A film titled 'Home brewers hold tourney to decide bottle capping King! Winner sets new record of 9 seconds'. A man waves a handkerchief and beer home brewers run a considerable distance and cap the bottles placed there and run back to the start line along with their bottles in Portland in Oregon. The winner who sets a new record of 9 seconds is seen. The men smile.
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).
Troops of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division cross a floating footbridge erected by U.S. Army engineers across the Ruhr river at Linnich, Germany, during World War 2. Their mission is to capture the fortress town of Jülich. They hurry across the bridge under enemy fire. Major General Charles Gerhardt, Commander of the 29th Infantry, crosses the footbridge along with his troops. Troops enter the city, which has been destroyed by prior Allied bombing, and flush out remaining German snipers from basements of ruined buildings. Soldier seen firing into a basement. Remains of footbridge across the Ruhr river, destroyed by Germans during the night. Combat engineers work building a new heavy pontoon bridge across the river. A German soldier (narrator states: in an American uniform) carrying a white flag, walks towards U.S. soldiers on the opposite bank of the river, and is shot by one of them. U.S. troops cross the new heavier bridge across the river. A U.S. tank that had crossed the river, is seen. A banner is seen, fastened above a stone arch, reading: "This is Julich Germany. Sorry it is so messed up. But we were in a hurry! 29th (Blue & Grey) Div." The Division insignia appears on the banner.
Newly elected members of National Assembly of Japan in a meeting. Members of the House of Representatives wear a button on their collars. Ancient assembly Diet in session. Japanese in a procession to mark the new civil rights celebrations. A judicial trial at a court room is seen. Disestablishment of Shinto religion and people of different religions pray at their places of worship. Japanese children being taught in classroom under a new democratic educational system. Free press in the country, newspapers being printed and sold.
A film titled 'Jap-US at war' shows Japanese diplomats leave the venue of the diplomatic talks in Washington DC in United States, soon after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii islands. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull also leaves the building. President Roosevelt is seen. Japanese troops prepare for war. Japanese troops in mainland Japan board trains as crowds of Japanese citizens wave Japanese flags and cheer for their troops leaving for war. Scenes of Diamond Head in Hawaii in peaceful times are shown, including buildings, people on beaches with sunbathers and fast small boats with outriggers in the surf. City streets in Honolulu Hawaii are shown with cars and shops and view of Aloha Tower lighthouse in background. Japanese planes drop bombs over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. United States Presidential Secretary Stephen Early tells the press of Japanese attack and the damage suffered by America. People in American cities read newspapers and scrolling lit sign (likely Times Square New York) with news about Japanese attack as the lead story. American citizens buying newspapers describing the attack at newsstands. U.S. troops march in front of War Department - Navy munitions building in Washington DC. Night time view of soldiers on guard in Washington DC. Sailors return to battle stations. U.S. Navy sailors boarding ships of U.S. Navy in the U.S. west, bound for battle. Brief scenes from American ports in Guam and Wake Island. U.S. Navy fleet ships underway in Pacific heading west toward battle with Japanese forces. Biplanes launched via catapult from U.S. Navy ships and then seen flying over Navy ships in formation as narrator encourages Americans to work together and put aside differences to win the war. Overhead view of a U.S. Navy ship passing under a bridge with deck busy with sailors and operations.
Members of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) dressed in white robes and wearing conical hoods with face masks gather at the foot of Stone Mountain outside Atlanta in Georgia. They march with a person leading the march carrying a big cross with lighted bulbs. They perform an induction ceremony for new members, after leading the new men, each wearing a small face mask, across a field. They burn a large cross in the field during the membership induction ceremony.
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