American airmen of the Strategic Air Command learn judo in Japan to be in top physical condition. The airmen learn self defense methods of judo. They learn the basics of the ancient art of judo from Japanese instructors. They practice judo in a hall.
Base operations of U.S. Air Force at Ashiya Air Base in Japan. An animated map shows the air path between Tokyo and Ashiya. A USAF plane taxis. A pilot in the cockpit. Signs on a building read : 'Ashiya Air Base', 'Elevation 106' and 'Base operations'. A fork lift carries cartons and loads them into a freight aircraft. Men load drums into the aircraft. The plane taxis. A pilot in the cockpit.
A USAF freight aircraft lands and it is unloaded in Japan. A pilot in the cockpit. The plane takes off. The pilot and a copilot at the controls. A U.S. plane is in flight. Views of soldiers in the plane. Aerial views of an air base. The plane lands. A man talks on headsets. Soldiers unload the plane. Men take out a military truck through the ramp of the freight aircraft. Trucks, cartons and drums are unloaded from the aircraft. The drums are transfered into a truck. Men transfer cargo, cylinders, airplane wings and boats to the transport truck. U.S. soldiers disembark from the plane and move into a field. Soldiers stand on the air base ground. The plane takes off and flies.
Japanese Crown Prince Akihito returns home after his world tour. People gather at the Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) to greet him. The Prince disembarks from a Pan American World Airways plane (“Strato” Clipper Queen of the Pacific). Cameramen take his photographs. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida is seen. Crown Prince Akihito greets dignitaries.
A Japanese Imperial Navy Mitsubishi G3M aircraft (Type 96, code name:: Nell) takes off in front of a huge crowd of Japanese civilian spectators at an air show in Japan. View of the tremendous crowd watching on the airfield. View of the aircraft flying overhead (and glimpse of another also in flight).
Evolution of Japan. Japanese people work in fields. Japanese civilians break stones. Farmers push carts in fields. They carry goods baskets on their shoulders. Farmers carry water. People pull rope and cable winch in fields. People work in fields.
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