'A Year in America' discusses experience of Japanese exchange student in American university in a dramatic enactment. Japanese student prepares to leave Indiana University he packs his belongings and walks out of dorm room. He pauses to carve his initials in a wooden bridge railing where others have done before. In flashback the Japanese student visits the office of the foreign student advisor. Foreign students sit outside the office. The advisor informs the Japanese student about the living quarters, funding, and other administrative information during the interview. The student is greeted by his American roommate in their dormitory room. A chair piled with used clothes. A pair of Chuck Taylor sneakers hang from the ‘Clothes Chair’. The Japanese student expresses disappointment from the sloppy surroundings. He turns his head to see photos of girls and a pin-up poster on display. The American student tidies up the space and helps the Japanese student take off his coat. The two roommates talk. 1951.
A Japanese maid buys soft tofu (soybean curd) from a street vendor. Street vendor cuts a block of tofu. A Japanese woman practices Ikebana flower arrangement. Japanese woman places the finished flower arrangement on the Butsudan, a small household Buddhist shrine for family ancestors. An old Japanese woman sews on a new kimono while a little boy plays with his toys. Japanese woman bows in front of the Butsudan. At the railway station the Tokyo Express steam train arrives on time and official in-charge writes the train report. Engineer inspects steam train. Children learn to write Japanese characters inside a classroom. Schoolchildren use bamboo calligraphy brushes to write basic Chinese characters or Kanji. Japanese boy writes Chinese characters that read “Great Japan”. Children play baseball during school recess. Older children practice kendo, a modern Japanese martial art.
U.S. military officers prepare to receive General Walter C Sweeney. View of Hangar No 5 at Homestead Air Force Base in background. General Walter C Sweeney arrives at Homestead AFB in Florida. He is greeted by other officers.1962.
U.S. fighter jet F-100 Super Sabre aircraft take off from an air base. Jet fighters drop bombs and hit targets on ground as part of training exercises. Events during Cuban Crisis.1962.
Scenes of "Reflex Action" plotting boards for various international locations, with local time clocks, inside the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Brief shot of White House at night with a lit fountain in front. Scenes of House of Parliament in London. Exterior of SHAPE headquarters building. Arc de Triomphe at night in Paris. Hand of an airman atop a map during a planning session. U.S. pilots in cockpit of F-104 Super Sabre fighter jet aircraft. American ships at sea. B-52 in flight. Events during Cuban Crisis in 1962.
Animated space map with world globe and moon. Models of probes,satellites and space capsules. Views of actual launches of missiles from the Thor, Atlas, and Titan II programs. US Air Force role in providing Man-Rated Launch Vehicles for the Gemini program through modifications to Titan II ballistic missiles. Launches of Titan I and Titan ll. View of Titan III on launch pad. View of a NASA Gemini space craft in orbit and some views of a tethered astronaut space walk.
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