A plane takes off from Nanjing, China. Commander-in-chief General Shunroku Hata talks to a military officer in flight to Central China. General Hata and other Imperial Japanese Army officers in Central China. General Hata and other officers inspect Central China Expeditionary Army in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II).
Multiple shots of American F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft at low altitude during or shortly after the bombings on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. One airplane, smoking from its engine, flies directly over the cameraman (possibly a hit Japanese aircraft). U.S. sailors put out the fires that have engulfed aircraft on the ground during the Japanese attack. Many of the airplanes have been totally destroyed.
Japanese people released by Red China return home after 12 years. Ships and boats at the Maizuru Harbor in Japan. A man and a child in his lap wave. Men and women come ashore from the ships. Wounded are brought down on stretchers. The released men and women cross the pier to reunite with their families. People hold banners and signs. An emotional reunion as people cry on meeting their loved ones.
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk awaits the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda at the Dulles Airport. Dean Rusk greets the Japanee PM as he arrives at the airport terminal. The dignitaries walk past the waiting photographers and journalists. Rusk and Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Roger Hilsman lead the PM down a ramp towards a waiting car. The PM and Dean Rusk get into the State Department limousine and leave for Washington DC.
Benny Goodman band concert in Japan. Japanese drummer plays with the Goodman drummer. Audience clapping.
Japanese Navy sailors work inside and on the deck of submarine during World War 2. Crew members getting down from the ladder through hatch. They take off their raincoats and get on bunk beds. Soldiers eat bananas and relax. Fan rotates while sailors sleep.
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