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Young school age Japanese children, at a summer camp, combining outdoor activities with classroom instruction in Japanese writing.

Opening scene shows Japanese boys performing gymnastic exercises on a high bar at a beach. As they finish a large group of boys runs from the water's edge behind them. The boys run into an outdoor classroom in the shade of trees, where a teacher is instructing uniformed students how to write Japanese kanji characters. The second of two Kanji characters that spell Nippon (Japan) is shown on the blackboard with numeric guides to the sequence of strokes in which it should be written. Scene shifts to the interior of a classroom filled with boys in checkered uniforms. The teacher in this classroom is using the blackboard to teach writing of the same kanji character. As the teacher uses chalk to write the character, the students copy his motions with their hands in the air, as if writing it themselves. Closeup of the boys at their desks using brushes to form the character on paper. One boy uses a still camera to photograph the character he has written. A student is seen wearing earphones and smiling while listening. An old woman, also wearing earphones, appears to enjoy what she hears as she works preparing food in her kitchen. On a river bank, overlooking the water, a group of boys and a group of girls sit on wooden benches with their respective teachers in the shade of a large tree. Closeup of children's feet resting on a beach of many smooth rounded stones, under the wooden bench. Next, boys are seen splashing one and other in the water,

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062943
Scenes from World War II Battle of Midway documentary film

Segments of film, shot under direction of John Ford,for documentary on Battle of Midway in World War 2. Two U.S. Navy F4F-4s take off successively from deck of an aircraft carrier. A Douglas Dauntless (SBD-3) takes off. Man in steel helmet strains to look directly overhead through binoculars, as a flight of five Japanese zeros peels off overhead and dives. One is seen releasing a bomb. The Five aircraft fly away in trail formation and then reappear flying toward the camera and dropping bombs. Flak clouds hang low in the air. Objects stike the water with splashes. Antiaircraft fire, with tracers visible, is directed at low flying airplane. Two Japanese zero fighters zoom low toward the camera and pull out overhead. A flight of three Douglas Dauntless aircraft in formation.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062996
Excerpts from documentary film about Battle of Midway in World War II.

Scenes shot under direction of John Ford during Battle of Midway. A United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy pilots climbing out of their cockpits after a mission. The aircraft parked on the flight deck of a carrier. The third pilot seen is Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, inventor of the so-called "Thach weave," an aerial maneuver. Japanese flags painted on the fuselages of the aircraft, marking their victories in the air. Pilots climbing down from the aircraft on to the flight deck. The aircraft carrier underway. Other ships underway in the background.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062998
USAAF aircraft flying over and bombing the Ballale Island during World War II.

The bombing of Ballale by the U.S. aircraft during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-24 Liberator and P-38 Lightning in flight over the target area. Planes in flight over the clouds. Bombs being dropped over the target area. Aerial view of the Ballale Island. Smoke arises due to explosions on the island. Airplanes flying in formation.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063012
USAAF airplanes flying over target area and engage in dogfights with Japanese zeros in the Ballale Islands during World War II.

The bombing of Ballale Island in Solomon island by the U.S. aircraft during Pacific campaign in World War II. United States Army Air Froce B-24 Liberators and other airplanes in flight. Airplanes fly in formation over the target area. Aerial view of the Ballale Islands. The airplanes drop bombs over the target area. Smoke from explosions. Also, bombing of Buin Airfield (Kahili) Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero in flight. USAAF P-39 Airacobra crashes. Dogfights of the airplanes and view as an airplane that is hit descends and crashes in water.

Date: 1943, October 18
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063013
USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress, C-47 Skytrain and other airplanes parked at an airbase in Munda, Solomon Islands.

United States Army Air Forces aircraft at an airbase in Munda, Solomon Islands during World War II. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress and C-47 Skytrain parked at the airbase. B-17 crew waits under the wing of an airplane. B-25 Mitchell airplane in flight over the area. U.S. Navy PBY-5A Catalina taxis on the airbase.

Date: 1943, October 20
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063015