A private high-wing parasol monoplane takes off and passes directly over the camera. A glimpse of factories and smoke stacks in the background, during takeoff. From that airplane, the Japanese ocean liner, Chichibu Maru, is seen underway in water below. Scene shifts completely to interior of a Japanese steel mill, where fiery molten steel rushes out of an open hearth furnace; fire shoots upward from a bessemer converter furnace; A conveyer transports a large crucible of molten steel inside a plant; closeup of its contents being poured into another container. An open hearth furnace about to disgorge its molten steel, with some already running out. Japanese steel workers standing on platform as a crucible of flaming steel passes on a conveyer. Molten steel flaming brightly in various areas within the steel mill as conveyer moves a large crucible in foreground. Closeup of a flaming steel-filled crucible. Scene shifts to workers in a Japanese shipyard. A number of commercial ships are in the waters behind them. Camera changes focus to scaffolding surrounding a large ocean-going ship under construction. Next it shows another nearly-completed ship with "Chichibu Maru" painted on her hull. Next, the Chichibu Maru is seen going down the ways as she is launched on 8 May, 1929. (She would complete fitting out on 10 March, 1930.) Closeup of the hull as she plunges into the water on launch. Some crew and yard workers look down from her deck. Banners are displayed from the launching ceremony. View from a small boat moving around the Chichibu Maru, as she departs on an ocean voyage. Her passengers line the decks, waving goodbyes.
Japanese troops and leaders surrender to the Allies after their defeat in World War II. Tanks being demolished during disarmament in Japan. United States troops advance with tanks. Imperial Japanese Army officers surrender their swords and salute to the British forces in Malaya (Malaysia). A Japanese officer surrenders his guntÅ or military sword. Captured Japanese soldiers march on a dirt road amongst a heavy rainfall.
United States 6th Tank Battalion of 24th Infantry Division at Naha in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. United States M4A3 Sherman tanks drive past on a dirt road. Wrecked Japanese aircraft on ground. Smoke rises from an explosion on hillside. Wrecked aircraft inside a Japanese hangar. Marine fills a water tank. Marines fire 155mm Howitzers at Japanese positions. Marines inspect Japanese artillery installation.
British in Hong Kong and U.S. Marines in Tianjin, China. A view of coastal area in Hong Kong. A landscape view of Hong Kong. British troops return to Hong Kong. British soldiers escort a Japanese prisoner of war. Japanese prisoners of war clear up the waste articles under a building. British Navy watching the prisoners cleaning buildings. Japanese prisoners pile debris and put to fire. Captured Japanese troops walk along the street after the British resumed control of Hong Kong. People gathered near a harbor in Tianjin, China. Chinese civilians gather and cheer to welcome the United States Marines. Views of U.S. Navy ships in Chinese harbor. Crowd cheers and applauds. Landing ships in the Hai River. Chinese citizens in crowd wave hands toward the United States Marines. Chinese children carry and wave American flags and cheer. United States Marines watch the crowd and smile. Marines throw cigarettes to Chinese civilians. Soldiers restrict the crowd scrambling for cigarettes and candies. (World War II period).
Japan after World War II. A view of Kure, Hiroshima, Japan after the war. Japanese women pulling ropes to move gold caches. Men pulling out baskets of cache from an underground hideout. A woman writing notes on site. Men retrieve cache of coins. Japanese government gold, silver and platinum are removed from the caches. The soldiers take out baskets filled with coins. The collected treasure is taken away from the caches by the soldiers on a military tank. Japanese civilians watch the treasures being taken. A view of the Kure Harbor in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Hulks of wrecked Japanese ships at the harbor. Many wrecked ships in the harbor are seen.
Allied campaign against the Japanese during World War II. United States troops loaded in landing crafts head towards Attu Island, Aleutian Islands. Naval guns aboard ships fire at Japanese positions on the coast. Soldiers land and wade through water amidst heavy firing. Royal Australian aircraft take off from an airstrip in New Guinea to bombard Japanese positions on the island. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs. Explosions occur. A pilot in a cockpit as Japanese positions are being bombarded.
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