Fulbright Program in Japan. A Japanese man walks along a path and enters a house, likely at a University, where singers in an opera production are having a rehearsal. Men and women singing. The conductor, Dr. Jan Popper, stands up and shakes hands with the guest. Dr. Popper introduces the guest to a male singer. Singer bows to greet. Opera singers sing and act. Maestro Popper tells female singer not to bend too much. He tells his assistant to show her how to do it. He shows her how much to bend. Next scene shows the fully staged opera being performed on stage during a dress rehearsal of the opera workshop. View of several men sitting in the audience and watching.
Fulbright Program in Japan. Water splashes over shore. Male dancers in kimono dances at sea shore. Musician play traditional Japanese music. Conductor Jan Popper and his wife, Elizabeth Popper (née Rankin) from the United States (and Czechoslovakia, before that) watch the dance. A man comes and talks to Mr. and Mrs Popper and writes down information in note book. Man stands on deck of a ship underway at sea.
American prisoners rescued from the Japanese prison camp near Cabantuan City, Philippines, near the end of World War 2, are seen arriving at the 92nd Evacuation Hospital, in Guimba, Luzon. Opening scene shows some less able to walk, in a straw lined bamboo cart. Behind them Filipino youths are seen. Some former prisoners, who are stronger, walk amongst their rescuers and local Filipinos. (The rescue was accomplished by 121 members of the 6th Ranger Battalion and 286 Filipino guerrillas and Scouts.) Sequence contains many scenes of freed prisoners posing for the camera, smoking cigarettes, resting on the grass, and siting on log benches. One is carried from the porch of a building, on a stretcher. Several relax on rustic chairs. Closeups of some, including Colonel James Duckworth with his arm in a sling. One hobbles with help of a makeshift cane. Freed prisoners open packages containing cigarettes and treats. A full Colonel, in perfect uniform, and steel helmet (possibly commander of 75th Ranger Regiment) speaks with one of the 6th Battalion members. Freed prisoners relaxing and smoking cigarettes. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci (with moustache) who accompanied the mission, conversing with Battalion members.
Scenes from the successful World War 2 Mission that rescued more than 500 Allied prisoners of war from the Japanese prison camp near Cabanatuan, Luzon, the Philippines. U.S. soldiers of the 6th Ranger Battalion are seen as they leave their transport trucks, check their weapons and commence their 30 mile trek to the camp. They start down a dusty trail. In view from a hill, above, they are seen fording some streams,. One Ranger looks up and waves his hat at the camera, but all the others keep moving without distraction. The scene shifts to the next day, after the successful rescue of the prisoners. Alamo Scouts, Filipino Guerrillas, and U.S. Rangers mingle with rescued prisoners. Some of the rescued sit in carabao carts provided by local villagers. Former prisoners are interviewed by Rangers, who make notes of their accounts. Several Army ambulances are parked at the site. Some Filipino women and children are seen, around the edge of the gathering. A Ranger helps one former POW to a carabao cart. During all this post-mission activity, beginning at TC: 02:28, the mission commander, Colonel Henry Andrews Mucci, is seen debriefing others around him, and referring to a map and gesturing with a pen, as he does so. He has a growth of beard and mustache, and wears a "booney" hat. View of rescued prisoners resting near a large haystack. A medic seen in midst of others, some of whom sit in carabao carts.
U.S. Marines battle Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, during World War 2. Views across the valley to Mt Topotchau. Explosions from artillery shells. Smoke arises from the shelling..
P-40's bomb Japanese installations near airdrome in Myitkyina Airdrome, Burma. P-40 airplane in flight. It flies over a field. An electricity tower in the field. (World War II period).
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