Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews his battle fleet in Yokohama, Japan. Emperor Hirohito of Japan, dressed in Naval white uniform, and carrying a sword, walks past an honor guard of Japanese sailors who present arms in salute. The Emperor renders a hand salute. He is accompanied by high ranking military officers. Scene shifts to Crowds of Japanese civilians watching the proceedings from a stone bulwark at waters edge. Next, the Emperor and entourage descend a gangplank and board a Navy launch, displaying a large Naval Rising Sun ensign. Some large freighters and small boats are seen in the harbor. View from the dock as the launch pulls away. A sailor and a Marine are standing at attention in foreground. Closeup of the Japanese battleship Kirishima. View of the navy launch as sailors raise the Imperial flag of the Emperor on its bow. View from deck of the battleship Kirishima, where sailors in dress whites stand at attention while she fires a salute with one of her guns. View from her port side, as the Kirishima continues firing gun salutes. Gun smoke obscures the ship. back on shore, the embankment is filled with crowds of spectators. Many carry umbrellas. View of the battleship Kirishima from another ship, where sailors line the deck railing at attention. Japanese military aircraft fly overhead in formations above the Kirishima. Glimpse of a column of Japanese Navy capital ships.
The Chinese community in Japan at the onset of the Sino-Japanese War. Chinese shops in Japan. The Nationalist Chinese flag waving on top of flagpole at the Yokohama Chinese Primary School. Chinese students playing in the school yard. A boy reading a Chinese book on desk. Chinese teacher teaches students.
Sixth grade boys help school children on a road in Yokohama, Japan. School children bow before a teacher as they leave the school. Sixth grade schoolboys direct school children walking across a road.
Departure of United States Army Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. High ranking officers stand on a pier. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Doyle Overton Hickey stands. Major General Willoughby stands on the pier. He talks with the officers. Willoughby talks with Hickey. Willoughby shakes hands with U.S. Army General Matthew Bunker Ridgway. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway looks on. Major General Willoughby, Lieutenant General Hickey, General Ridgway and Mrs. Ridgway pose.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby reviews the honor guard at a pier. An army band plays. Transporter in the background. A citation is read and Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is presented to Willoughby by U.S. General Bunker Ridgway. Ridgway walks along the pier. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway walks along.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby comes aboard a ship. He shakes hands with a group of civilians before he turns and walks up a gangplank. Japanese Premier Shigeru Yoshida, U.S. officers and Japanese civilians come off the ship after saying good bye to the Major General. Willoughby waves from the ship. The gangplank is pulled away from the ship and is lowered to the pier. Two sailors aboard the ship start to close the hatch doors. The ship alongside the pier. Dockworkers remove lines.
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