A Japanese doctor conducts check ups on patients in a bombed out building of Nagasaki, Japan. Interior of the bombed out building shows a Japanese doctor conducting checkups on a female patient lying on a bed. The body of the patient is covered with a blanket. The patient gets up and sits for a moment.
Opening scene shows Japanese boys performing gymnastic exercises on a high bar at a beach. As they finish a large group of boys runs from the water's edge behind them. The boys run into an outdoor classroom in the shade of trees, where a teacher is instructing uniformed students how to write Japanese kanji characters. The second of two Kanji characters that spell Nippon (Japan) is shown on the blackboard with numeric guides to the sequence of strokes in which it should be written. Scene shifts to the interior of a classroom filled with boys in checkered uniforms. The teacher in this classroom is using the blackboard to teach writing of the same kanji character. As the teacher uses chalk to write the character, the students copy his motions with their hands in the air, as if writing it themselves. Closeup of the boys at their desks using brushes to form the character on paper. One boy uses a still camera to photograph the character he has written. A student is seen wearing earphones and smiling while listening. An old woman, also wearing earphones, appears to enjoy what she hears as she works preparing food in her kitchen. On a river bank, overlooking the water, a group of boys and a group of girls sit on wooden benches with their respective teachers in the shade of a large tree. Closeup of children's feet resting on a beach of many smooth rounded stones, under the wooden bench. Next, boys are seen splashing one and other in the water,
Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi becomes the first Japanese Roman Catholic cardinal in history. Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi speaks with Japanese officials and priests. He is one of the 7 new cardinals named by Pope John XXIII.
U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Gun camera view of the Pacific Ocean. Shows strafing attack on an enemy Japanese ship near a beach. Gun camera footage of attack on an enemy Japanese aircraft in flight. The enemy aircraft is hit, catches fire and begins to lose control. Cross hairs of gun sight are seen in the image framing.
U.S. infantry battles Japanese forces on Noemfoor island in Indonesia during World War II. U.S. infantry lands on narrow coral reefs. The infantry advances inland under fire. A Japanese air base comes under American possession. Reinforcements and supplies arrive by air. Paratroopers and parachute supplies are landed by U.S. Army Air Force transport aircraft.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito attends the Japanese Naval Academy graduation ceremonies in Japan. Emperor Hirohito and other officers on horseback watch cadets march in review. Cadets receive diplomas.
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