Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews his battle fleet in Yokohama, Japan. Emperor Hirohito of Japan, dressed in Naval white uniform, and carrying a sword, walks past an honor guard of Japanese sailors who present arms in salute. The Emperor renders a hand salute. He is accompanied by high ranking military officers. Scene shifts to Crowds of Japanese civilians watching the proceedings from a stone bulwark at waters edge. Next, the Emperor and entourage descend a gangplank and board a Navy launch, displaying a large Naval Rising Sun ensign. Some large freighters and small boats are seen in the harbor. View from the dock as the launch pulls away. A sailor and a Marine are standing at attention in foreground. Closeup of the Japanese battleship Kirishima. View of the navy launch as sailors raise the Imperial flag of the Emperor on its bow. View from deck of the battleship Kirishima, where sailors in dress whites stand at attention while she fires a salute with one of her guns. View from her port side, as the Kirishima continues firing gun salutes. Gun smoke obscures the ship. back on shore, the embankment is filled with crowds of spectators. Many carry umbrellas. View of the battleship Kirishima from another ship, where sailors line the deck railing at attention. Japanese military aircraft fly overhead in formations above the Kirishima. Glimpse of a column of Japanese Navy capital ships.
The invasion of the Philippines by Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops during World War II. Japanese bombers in flight. Japanese troops climb mountains and slash through a jungle with machetes. A Japanese soldier uses a pair of binoculars. View of a mountain. Soldiers seated on a field and talk over a field phone. They view a map. An officer calling soldiers out. Japanese gun crew runs towards the artillery. A Japanese officer wearing glasses gives out orders to fire. Gun crew firing artillery at enemy positions. Trees in the background. They use range finders and fire heavy artillery.
Japanese prisoners in Buna, New Guinea during the Battle of Buna-Gona of World War II. Two soldiers crossing a log bridge in Buna. GIs in a concealment in a hedge. A GI beside a mortar. American soldiers standing with a number of Japanese prisoners. The soldiers walking with the prisoners across a field. They walk over a log bridge over a water body. Dead Japanese lying about on a beach. Dead bodies on the edge of the water. Japanese prisoners seated on the ground and eating. The prisoners seated in a row on a grassy area. Several trees in the area. Soldiers stand beside them holding guns. Japanese prisoners giving each other sponge bath. The wounded Japanese prisoners seated in a jeep. Soldiers standing beside the jeep. The jeep driven away among the trees.
Japanese people and Japanese American people in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Exterior of a Japanese temple. Young Japanese girls enter the temple. The girls remove their footwear and then enter the temple. They are taught religion in the temple. A Shinto priest explains that Hirohito is God. Japanese temples and architecture. A dramatization: two men discuss about the Japanese practicing their religion and argue as to whether they are disloyal.
Japanese cadets at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy main building (Edashimacho, Etajima 737-2101 Hiroshima Prefecture) in Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. A Japanese cadet enters Japanese Naval Memorial building. Interiors of the building. Cadet bows and goes up stairs. Portrait of Admiral Togo Heihachiro. Various proverbs on the wall which were said by Japanese naval heroes. Two cadets stand near the portrait. Cadets walk down passageway. Pictures of Japanese Naval officers on wall. Various proverbs on the wall. Cadets open a book. Picture of a Naval officer in the book.
United States troops learn customs and languages from Japanese girls in Tokyo, Japan. Buildings on a street. An American soldier strolls the Ginza shopping district with a Japanese girlfriend. The troops stand on the street. A Japanese woman walks past the troops on the street. American troops walk with two Japanese girls on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku 100-0001 Tokyo). Two soldiers with the girls pose as a man takes pictures. Soldiers with Japanese girls, wearing Western dresses, walk on a street. Vehicles drive on the street. Soldiers strolling in Hibiya Park (1-6 Hibiyakouen, Chiyoda-ku, Toukyou-To 100-0012). A girl in a garden teaches language to a soldier. A soldier seated on side of a road speaks to Japanese girls in sign language.
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