Japanese court ladies of the Imperial Household Ministry (now known as the Imperial Household Agency) attend the Annual Hairdressers convention for expert instruction in proper hairdressing in Yokohama, Japan. Sent by Empress Kōjun, court ladies sit on a lecture on anatomy. A Japanese professor points to anatomical charts and diagrams during a lecture. A group of hairdressers set the hair of court ladies. A hairdresser combing the hair of a Japanese woman. A Japanese woman wearing an elaborate kimono and white Tsunokakushi headgear walks into the room.
Evacuation of Japanese causalities in Okinawa, Japan. Two United States Navy Corpsmen walk in a village and enter a hut. They carry out an old Japanese woman from the hut. They place her on a wooden pallet and carry her away for medical aid. Marines carry a Japanese girl with her foot cut off by the Japanese. Girl talks to the Marines.
Way of life in Hiroshima, Japan after the explosion of Atomic bomb during World War II. Two Japanese men stand in front of a carpenters and wheelwright shop in Hiroshima. Trucks, carts drawn by oxen, people on cycle enter and exit from the city. Three fertilizer carts drawn by oxen pass down the road. Two Japanese children sit on the edge of a wall and talk. Three Japanese men chat. A Japanese truck moves along the street. Wagon loaded with household goods enters the city. People sit on their haunches as they wait for ration.
Japanese civilians visit the Yasukuni Shrine (3 Chome-1-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-8246, Japan) in Tokyo, Japan for Hanami (Japanese tradition of cherry blossom tree viewing in groups). People gather at the Yasukuni shrine grounds. Sakura cherry blossom trees in full bloom outside the Yasukuni Shrine. A Kasuga-dōrō garden lantern in front of Sakura trees. Japanese people walk in the shrine grounds. Group of women enjoying the cherry blossom trees. Japanese people gather to view cherry blossom trees.
Americans in bed listen to radio announcing beginning of World War 2 in Europe. French troops deploying to Maginot Line fortresses and firing their heavy guns. German heavy artillery firing. A rail gun firing. Pollsters gather American opinions about the war.Congress convenes in Special session. President Roosevelt requests changes in Neutrality Act. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota argues against and Senator Elbert D. Thomas (Utah) argues for changes in neutrality. Pollsters seek American's opinions. U.S. Congress ends arms embargo. The ship SS American Farmer (United States Lines) underway in the ocean. Animated map of Asia and views of Japanese forces bombarding China. Chinese civilians fleeing bombardment. Japanese soldiers executing two Chinese men. Dead Chinese civilians. American housewife being asked opinion about Chinese-Japanese conflict. Japanese ships load U.S. scrap iron, as some Americans protest. Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary of State explaining U.S. law and decision to stop all exports to Japan in Summer 1941.
Pacific campaign of World War 2 fought on Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II. Aslito Air Field area showing temporary huts erected by the 804th Aviation Engineers. Men washing clothes in small metal containers. Jeep made into stretcher bearer showing two patients on stretchers on jeep. Medical officers setting up tables and preparing for operation. Men being brought into the hospital. Several of the patients, military and civilian, foreign and Japanese all treated at the same hospital. Wounded Japanese sitting around the outside of the hospital. Small wounded child wrapped in bandages. Several civilians that had been treated at the hospital. Japanese prisoners as they unload the gasoline from trucks, push it across the area, and stack it up in supply dump area. Men pushing the drums of gas onto a truck. Gasoline pouring out of the drum into a trough. Japanese prisoners of war sitting around in the area resting. Grader moving across the finished field. Deck of carrier underway at sea off the coast of Saipan showing the blinker system used to correspond between ships at sea. Tower and operators of the blinker system.
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