Allied prisoners at Japanese camp dive and jump into the pool and enjoy swimming in World War II. They play Bowling and rugby. Audiences cheer and enjoy as two teams of POWs try to win a tug of war. Prisoners participate in a chase a bird race. A band of POWs plays as officials look on. Prisoners cheer and enjoy in a boxing match.
A horse driven carriage escorted by royal guards carrying a Japanese dignitary passes over the Nijubashi Bridge inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) in Japan. A horse-drawn carriage moves inside the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Honor guards salute to United states Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Patricia Nixon, as they exit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after visiting Emperor Hirohito. Vice President Nixon and Pat Nixon enter a waiting a car, during their stop in Tokyo on their Far East trip in the fall of 1953.
A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan's 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and then were rescued by U.S. forces during World War II. Private first class Eugene Nielson tells how he was captured soon after the fall of Pearl Harbor. He also speaks about food, medical facilities and living conditions at Japanese camp in Palawan. Corporal William J.Balchus shares his experiences about the life at the prison camp.
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.
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