustrating China's greater size and population vis-a-vis Japan. Animated map illustrating Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931. New York Times newspaper with headline "Japs Seize Manchuria" hovers over fires burning in Manchuria. Other newspaper headlines reporting on Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia; the Spanish civil war; surrender of Czechoslovakia; invasion of Poland; assaults on France, Belgium, and the Netherlands by Nazi Germany; the London Blitz; and Nazi advances against Russia on the Eastern Front. Fnally, a Boston Hearald extra edition headline reports: "Pearl Harbor Bombed." A still photograph of Japanese Baron Tanaka Giichi (on left) with two other dignitaries, circa 1929. Japanese infantry streaming into Manchuria and then celebrating as they walk into local town. A busy street in a Chinese city. Japanese soldiers in Manchuria escorting local prisoners along a street. Animated map illustrating Japananese warships surrounding harbor of Shanghai, China. View from a Japanese ship bombarding Shanghai. Smoke rising from shell striking on Shanghai waterfront. View from land of severely damaged buildings on a street, and a shell exploding in background, as Chinese defenders move to successfully repel the Japanese forces. New map illustrates subsequent Japanese move, annexing Jehol, from occupied Manchukuo, and Korea. Japanese troops entering a town in Jehol. Sun newspaper headline: "League Censures Japan." Chinese diplomat protesting at League of Nations. Japanese troops exiting railroad trains in Jehol. Aisin Gioro Puyi aka Henry Pu Yi, Kangde Emperor (Kang-te Emperor) of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, is seen saluting Japanese troops on parade. Closeup of Puyi wearing shaded glasses, looking directly into the camera. chiang Kai-shek, with other Chinese officers. Reenactment of barbarian forces riding against China and thwarted by the Great Wall. Many Chinese walking in a long line along the Great Wall. Map tracing the Great Wall across China. Aerial view of the Great Wall from overflying airplane. Japanese troops marching through a city gate; infantry climbing a sheer cliff; and helmeted Japanese soldiers marching past civilians in a city. Map illustrated progress of Chinese unification by year 1937. Japanese officers conferring during occupation. Japanese troops leave a barracks, riding in open trucks. A line of the troop trucks moving along the dirt street of a town. The troops climb from their trucks in the town.
Fulbright Program in Japan. Water splashes over shore. Male dancers in kimono dances at sea shore. Musician play traditional Japanese music. Conductor Jan Popper and his wife, Elizabeth Popper (née Rankin) from the United States (and Czechoslovakia, before that) watch the dance. A man comes and talks to Mr. and Mrs Popper and writes down information in note book. Man stands on deck of a ship underway at sea.
20,000 New York residents dressed in traditional Czechoslovakian clothing march in streets of Manhattan in an Anti Nazi Parade against invasion of Czechoslovakia by Hitler and Nazi Germany, early in World War 2. Men,women and children of all ages hold hands and Allied flags are seen. Banners saying "Jesus not Hitler", "Keep America open for refugees", "Strong union...democracy" and many others can be seen. An overhead view of the parade gathered at Columbus Circle.
Public and press eagerly wait outside the League of Nations headquarters (Palace of Nations, Av. de la Paix 14, 1202 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva to get a glimpse of the delegates leaving the Assembly Hall. Among the delegates leaving the hall include Emile Vanderwelde and Louis de Brouckere of Belgium, Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia, Guiseppe Motta of Switzerland, Maharajah of Kapurthala India, Louis Loucheur of France, Aristide Briand, Sir Austen Chamberlain of Great Britain, Victoria Scialoja of Italy, Nintchitch of the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood in Great Britain, Loudon of Netherlands, Jean Paul-Boncour of France, Joseph Beck of Luxembourg, Prince Arfa of Persia, Guetatcheou of Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Mr. Karl von Schubert of Germany.
The American Canoe Association's Eastern Championship on the Mascoma river in New Hampshire, United States. The participants row through the rough water of the river. The winner of the competition is Wick Walker. The winner will represent the United States at the world contest in Czechoslovakia.
Wide views of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Cars and traffic on busy streets of city of Moscow. Molotov, Foreign Minister, welcomes a number of dignitaries at airport and at a railroad station in Moscow, Soviet Union, as they arrive for the "European Conference on Peace and Security in Europe" held from November 20 - December 2, 1954 (a Soviet-organized event serving as a propaganda counter to NATO and western alliances). Scenes at airport as locomotive train and railroad cars arriving at railway station and dignitaries of various soviet regions greet Molotov and other officials. Dignitaries including representatives of Estonia, Latvia and Czechoslovakia review honor guards and parades.
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