Emperor Hirohito of Japan and wife Empress Nagako visit the Ueno Zoo (9-83 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8711, Japan) in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese emperor’s 1949 Cadillac car and motorcycle escort enter the zoo gate. Ueno Zoo officials greet the Emperor and Empress of Japan with a bow and escort them into the zoo proper. The Emperor and Empress see leopards that leap angrily at the cage bars; a lion being fed, elephants (performing tricks), and seals. An elephant stands up. Empress Nagako feeds fish to the sea lions. The royal couple wave to a group of spectators who are kept at some distance. They attend a performance by several trained seals. A trained chimpanzee, dressed in a costume, riding a bicycle.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito visits his father's tomb in Tokyo, Japan, after World War II. Mountain ranges. Emperor Hirohito arrives at the tomb of his father, Emperor Taisho, located in Hachiozi-City, west suburbs of Tokyo. Emperor Hirohito steps from his car. Officers greet and receive him. They proceed down the steps and visit the tomb. Trees in the background. (Note: Upon his death in 1989, Emperor Hirohito was also buried at the same sacred precincts near Emperor Taisho's tomb.)
The U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese-Americans, is welcomed back after three years of combat in Europe, during World War II. The Combat Team soldiers aboard their trooop ship entering New York Harbor. They display their logo and motto, "shoot the works," on the side of the ship. New York City skyline visible behind the ship. Family and friends gathered at a harbor to receive and welcome them. Since many of the soldiers are from Hawaii, their reception committee includes several hula dancers who also bedeck them with garlands (leis) of flowers as they disembark from the ship. The Combat Team assembles on the wharf and marches away.
U.S. Military Mission visits Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in Yenan, Shensi province, China during World War II. American officers walk in an agricultural farmland with Chinese officers. General Patrick Hurley and others observes enemy positions with binoculars. Marching troops of Chinese soldiers by the side of a far. Chinese soldiers attack and overpower a Japanese outpost. They load boats to cross the Yellow River.
U.S. Military Mission visits Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in Yenan, Shensi province, China during World War II. Chinese officers and General Patrick Hurley prepare strategies for combat with Japanese posts in China. General Hurley transmits a message on radio equipment. Chinese soldiers at a military base. Posters of Chinese Communist leaders and leaders of Allied nations like Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and others.
United States Marine soldiers aboard Landing Ship Tank (LST) sail towards Japanese mainland from Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A convoy of landing ships sail in column with U.S. marines loaded on them. Marines and sailors aboard a LST on the conning tower send semaphone message. The sun sets. The soldiers keep a watch.
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