A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and were then rescued by American forces during World War 2. Private first class Ernest J. Koblos speaks about the work that he did at such camps. He says that he carried wood and worked at the airstrip in the Japanese prison camp. Marine Rufus W. Smith was captured during the attack on Corregidor also speaks about the life of soldiers at prison camp in Palawan.
Japanese farmers till land, sow rice seedlings, harvest and thrash the grain in Japan. Workers at an oil refinery, lumbering being carried out in forests. Female workers extract pearls from oysters. Mulberry fields, breeding silkworm and production of silk thread are seen. At a textile exhibit goods like camera, cycles, hats being displayed.
Americans and Japanese are among visitors escorted at Angkor Wat temple in Angkor in Cambodia. They ride on an elephant. Cambodian children, men and women are seen in their traditional attires. An ancient reservoir and sculptures on temple walls are also seen.
Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi being greeted by UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld in New York, United States. The two dignitaries talk to each other. Little flags of UN member states are displayed behind Hammarskjöld. The Empire State Building and other New York City buildings are seen. Flags of various countries including that of Japan are seen flying in the breeze on flag poles in front of the UN building. Dignitaries arrive in a Cadillac limousine and exit the car. Prime Minister Kishi enters the United Nations Secretariat Building (760 United Nations Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, (10017-6818) United States) where he looks at a miniature irimoya roof structure.
A newsreel titled "Jap atomic equipment destroyed" shows United States occupation troops looking at Japanese atomic research equipment in Japan a few months after the end of World War II. U.S. Army officers and soldiers tour the Nishina Laboratory of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, better known as the RIKEN Research Institute, at Komagome, in Tokyo, Japan. Laboratory director Dr. Yoshio Nishina is seen in the lab with the American forces. American soldiers are seen dismantling, destroying, and disposing of the the atom smasher cyclotron equipment. Occupation troops in an outdoor field rig demolition charges to some of the equipment and blow it up.
An American soldier looks through a telescope from behind sandbag mounds in Bougainvilie Solomon Island during World War II. Shells being fired at Japanese positions. Shells explode in wooded area causing fire and smoke. A soldier speaks over a handie talkie as shelling continues.
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