Shintoism, Buddhism and Confucianism are three main religions practiced in Japan during the Shōwa era. Japanese women teach their children how to perform the Chōzu-ya (a Shinto ritual for washing hands and mouth) using a water ladle at a chōzubachi (large water-filled basin) outside a Buddhist temple. Children and women wash their hands before entering temple. Japanese worshippers bow inside a Buddhist temple. A stone statue of Buddha outdoors. Women bow in front of the main altar. A group of Shinto priests posing outside a building.
Japanese farmers working on a farm in Japan. Water brought by Japanese man in pail is used to irrigate farm. A 4H club representative comes and talks to Japanese farmers about farming methods. Meanwhile a Japanese girl with a water pail on her back falls on ground. Japanese man talks to representative of 4H club. Japanese man is handed a 4H information paper. Japanese farmer family inside their home. Family members sitting on floor in simple hut home, making food, and tending a cooking fire. Old Japanese woman and her son rub out grains from straw and braid the plant fibers.
4H club flag at office of the club in Japan. Japanese 4H club members in a meeting. 4H club head and members in discussion. Issues raised by members of club.1950.
Two Japanese men discuss the success of 4H club irrigation project that increased productivity in Japanese community. Japanese farmer and his family express joy brought by the success of the 4H club irrigation project in rural Japan.1950.
Japanese battleships and other warships fire their guns in live fire exercises at sea off Japan. Closeups from various angles of the Battleship, Nagato, firing her 16-inch guns. Following the live firing exercise, the warships maneuver at high speed in formation. Views of heavy wakes raised by their high speed operations.
Aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) crews of B-25 bombers prepare for the raid on Tokyo, Japan known as the Doolittle Raid. A U.S. Army Air Forces Mitchell B-25 on the deck of USS Hornet. Insignia of the United States. Pilots stand under the wing of a B-25 and talk. Plane crewmen turn the propeller. B-25 on the deck. A pilot in the cockpit. A B-25 taxis on the deck.
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