Major weddings of the year 1959. Crown Prince Akihito and his wife Michiko Shōda, a commoner, after their wedding ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko wearing a sokutai and jūnihitoe attire at their wedding ceremony. The Imperial couple appear to the public wearing Western style formal attire. Stephen Rockefeller, a multi millionaire's son, marries a former family maid, Anne Marie Rasmussen at Søgne, Norway. The couple comes out from the Søgne Church (Lundeveien 79, 4640 Søgne, Norway) after getting married as a huge gathering greets them. Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi along with his third wife Farah Diba soon after their wedding in Tehran, Iran. Farah Diba is wearing a Yves Saint Laurent-designed Dior wedding gown and the Noor-ol-Ain Diamond tiara.
Major events of the year 1959. . Water gushes out at a great speed in the streets after typhoon Vera hits Japan killing 5000 people. Houses, cars and electric poles submerged in water. People carry their belongings along as they evacuate their houses. People wade through knee high water.
School children clean the Sanjushi Shrine in Japan. School children carrying brooms and buckets march towards the shrine, which is known as the monument to the human bombs. Vehicular traffic moves past in the opposite direction. The children stand in formation in front of the shrine. They take off their caps and bow. A man stands near the children. They sweep the ground.
Japanese barracks in Japan. Family groups visit soldiers at the barracks. Soldiers carrying bayonets walk past. Soldiers meet their relatives. A little Japanese girl in a kimono stands holding a woman's hand.
Japanese soldiers in Japan. A Japanese drill master shouts orders. Soldiers coming out of the gateway to barracks. Japanese offices seated at a table. Soldiers practice bayonet tactics. An officer supervises the session. Soldiers standing in formation. Soldiers march. Officers seated at the table look at the marching soldiers. The soldiers practice field tactics. Soldiers carrying bayonets march. Soldiers standing in formation in front of the barracks. They scramble to enter the barracks. The soldiers practice fighting. Soldiers lying in prone position practice rifle shooting.
A Japanese Army hospital in Japan. One legged soldiers pose for pictures with bicycles. Nurses also pose with the soldiers. A photographer clicks pictures. A close up of a nurse and a soldier. A close up of a foot showing an iron leg. A few soldiers ride the bicycles. Others walk away with the bicycles. Nurses and patients walking on a path on the hospital grounds. A soldier walks on crutches.
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