U.S. troops in Okinawa. U.S. 24th Army Corps in Southern Okinawa Front. Troops move along road. Troops along pathway in fields. U.S. artillery shells enemy positions on hills. American plane overhead makes bombing run. U.S. 382nd Infantry Regiment fighting at Table Top Ridge. Artillery fires enemy positions on side of hill. Japanese fortifications on hillside are shelled by artillery. Medics carrying wounded across field. Wounded man transferred on weasel. U.S. 381st Infantry Regiment supported by tanks fighting in Kakzu Ridge. Tanks fire at enemy positions on hills in the background. U.S. troops rushing toward deep fortified cave on hillside. Japanese coming out of cave. Flamethrower firing flames on hillside Japanese caves. Troops of 382nd Infantry, 96th Division advance up hill and place bombs in Japanese caves clearing pillboxes. Explosion in cave. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
Five Japanese girls, on their way to school, stop to bow at a shrine, Next three Japanese school boys also pause respectfully at the shrine. The next scene shows many children on the roof and in the large courtyard of a school building in the heart of a large Japanese city. An electrified railroad train runs nearby behind the school building. A very large group of children is seen in the school courtyard (or playground). The gradually assemble themselves into an ordered formation, while teachers stand at the periphery. The students all bow toward their teachers, in unison. The children break from their formation and begin to enter the school..View from above of girls entering the building. View of girls working at sewing machines inside a classroom. Girls seated around an instructor teaching them how to perform a traditional Japanese tea ceremony (temae). Students in a classroom learning arithmetic with the use of an abacus. Closeup of a boy moving counters on an abacus. The teacher ask a question and most students raise their hands to volunteer the answer. The teacher chooses a student from the girl's side of the classroom and writes the sum of a large column of numbers as the girl reads her result.
Emperor Hirohito is escorted by mounted Japanese Imperial Guards to the Imperial Diet building (presently known as the National Diet building) in Tokyo, Japan. View of the Imperial Diet building (1 Chome-7-1 NagatachÅ, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). The carriage carrying Emperor Hirohito arrives in the Imperial Diet. View of the Central Hall of the House of Councilors. View of the public gallery above the back end of the House of Councilors. Camera pans to the seats at the House of the Councilors. View of the golden throne for the Emperor of Japan at the public gallery. A Japanese official speaks at the ceremony. Japanese journalists working on their desks. Workers working in printing press. Newspapers being printed on a press. Various Japanese newspapers and magazines on display.
U.S. 5th Marine Regiment advance on Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A Marine operates flamethrower on dugout. Marine stands by with rifles. They shoot a Japanese soldier as he runs out of dugout and inspect him. Dead Japanese soldiers. Charred remains of Japanese soldier still smoking. Wreckage of Japanese planes. Smoke rises from explosion in the background. Marines carry a wounded Marine on stretcher. Marines advance across field.
U.S. ships under Japanese air attack in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Inside hangar bay of USS Hornet (CV-12). Nose of U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter in the foreground. Two men on stage planting Japanese flags on scoreboard. South Dakota class battleship under Japanese air attack. Japanese planes explode in air. Plane takes off from Hornet.
U.S. soldiers in Japan during American occupation after World War II. U.S. soldiers arrive in a jeep and assist Japanese civilians repairing a truck parked on a road. The soldiers repair the truck, wave goodbye and drive away. Japanese shoe shine boys shining the shoes of U.S. soldiers. The soldiers take pictures of Japanese women. A Japanese and an American MP (Military Police),standing on wooden pillars, jointly direct traffic at a busy intersection. Streetcars and vehicles pass, including a military jeep with two women passengers.
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