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Modernization of Japan in 20th Century leading to World War 2

Opening scene shows cartoon depiction of a samurai and a Meiji-era soldier. A cartoon depicts the Bakufu opening Japan to the Western world. A Japanese communications worker is seen climbing a pole to install communications lines. A steam locomotive moves along railroad tracks being installed in the country. Glimpse of European style Japanese calendar (October 1856) being adopted. A Japanese photographer using flash powder and hooded camera. Men walking on a sidewalk in European style fashions. Cartoon showing Japanese inviting outsiders to help them build up their military power. View of three Japanese officials posing for camera. View of a British sailing vessel displaying the British Red Navy Ensign. Japanese troops on maneuvers with realistic smoke and battlefield conditions, supervised by French military advisors. Reenactment of French fighting Prussians in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. Impressed by the German victory, the Japanese solicited German advisors for their army. View of German troops goosestepping and then of Japanese troops also goosestepping. National Diet building in Chiyoda City (1-7-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). View of Japanese legislators and then of the entire legislature (Diet) in session. Views of Japanese military leaders, including General Hideki Tojo, who also served as Prime Minister of Japan. Views of several such military leaders in uniform, exiting automobiles. Japanese soldiers marching through Torii gates.

Location: Japan
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040804
Modernization of Japan through World War 2

Modernization of Japan through World War II. Japanese civilians seen. Japanese civilians bow down to the Superiors. Many scenes of Japanese military and cilvilian persons as they bow to others. Japanese girls sold by their fathers working in factories. Women work in the rice fields. Men wearing local hats seen. Japanese peasants working hard. Japanese people use telephones in office and living in traditional Japanese homes. Simply furnished Japanese homes without chairs, windows and beds seen. Japanese family wearing kimonos, eating food. Japanese men in kokumin-fuku worker uniforms working in a factory producing war materiel and armament for the war effort in World War II.

Location: Japan
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040805
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 and kendo 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 at low prices 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 produced in Japan and offered for sale at lowest prices in the United States. Shipping dock areas in Japan showing large ships at docks, cranes in use, and importing of oil, rubber, scrap iron, tin for war materiel.

Location: Japan
Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040808
Gun camera footage of United States Navy warplanes strafing targets in Tokyo during World War 2

United States Navy planes strafing enemy held beach installations. Bombing on targets in Tokyo. Gun camera footage of aircraft firing at a moving train. Engine of the train is hit. Strafing of Marshaling yard. Rockets fired at building below. Heavy smoke rising up after strafing. View of a busy thoroughfare, densely populated area and waterfront. Low barrack type building seen.

Location: Japan
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040812
United States and Chinese forces delivering war ammunition and supplies to China via India during World War 2

U.S. Military personnel together with Indian personnel in India receive military cargo such as ammunition, arriving by boat during World War II. Large boxes of ammunition and supplies lowered from boat. A boat being pushed to dock by tug. Natives of India push boxes onto carts. Railroad cars being loaded with tanks from boat and trains leave the harbor area. Camel pulling carts filled with ammunition and equipment. Mechanics work on P-47 warplanes in a large hangar in India. American military Personnel loading supplies on C-47 transport plane. American and Chinese Pilots seen, involved in shuttling supplies to China through India due to Japanese closure of the Burma road. P-40 aircraft with Chinese pilots take off.

Location: India
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040822
U.S. Army paratroopers drop into battle zone near German held airport in Tunisia, during World War 2

U.S. Army troops approach stationary C-47 'Skytrain' transport planes on ground in Algeria during World War II. Sign on side of one plane identifies its name as "Big Jig." Taxi and takeoff of C-47 as seen in point of view shot through open side door of C-47 aircraft. C-47 in flight. P-38 Lightning fighter plane in flight escorting the paratroopers. Interior of a C-47. C-47 in flight over water. Point of view shots through cockpit window of C-47 aircraft in formations over water. C-47over mountain area. P-38 in flight. U.S. Army paratroopers jump from C-47 near Tunis toward target enemy airport in Tunisia held by Germans. Parachutes descend and land on ground as seen from C-47 aircraft in flight. C-47 parked on airfield.

Location: North Africa
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040824
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