General Douglas MacArthur exits a building in occupied Japan. General Matthew Ridgway greets officers and officials in Japan. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles waves farewell and boards an airplane in Japan. Roman Catholic Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York greets American soldiers and Japanese people. Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon are greeted upon arrival in Japan. Ordinary American soldiers meet ordinary Japanese people.
Geologic formation and the geographic placing of the Japanese islands. View of bamboo forests and snow-capped mountains. Animated map describes the effect of the Japanese current and monsoons on the islands' climate.
Trade fair in Osaka, Japan. Woman seated on table. Little Japanese girl plays with a doll sitting in a high chair. The girl pretends to feed the baby. Cans of Gerber Baby food sit on the tray. The little girl picks them up and holds them. Large numbers of well-dressed Japanese people enter the trade fair. A large building in background holds sign reading " Industry Hall." Crowds enter a pavilion with large sign reading "USA" in front. A fountain and flowers decorate the pavilion. Visitors view themselves in closed circuit television, as they enter the pavilion.
Trade fair in Osaka, Japan. 'Exhibit information office' in the American (USA) pavilion. A Japanese woman seated at reception desk in the information office. Two Japanese men visit the office. The receptionist displays magazines and journals to the men. She comes out with cold drinks (Coca Cola) and serves them to visitors.
Shintoism as a religion practiced in Japan. A Shinto priest reads from a paper. A torii found in a Shinto shrine garden. View of the “floating” torii gate of the Itsukushima Shrine (1-1 Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0588, Japan) in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. A Japanese man stands under the “floating” torii gate. Two Shinto priests walking. Stone stairs leading to a Shinto shrine. A man bows at a small shrine. Façade of a Shinto shrine (likely the Kitano Tenmangū Shrine in Kyoto, Japan). Crowds of worshippers visit a Shinto shrine. The Imperial Chrysanthemum Seal (kikumon) is displayed on the side of a Shinto gate. Priests perform purification rituals. Japanese woman performs rituals. Priest gives blessing to people.
Scenes from Japan during the 19th century. Japanese pedestrians walking, in a light rain, on a town bridge in Japan. Pedestrians in kimonos hold wagasa umbrellas. Rickshaws cross the bridge. Japanese women play shamisen, and two girls use a hand fan and an uchiwa fan.
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