Japanese prisoners march and are interrogated on an island by U.S. personnel during the Pacific campaign of World War II. U.S. personnel aboard a ship look towards AKA (Attack Cargo Ship) ships at anchor in mid background. Task Force vessels in a harbor off the island. Men roll fuel drums from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) in background. Men walk over the beach. Small bulldozer underway in background. Japanese prisoners are marched over the beach. Marines in foreground. A Japanese prisoner is interrogated. A photographer shoots movies on the island. Japanese prisoners walk in a single file through the compound. U.S. personnel take care of civilians. Number being painted on arms of civilians and their children. Faces of islanders.
Japanese officials come aboard USS San Diego (CL-53) underway at Tokyo Harbor. Japanese tug approaches alongside. High ranking Japanese officers come aboard and are searched by U.S. Navy personnel. Japanese Army and Navy officers and harbor pilots are seated on the deck.
Japanese Foreign Service Officers, in formal wear of top hats and tails, lead funeral procession for Akagi Chikayuki, Japanese Special Deputy Conmissioner of Police Section, Shanghai Municipal Police, who was shot to death.The procession includes a Japanese military officer; bugler and fife player; contingent of Shanghai Municipal Police; a Police Band; and family of the deceased. Hearse stops in front of Hankow Bank, where Japanese military pall bearers remove and carry coffin into a building across the street.They are followed by Shinto priests and monks.
A dramatization depicts Japanese psyche and living habits in World War II. Hierarchy of social strata in Japan. Japanese people and their sense of duty. A Japanese woman and her daughter walk along a road. The woman goes to meet her husband who is captured by the enemy and is in prison. The mother dies while traveling on foot. The daughter cries. She fulfills her duty and goes to meet her father. A man helps her and takes her on horseback to meet her father. A man returns home after six years. His wife and son want to meet him, but his father does not permit them. As the father pretends to sleep the wife comes to meet him. The man declares he is going to participate in the war. A matchmaker or 'go-between' asks a girl some questions before the girl gets married. A father scolds his son. The son is well behaved and does not answer back. Japanese boys attack each other on the street.
A documentary film depicts psychology and living habits of Japanese people. Two Japanese men sit and talk. They sleep on the floor. Geisha girls entertain gatherings of Japanese men. The girls dance and sing and converse to men. Japanese people indulge in recreational activities like sports events, steeplechase and holiday parades. Cherry Blossom festival in Japan. A man in Japan dressed as Santa Claus on Christmas.
Near the end of World War 1, United States naval ship underway in rough seas. A United States flag on the ship. Allied troops on the march, through a town, in the snow. A map of Soviet Russia, highlighting cities of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. American warship in Vladivostok harbor. A Japanese warship in Vladivostok harbor. Japanese Naval officers pose. Relaxed, smiling, unarmed American soldiers pose, playfully, on the wharf, with two armed Japanese sailors. Contingent of Japanese sailors, with arms stacked, seen with officer, on the wharf. Officials on a British ship in Vladivostok harbor. Several men of the 'White Army' (White Russian Army) in Russia. The White Army executes members of the 'Red Army' proximate to time frame of Russian Civil War following Russian Revolution. Map display highlights cities of Simferopol and Sevastopol. Crowd jams wharf as White Russian soldiers disembark from troop ship (several ambulatory wounded, first). A man offers officers a plate of refreshments. Crowd follows troops marching off the wharf. Map shown highlighting cities of Tbilisi and Baku. Russian communists celebrating.
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