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The military cadets undergo a training and graduate from the Tokyo School.

A documentary depicts the life of military personnel in Japan . A Japanese soldier on a horseback. The Tokyo School. Students enter the school. Students in a class appear for the military exam. A Japanese officer welcomes the students at the military school. The cadets stand in a squad and listen to him. A military candidate stands on the roof and gives a wake up call. Cadets get ready and move out. They perform different exercises. They practice Jiu-Jitsu. Japanese military cadets attend classes and study different subjects. They are being trained with various equipment. Cadets in a class as they prepare to give proper command. The cadets go into different schools like the cavalry,air force, engineer,artillery. They are being given training in the artillery. A pilot climbs in the cockpit and the aircraft in flight. All the cadets get graduated and a ceremony being conducted. Emperor Hirohito reviews graduates. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047389
US baseball players visit Japan in 1931; also anti-Japanese propaganda circa 1941-1942 during World War 2.

Huge crowd attends baseball game between visiting American players and Japanese team in Tokyo, 1931. Lou Gehrig, Al Simmons and Lefty Grove mentioned by announcer but not seen. American representatives walk out to pitcher's mound to greet pitcher. Shots of Babe Ruth hitting. Shots of Japanese player rounding third, sliding safely into home. Film suddenly morphs into anti-Japanese propaganda circa 1941-1942; shows Japanese newspaper publisher who was murdered. Scenes of sumo wresting and judo seen and compared to alleged acts of Japanese diplomatic and military treachery and spying. Shots of fishermen, tourists, barbers and others said to be spies and soldiers for Tokyo. Closeup of a Japanese man gardening. Japanese men on small fishing boats, raising boat sails, and pulling in heavy loads of tuna fish in nets. Japanese tourists supposedly taking photographs of American ships in Hawaii. Female Japanese barbers giving haircuts. Japanese military officials in Japan organizing papers, films, and incoming information. Japanese industrialist figure emerging from car. Scenes of Japanese industry supporting war preparations: Exterior views of Japanese factories in Osaka, textile mill operations in Tokyo, chemical plant operations in Nagoya, steel mills, and a large newly completed ship being launched in Nagasaki. Overhead view of steel mill operations. View of a slum town area in Japan and simple living arrangements of Japanese citizens. Japanese laborers at work in small home factories for textiles, pottery, and other goods, said to be in "semi-slavery." Workers include men, women, and child labor. Shows production of goods said to be produced in other countries that are pirated, mislabeled by Japan, and dumped abroad to undercut competitors. Products shown include factories and production lines for spark plugs, scotch whiskey, matches, silk, cotton, bottled beer, toothbrushes, hair brushes, hair combs, and American flags. Shipping dock areas in Japan showing large ships at docks, cranes in use, and importing of oil, rubber, scrap iron, tin for war materiel.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040808
Launching of the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38), her name honoring the historic Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

USS aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) being launched from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Mrs. Josephine Doolittle sponsors the USS aircraft carrier. Crowd cheers as the USS Shangri-La is launched. Flashbacks show B-25 aircrafts taking off from the USS Hornet to bomb Tokyo Japan in the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. The base identified for that attack had been the non-existent "Shangri-La". U.S. President Roosevelt decorates General James Doolittle who was the Commander of Doolittle Raid. USS Shangri-La is christened and slides into the waters at Norfolk. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, February 24
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040794
Japanese people bow in front of the gates of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan.

Japanese people in front of the gates of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan to bid the Shōwa Emperor a Happy New Year. The front of the Palace Gate shows Japanese people bowing. Dai-Ichi Building (Dn Tower 21, 1 Chome-13-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan) in the background. A Japanese family bows in union. Before they bow, coats and hats are removed and laid under the arm. A family of two children and their parents line up and bow. The children are dressed in kimonos. Several girls line up and bow. Three girls walk along a road. A family comprising of a mother, two small children and a boy in a student's clothes take off their coats and bow together. Two women pray and bow. Grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan.

Date: 1946, January 3
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060767
Airfield operations during the bombing of Tokyo.

Camps seen at ground in Japan. An aircraft in flight. Trees in the background. An aircraft catches fire and falls on ground. Black smoke rises up. A jeep stands near it at night. Men extinguish fire by throwing water at the burning wreckage. Men stand near it. United States bomber aircraft B-29 Super fortress takes off. Men stand at a hilly terrain. U.S. aircraft B-29 aircraft in flight. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041941
Korakuen Stadium Gungo Houkou Patriotic Tournament; mass kendo demonstration in Tokyo (WW2)

A sign in Japanese outside Korakuen Stadium (1-3-61 Koraku, Tokyo, Japan) in Tokyo, Japan during WWII. 30,000 young people gather at the Gungo Houkou Patriotic Tournament in Tokyo. Crowds fill the stadium. The flags of the Japanese Empire are on display. Camera pans to reveal view of the National Bayukendo Training Tokyo Tournament. Groups of college students lunge with their wooden swords for Kendo, also known as Shinai, at the Yoyogi parade ground. War veterans guide the students in kendo.

Date: 1941
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675080579