Benny Goodman band concert in Japan. Drum solo during opening section, then ensemble plays "Air Mail Special". Musicians show individual expertise in saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, piano and trombone. Japanese audience clap and tap their feet during the concert. Artists: Benny Goodman - Clarinet, Hank Jones - Piano, Israel Crosby - Bass, Mousey Alexander - Drums, Mel Davis- trumpet, Rex Peer - Trombone, Budd Johnson - Saxophone.
The Song Is Called Honeysuckle Rose. Featuring Benny Goodman On Clarinet. Rex Peer On Trombone. Mel Davis On Trumpet. Budd Johnson On Saxophone. Also Featuring Japanese Musicians On Drums (George Kawaguchi), Clarinet(Eiji Kitamura [right] & Shoji Suzuki [left]), Bass(Go Ueda), Guitar(Shungo Sawada), and Piano(Hachidai Nakamura).
View of conning tower of Japanese submarine underway at Yokosuka harbor, Japan. Speedboat speeds away at Yokosuka port. Boat bounces over upper line of submarine net across surface. View of boat screw propellers.
American Army's 828th Engineer Aviation Battalion (African American) reconstructs airfield, at Munda Point, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, in World War 2. Originally constructed by the Japanese and captured by U.S. Forces, the airfield is unusable and requires rebuilding. African American bugler blows reveille and the Battalion begins a day of work reconstructing the field. Battalion engineers pile into trucks, as their names are called, and head from their bivouac area to the airfield work area. They climb aboard and begin to operate heavy construction equipment, such as graders, tractors, steam shovels, and dump trucks. Surveyers seen using a level in the midst of the field. A machinist steps into a shop contained in a truck, and begins turning a part on a lathe. One engineer steps into a shed containing heavy equipment. Team of men in an excavation pouring concrete. Grading equipment seen smoothing the field surface, and steam rollers packing down the surface. A plane takes off in background. View from above, of Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft all over the field. A C-47 transport plane in foreground. A B-24 Liberator bomber taking off. Engineers climb aboard a truck at end of work shift. Back at their encampment, the men gather around as mail call is in progress. They enter a mess tent, go through a chow line and eat together at tables. Another tent is seen with sign outside reading: "Munda Cotton Club." Inside, the men relax, playing cards, smoking, playing checkers, and writing letters. Change of scene shows Chaplain leading singing during church service. As a day ends, the bugler blows taps. A sentry stands at ease with rifle. (Note: Sound is very poor and undiscernible in much of the clip.)
Flooding in Morrison, Colorado. Men and women lift furniture to clean up the flood damaged area. A car partially submerged in mud. An eroded riverbank. Men lift a dead body from brush on a muddy riverbank. The rescue team lifts debris. View of cyclone hit a city in Japan. Group of locals walk under umbrellas through destroyed wooden buildings. Japanese rescue workers digging in debris for survivors. Locals prepare balls of rice and eat. Locals repair haystack roofs.
13 year old, Iwao Takeda, wins Junior mat title in Ikegami, Japan. Japanese people gather to watch sumo wrestling. Junior participants wrestle on ground. Wrestling winner, Iwao Takeda, named the new Sumo champion.
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