Many well-dressed Japanese visitors walking past the American pavilion at a Trade Fair in Osaka, Japan. Some sit on the ground to rest. The flags of U.S. and Japan fly side-by-side on tall poles, in front of the pavilion. Many Japanese visitors entering the pavilion. At the entry, the pavilion is decorated with beautiful landscaping including a pool and fountains, together with flowers and decorative plantings. A little Japanese girl poses (unsmiling) in front ot the some flowers and plants.
Parents take a newborn baby for a Miyamairi (literally "shrine visit") to pray for good health at a Shinto shrine in Japan, during World War II. A Japanese man writes his child’s name using a calligraphy pen. Man displays his child’s name in front of an altar. A Japanese couple takes their newborn child to a Shinto shrine. The couple and the child’s grandmother sit in front of a clerk. The grandmother holds the child as mother sits next to her. The Shinto priest recites a prayer and swings a tamagushi right and left. The priest gives holy sake to the mother for the child. She feeds sake (symbolically) to child and then she drinks it. Priest folds the paper of Japanese writing and gives it to the family.
Shinto followers on a pilgrimage to Mount Fuji (Fujisan) in Japan. View of Mount Fuji seen with its iconic snow cap. A tōrō lantern lights a Shinto shrine garden facing Mount Fuji. Shinto pilgrims travel on foot as a group to the Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha (1-1 Miyacho, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka 418-0067, Japan) within downtown Fujinomiya, Shizuoka prefecture, before ascending to Mt. Fuji. Pilgrims entering through a torii gate. Pilgrims wash their hands and mouths using a water ladle at a chōzubachi (large water-filled basin) as a ritual before entering a Shinto Shrine. Pilgrims pray in front of a shrine. A Shinto priest performs a ritual. Pilgrims walking, some wearing straw raincoats. A pilgrim carry a banner written in Japanese. Pilgrims trek Mount Fuji. Pilgrims arrive at the Shinto shrine on top of Mount Fuji. A Shinto priest blesses the pilgrims. A torii gate found on a Shinto shrine garden. Woman climbing up stone stairs of Shinto shrine. Japanese visitors descent stone stairs on a Shinto shrine. Japanese people visit a Shinto Shrine
Scenes from Japan during the 19th century. Japanese pedestrians walking, in a light rain, on a town bridge in Japan. Pedestrians in kimonos hold wagasa umbrellas. Rickshaws cross the bridge. Japanese women play shamisen, and two girls use a hand fan and an uchiwa fan.
U.S. Navy ships bombarding Okinawa during World War II. At start of film, American warships are seen near the shore of Okinawa. Landing Ship Medium (Rocket), LSMR, Number 651, is firing rockets. A Cleveland class light cruiser is firing its guns to starboard. More scenes of rockets being fired from landing ships, leaving trails of smoke as they go.
U.S. Navy ships shell Okinawa and Japanese kamikaze suicide planes hit USS Maryland (BB-46) during World War 2. USS Maryland (BB-46) in silhouette. Destroyer in the far background. Tracers fired at Japanese aircraft overhead. Flak explodes around Japanese aircraft. Black smoke. Japanese plane head toward ship. A dramatic large explosion in the sea directly in front of the camera position. American ship in distance explodes in flame and smoke. Okinawa in the background. Other vessels around ship. Japanese aircraft burns spiraling down. Long trail of black smoke and then airplane crashes. Cruiser at anchor. Battleship fires in the background. Cruiser sends light signals.
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