Fall of Berlin, Germany. Russian Army attacks Germany during Battle of Berlin near end of World War 2 in Europe. Soviet Russian forces firing rockets into Berlin at night. Explosions and fire at night in Germany. Past events show Adolf Hitler at a torchlight parade. Nazi soldiers in the parade. Scene returns again to Battle of Berlin and rubble on streets of Berlin. Wrecked and damaged buildings. Flames and smoke rising up from the buildings. German civilians loot stores for food and goods. Desperate men and women rush out of the store with the goods amidst rubble in city.
Opening slate recounts that the First American Consul to Japan was received on December 7th 1857, and Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 during World War 2. After the slate, Japanese are seen depicted in prints by famous 18th and 19th century artists: Katsushika Hokusai; Utagawa Kunimasu; and Ando Hiroshige. Next are various views of Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks. An industrial site with numerous smoke stacks spewing clouds of effluents. Momentary glimpse of a Japanese Torii Gate. Crucible of molten steel being emptied. Machine shop powered by driving belts. Closeups of various machine tools in operation. Closeups of Japanese industrial workers. A line of Type 95, 75 mm Japanese field guns produced in Japanese factories. Japanese women engaged in home industries making parts for factories. A Japanese artisans working in pottery, porcelain and metal. Various views of densely populated Japanese city with trolley cars; automobiles; and pedestrians (most in Western style clothing, but some women in kimonos). City buildings of modern design. Men leaving their shoes at the doorway as they enter a house. A woman helps a man don a lounging gown upon arriving home from work. Japanese children in the courtyard of their urban school, performing exercises and calisthenics. Three children walking home from school. A family in traditional Japanese attire, having dinner at home. A steam locomotive pulls a train through rural area of Japan. View from above, of farmers working in terraced area. Closeup of farmer guiding a plow being pulled by oxen. Women sowing seed in a rice paddy. Farmers planting seedlings, and hoeing, threshing, and harvesting crops by hand. Harvested crop being placed on outdoor rack to dry. Exterior of farmhouse with thatched roof. View of family inside, preparing dinner and later sitting around a covered charcoal brazier, to keep warm. The woman of the house turns on a single electric light and the man turns on a radio having an external speaker horn. Two Japanese sumo wrestlers in a ring at an arena. Views of Sumo wrestler going through preliminary movements, followed by two wrestlers battling in the ring. Japanese Jujitsu master demonstrates skill by throwing assistants in a demonstration. Two Japanese men demonstrate kendo dueling before an audience of students in a training facility. (They do not wear protective attire.) A horse race taking place at a large track with many spectators in the viewing stands. A Japanese golfer hitting a ball out of a sand trap. Glimpse of tennis players. Japanese baseball teams march into a stadium and play the game before a crowd of spectators. Japanese office displaying poster for the Marx Brothers movie "Duck Soup." Several Japanese at a home party party with saxophonist playing 1928 American song, "Sweet Sue, Just You." The group joins in singing the song. Patrons in Western style attire dancing in a night club to music of a modern orchestra. Customer smoking cigarette and sampling an American cocktail and a small cup of saki as jazz is being played in the background. A woman dressed as a Geisha plays a shamisen.
Psychology and living habits of Japanese people. Hierarchy of social strata in Japan during World War 2. Japanese children bowing. A little boy bows to a woman. A woman in kimono bows to a man. A young man bows to his parents. Civilians bow to military personnel. Subjects bow to Emperor Hirohito. Emperor Hirohito riding a white horse. Japanese people come out of their homes and bow as Emperor Hirohito’s convoy passes by. Posters on the walls remind the Japanese civilians of their duties. Japanese calligraphy reads 'Duty is heavier than mountains and death is lighter than a feather'. A dying old man rises from his futon. Dying man bows to the Japanese Emperor. Japanese samurais bow to the Shogun during the Tokugawa era. A Japanese couple in their home. The man sits on the cushion and the woman sits on the mat. A woman bows to the couple. A Japanese woman in western clothing bows to her husband. A modern Japanese woman argues with her fiancé. breaks her engagement. A Japanese photograph depicting a man standing. A Japanese kabuki melodrama exemplifies the duties which each person owes to others. A Japanese kabuki performer dances on stage. Men escape a tunnel during a kabuki play. A kabuki actor plays a distraught servant.
A documentary film depicts psychology and living habits of Japanese people during World War 2. Japanese men work in factories and operate machinery. A Japanese supervisor guides an employee before work in the factory. Both wear kokumin-fuku worker uniforms. A young Japanese man sweats while operating a machine. Japanese men welding armored cars in a war production arms factory. Indoctrination of Japanese children. A Japanese woman takes a young baby in her lap. A Japanese baby is fed from a small saucer. A baby is put to sleep on a small futon. A young Japanese woman with a child stands in front of the flowers. Japanese boys engage in rough play outdoors. A woman sings a lullaby as the baby sleeps in the cradle. Young Japanese boys sit with their family for dinner and are trained to sit traditionally. Japanese wife pours sake for her husband.
Japanese elementary school children walk to school in groups, during World War 2. Japanese boys and girls are wearing uniforms and standard Randoseru schoolbags. Japanese children bow down to a shrine containing a picture of the Shōwa Emperor before going to school. Japanese students perform mass radio calisthenics as an instructor drills them instructions over public NHK radio. Radio calisthenics broadcast played on loudspeaker. Young children performing radio calisthenics. A teacher writes on the blackboard teaching basic Chinese characters (Kanji) used in Japanese to students. Students follow by pointing with their fingers as the teacher demonstrates the proper stroke order of the Kanji character. Japanese students learn to write a basic Chinese character using calligraphy pens. Teachers watch over students writing Japanese calligraphy. A student bows as he submits his seat work to a teacher.
A Japanese boy studies his textbook at home, during.World War 2 A Japanese schoolboy recites while standing up in class. Japanese actors dressed as samurais reenact sword battles. Japanese schoolboys play war games using toy rifles. Boys push toy artillery during a war game. Japanese boy cranks toy artillery to simulate firing. Japanese boys wear paper airplanes while playing as bombers. A Japanese girl gently opens a sliding door. Two Japanese girls bow to each other. A little girl learns to carry a plate. A Japanese woman teaches a little girl how to play a shamisen. Japanese girl plays the shamisen. Japanese teenage girls and boys perform mass calisthenics. Japanese high school students climb a Jacob’s Ladder and do various tasks onboard a ship during a naval training. Boys and girls march on field. They wave flags and sing.
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