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"JAPAN: OUR FAR EAST PARTNER"
A LOOK AT THE ARMY IN JAPAN, IN WAR, IN
OCCUPATION, & TODAY - IN PARTNERSHIP
A LOOK AT THE ARMY IN JAPAN, IN WAR, IN
OCCUPATION, & TODAY - IN PARTNERSHIP
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| 01:00:14 0.87 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF JAPAN AS THE KEY TO THE FATE OF
THE FAR EAST' AND THE PRESENT SYMBOL OF STABILITY |
| 01:01:12 58.87 |
MS- A GROUP OF JAPANESE WOMAN WAIT WITH FLOWERS
AT A RAILROAD STATION TO WELCOME RETURNING GIS FROM KOREA. MEN AND CHILDREN WAVE U.S. FLAGS. |
| 01:01:30 76.87 |
MS- THE GIRLS GIVE THE FLOWERS TO GI AND BACK UP
BOWING TO THEM. CROWDS CHEER WAVING FLAGS. |
| 01:02:25 131.87 |
MONTAGE- AMERICAN TROOPS ENTER TOKYO AFTER END OF
WWII TO QUIET STREETS AND SAD AND FEARFUL FACES MONTAGE- JAPANESE MEN LOOK SCORNFULLY AT THE OCCUPYING TROOPS. |
| 01:02:58 164.87 |
MONTAGE- RUINS OF JAPANESE HOMES AND BUILDINGS AS
SEEN BY GI UPON ENTERING JAPAN. CU- A SOBBING LITTLE BOY PEERS OVER HIS MOTHERS SHOULDER WATCHING THE GIS GO BY. |
| 01:03:24 190.87 |
MONTAGE- THE JAPAN OF TODAY WITH IT'S BUSTLING
CITIES AND BUSY TRAFFIC AND MODERN BUILDINGS. |
| 01:03:49 215.87 |
MS- A JAPANESE POLITICIAN SPEAKS AT AN OUTDOOR
RALLY ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH BANNERS. CU- JAPANESE NEW FACES IN THE CROWD. |
| 01:04:14 240.87 |
AERIAL- COMMUNIST RALLY GETS VIOLENT WITH POLICE
BATTLING THE CROWD. MS- A CAR BURNS IN THE STREET MS- A GROUP OF OLD-TIMERS WATCH PASSIVELY. |
| 01:04:51 277.87 |
MS- AN ARMY BULLDOZER PUSHES THE DEBRIS FROM THE
STREETS SHORTLY AFTER THE OCCUPATION. MS- PEOPLE WATCH GIS CLEAN UP THEIR CITY RATHER THAN ACTING LIKE CONQUERING ARMIES. |
| 01:05:37 323.87 |
MONTAGE- JAPANESE MEN USE SHOVELS AND THEIR BACKS
AS THEY START THE CLEAN-UP. |
| 01:05:52 338.87 |
CU- JAPANS NEW CONSTITUTION. MS- TRUCKS BEARING
POLITICAL POSTERS AND STREET SPEECH MAKERS SPRING UP IN JAPAN. CROWDS GATHER TO LISTEN. |
| 01:06:46 392.87 |
MS- A JAP PRINTER READS A COPY OF A NEWSPAPER
FROM HIS PRINTING PRESS AS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR THE JAPANESE. MS- A LINE OF PEOPLE BUY NEWSPAPERS FROM A NEWSSTAND. |
| 01:07:25 431.87 |
MS- A FARMER USES A HAND HOE IN THE MUDDY GROUND
AS FARM LAND IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PEOPLE MS- A FARMER STOOPS TO PLANT RICE IN THE PADDY A THICK COAT OF STRAW COVERS HIS BACK. |
| 01:07:41 447.87 |
MS- A FARMER WIPES HIS BROW AS HE LEANS AGAINST
HIS HOE AND WATCHES OTHERS STOOPING IN THE RICE PADDIES. |
| 01:08:35 501.87 |
MS- JAPANESE LONG SHOREMEN UNLOAD CRATES OF FOOD
FROM SHIPS HOLD. |
| 01:09:04 530.87 |
AERIAL- FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE LARGE AREAS OF
JAPANESE FARMLANDS. (PAN) MS- AN ARMY AMBULANCE RIDES THROUGH SEVERAL INCHES OF MUD AND WATER TO BRING AID TO THE STRICKEN COMMUNITIES. |
| 01:09:38 564.87 |
MS- GIS HELP JAPANESE NURSES AND DOCTORS OUT OF
THE AMBULANCES AND CARRY OUT MEDICAL SUPPLIES. |
| 01:10:04 590.87 |
MS- WOMEN CARRY SURPLUS TIN CANS INTO A TOY
FACTORY WHERE THEY ARE REPROCESSED AND TURNED INTO TOYS. MS-CANS ARE CRUSHED AND CUT BY MACHINERY AND PRESSED INTO MOLDS TO MAKE TINY TOY AUTOS. |
| 01:10:50 636.87 |
LS- FLEET OF SMALL FISHING BOATS TAKE OUT TO SEA
CLOSE TO SHORE. MS- LONG LINES OF WORKERS BEND OVER THE BOATS TO PULL THE NETS IN COORDINATED RYTHMIC BACK AND FORTH MOTION. |
| 01:11:20 666.87 |
LS- JAPANESE SILK MILL. LS- SILK IS SPUN ON LONG
ROLLING MACHINES. LS- LARGE CRANES AND STEEL STRUCTURES MAKE UP THE JAPANESE SHIP YARDS AS THE SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRY THRIVES. |
| 01:12:30 736.87 |
MS- WORKERS USE HAND TOOLS TO BUILD VEHICLES. MS-
A WORKER HAND SPRAYS A TRUCK CAB. HE ROLLS IT AWAY AND ANOTHER IS ROLLED INTO PLACE. |
| 01:14:43 869.87 |
LS- A JAPANESE WORKER ADEPTLY PULLS A MOLTEN
RIBBON OF OF STEEL FROM THE BLAST FURNACE AND RUNS IT THROUGH A PRESS. |
| 01:15:00 886.87 |
MONTAGE- JAPANESE WORKERS AT HEAVY MACHINERY IN
PLANTS INCLUDE WELDING. |
| 01:15:32 918.87 |
MS- GENERAL MACARTHUR RETURNS SALUTE AS HE LEAVES
HIS HEADQUARTERS IN JAPAN. LS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY IS GREETED AT AIRPORT. MS- SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES BOARDS A PLANE IN JAPAN. |
| 01:15:55 941.87 |
MS- RICHARD NIXON AND WIFE ARRIVE IN JAPAN. HE
SPEAKS AT AIRPORT. |
| 01:16:11 957.87 |
MS- A JAPANESE WOMAN AND BOY HELP 2 GIS WHO ASK
FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM A BOOK. THE WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING A BABY IN A PAPOOSE SMILES AS THE GIS LEAVE. |
| 01:17:02 1008.87 |
LS- A CROWD OF JAPANESE CHILDREN RUN AFTER U.S.
JEEPS AS THEY RIDE THROUGH A VILLAGE. MS- A GI GETS OUT OF HIS JEEP AND DISTRIBUTES CANDY TO THE OUTREACHING HANDS. THE GI IS MOBBED AND PINNED DOWN ONTO THE HOOD OF THE JEEP. |
| 01:18:21 1087.87 |
LS- TOURING GIS PASS A PAGODA ON A SHINTO TEMPLE
WITH 6 LAYERED ROOVES AS THEY VISIT THE SCENIC JAPAN. MS- GIS TAKE OFF THEIR BOOTS AS THEY ENTER A JAPANESE HOME. |
| 01:18:47 1113.87 |
CU- A SMILING JAPANESE WOMAN BOWS CURTIOUSLY TO
THE CAMERA AS SHE KNEELS ON FLOOR. GIS ARE TREATED BY THE GIRL TO TEA. BUT FIRST A HOT CLOTH IS SERVED TO WASH THEIR HANDS. |
| 01:19:22 1148.87 |
CU- THE 2 GIS USE CHOPSTICKS TO EAT FROM SMALL
BOWLS. LS- 2 JAPANESE WOMEN IN GEISHA OUTFITS STOP TO READ AN AMERICAN SIGN WHICH THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND |
| 01:19:58 1184.87 |
LS- A REPLICA OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND TALL
BUILDINGS OF THE US ARE FEATURED AT A U.S. FAIR WITH CROWDS OF JAPANESE ATTENDING. |
| 01:20:18 1204.87 |
CU- FACES OF 2 JAPANESE BOYS AS THEY WATCH IN AWE
AT A SANTA CLAUS DISPLAY. |
| 01:20:49 1235.87 |
MS- JAPANESE BOY SCOUTS PITCH A TENT AT A JAMBOREE
AS BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT IS REVIVED. THE SCOUTS BUILD A FIRE WITH KINDLING WOOD. |
| 01:21:20 1266.87 |
MS- YOUNG JAPANESE WIVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE
TAUGH HOW AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE GOES ABOUT HER CHORES. |
| 01:21:54 1300.87 |
LS- JAPANESE AND AMERICANS PLAY A GAME OF
FOOTBALL TO A HUGE CROWD. PLAYERS SHAKE AFTER THE GAME. |
| 01:22:12 1318.87 |
LS- HUGE CROWD OF JAPANESE AND AMERICANS WATCH A
SWIMMING MEET BETWEEN THE 2 GROUPS. AERIAL- SWIMMERS RACE IN SEVERAL EVENTS. |
| 01:23:13 1379.87 |
MS- ON APRIL 28, 1952 THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
OFFICIALLY ENDED WITH THE SIGNING OF A TREATY. |
| 01:25:18 1504.87 |
MS- 4 GEISHA GIRLS SIT IN STANDS WATCHING PARADE
CU- THE DRAGON IN A TRADITIONAL SNAKE DANCE AND JAPANESE HALF NUDE MEN DANCE IN STREET DURING A JAPANESE FESTIVAL. |
| 01:25:47 1533.87 |
MS- JAPANESE SWIM SUIT BEAUTIES ON A FLOAT IS
FOLLOWED BY AN AMERICAN MILITARY BAND. MS- SMILING KIDS ENJOY PARADE. |
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