Crown Princess Michiko, wife of the Crown Prince Akihito, heir to the throne of the Japanese empire, celebrates her twenty eighth birthday in Tokyo, Japan. Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, wearing a western-style suit and kimono respectively, descend from stairs. Crown Princess Michiko and her husband sit together on a sofa in the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Her son, Prince Naruhito, runs down stairs to greet her. Prince Naruhito, aged two-years old, joins his parents on the sofa. Crown Princess Michiko reads a book to Naruhito. Naruhito playfully teases his father while the latter reads a book. The couple watch Naruhito outside on a tricycle.
Man works at a stall of noodles on a street, in Japan. He smokes a wooden pipe and smiles. Three other men wearing flat Japanese hats eat noodles from bowl using chopsticks, near the stall.
Small children at a school in Japan. Small girls walk in line and make a circle. Display of calisthenics by school children wearing traditional Japanese dresses. Teachers of the school behind the children. Other children watch the performance from the school building.
German Luftwaffe aircraft on bombing runs over England during Battle of Britain blitzkrieg in World War 2. British plane spotters in office. Royal Air Force plotting room with officers planning to combat German bombers during blitz. Aerial view of German Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. Royal Air Force Spitfire warplanes in formation. The Spitfires engage in dogfights with German planes over England. R.A.F. Hurricane aircraft pursues a German bomber. Pilot hand seen pressing button to fire guns. Gun camera footage from British RAF aircraft shows the German Luftwaffe bomber aircraft as it is hit and crashes into the English Channel. Multiple aerial battle and dogfight scenes between British and German aircraft are seen. Guns on RAF planes fire. Anti aircraft gunners and plane spotters on a post in England. A civilian spotter writes swastika symbols on chalk on a wall, representing German aircraft downed. Scenes inside a control room where spotters are relaying German enemy aircraft sightings to controllers deploying British defenses. Smoking ruins of buildings in London during the Blitz in the Battle of Britain. Prime Minister Winston Churchill seen touring the streets with citizens and being cheered by citizens. Narration on clip is in Japanese.
Soldiers debark from a transport ship carrying their baggage, at a harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Japanese civilians stack and offload lumber from a flat car. Men and women offload the lumber. (World War II period).
Nisei, the Japanese Americans of second generation, at relocation centers (internment camps) during World War 2. Nisei with various profession work at the relocation camp. A welder makes wheels, workers work on machines, a cook in a kitchen. A woman poses and a photographer takes photo. A Nisei secretary to an American official. A painter, typists, workers at textile mills work at the relocation centers. Nisei women make dolls and coats. A beautician works on a Nisei woman. Woman sells cloth at a cloth store.
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