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Japanese Kawasaki Ki-32 (Mary) aircraft operating early in World War II
Japanese armorers carry a large bomb on their shoulders and place it on the ground next to a line of other bombs at a Japanese airfield in the Pacific region, early in World War 2. A Japanese pilot, carrying a katana (samurai) sword, climbs on the wing of a Kawasaki Ki-32 (Mary) light bomber and into its cockpit. Another crew member seen getting into rear cockpit. A flight of two Kawasaki Ki-32s airborne on takeoff from an established airfield. Both aircraft display wheel pants and white stripes and star-shaped images on their tails. View of pilot in forward cockpit. Six Kawasaki Ki-32s flying in loose formation.
Hierarchy of social strata in Japan and subjects bow to the Japanese Emperor.during World War II
Psychology and living habits of Japanese people. Hierarchy of social strata in Japan during World War 2. Japanese children bowing. A little boy bows to a woman. A woman in kimono bows to a man. A young man bows to his parents. Civilians bow to military personnel. Subjects bow to Emperor Hirohito. Emperor Hirohito riding a white horse. Japanese people come out of their homes and bow as Emperor Hirohito’s convoy passes by. Posters on the walls remind the Japanese civilians of their duties. Japanese calligraphy reads 'Duty is heavier than mountains and death is lighter than a feather'. A dying old man rises from his futon. Dying man bows to the Japanese Emperor. Japanese samurais bow to the Shogun during the Tokugawa era. A Japanese couple in their home. The man sits on the cushion and the woman sits on the mat. A woman bows to the couple. A Japanese woman in western clothing bows to her husband. A modern Japanese woman argues with her fiancé. breaks her engagement. A Japanese photograph depicting a man standing. A Japanese kabuki melodrama exemplifies the duties which each person owes to others. A Japanese kabuki performer dances on stage. Men escape a tunnel during a kabuki play. A kabuki actor plays a distraught servant.
Japanese boys and girls are trained in various activities during World War II
A Japanese boy studies his textbook at home, during.World War 2 A Japanese schoolboy recites while standing up in class. Japanese actors dressed as samurais reenact sword battles. Japanese schoolboys play war games using toy rifles. Boys push toy artillery during a war game. Japanese boy cranks toy artillery to simulate firing. Japanese boys wear paper airplanes while playing as bombers. A Japanese girl gently opens a sliding door. Two Japanese girls bow to each other. A little girl learns to carry a plate. A Japanese woman teaches a little girl how to play a shamisen. Japanese girl plays the shamisen. Japanese teenage girls and boys perform mass calisthenics. Japanese high school students climb a Jacob’s Ladder and do various tasks onboard a ship during a naval training. Boys and girls march on field. They wave flags and sing.
Various scenes showing Tokyo streets, Torii gates, festivals and a courtier looking at scroll in Japan
Map of North America and the United States, with a white outline for the United States border. Map of the Empire of Japan, including the Korean peninsula and Taiwan, and its borders in white. View of a lake with Mount Fuji. A train on top of Manseibashi bridge (1-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan). Trams, vehicles, and bicycles in downtown Tokyo (likely Ginza or Marunouchi). A white Torii gate inside a Shinto shrine. People visit a Shinto shrine during spring. Japanese performers perform with fans on a Danjiri shrine cart during the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival in Osaka. Smokestacks in an industrial town. A wooden Torii gate. Japanese children flying a kite. A Buddhist monk blows a horn while deer graze in Nara. Spanish conquistadors and Japanese samurais ride horses. 18th century British woodcut showing metal tools and blacksmiths at work. 18th century prints showing European peasants working in a mill and horses in a grinding machine. A Japanese courtier opens and looks at a scroll with illustrations.
Gutted War Department building in Tokyo
Bombing damage in Tokyo soon after the end of World War 2. Samurai district showing remains of small shops and Geisha houses. Square block destroyed. Gutted war department building and retaining prison. Damage to navy building. Entrance to imperial palace and surrounding area. U.S. sailors stand at entrance to imperial palace.
Contrast between Chinese and Japanese national aspirations before Second Sino-Japanese War and WW2
Film reviews China's four thousand years of history. Scenes showing mountains, woods, and a farmer plowing with oxen in rural China. A mass of Chinese people tightly packed together as they walk along a narrow alleyway in a town. Fleeting glimpses of two Chinese soldiers; a child; a woman; a woman and child; and numerous other Chinese people in a montage splayed across a background of moving crowds. An open book of Chinese characters. Mariners compass superimposed on an moving image of an ocean liner. Views of several large-scale astrolabes and world globes. A Chinese worker placing porcelainware in an oven for glazing. A man spooning gunpowder into a dish, followed by glimpse of a Chinese firework igniting. Chinese paper Dragon and street celebrations. A book entitled: "Analects of Confucius," in which, on page 105, is found the admonition: "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." Ancient statues of two men and of two riderless horses behind them. Tall Chinese pagodas. Chinese artillery field pieces firing. Chinese troops advancing in several situations during conflict with Japan. Map of China and illustration of Japanese samurai warrior emblazoned across it. A book entitled: "The Tanaka Memorial, (Japan's Dream of World Empire)." A still photograph of Japanese Foreign Minister Baron Tanaka Giichi in military uniform, with other Japanese officers. Excerpts shown, ostensibly from this book. Emperor Hirohito is seen with Baron Tanaka, and other officers, all in military uniforms, in front of a tent, circa 1928. Automated map ostensibly illustrates the elements of a Japanese plan of conquest, starting with Manchuria for raw materials; the absorption of China for manpower; followed by a sweep South for riches of the Indies and Australia; and lastly a sweep eastward to crush the United States. More views of crowds of Chinese people are followed by an. animated map illustrating early World War II events, including Nazi Operation Barbarossa against Russia, approved by German leader Adolf Hitler in 1940, and the Nazi German occupation of Denmark, Norway, and other European countries. (Note: Actual existence of the so-called "Tanaka Memorial Imperialist Conquest Plan" is a subject of debate among historians.)
