1954-1955MILITARY
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"DEFENSE OF JAPAN"
SHOWS HOW U.S. IS GUIDING A NEW JAPANESE MILITARY ORGANIZATION TO DEFEND JAPAN AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE SOVIET ATTACK. |
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NARATOR TELLS OF THE NEW ALLIED JAPAN, AND HOW IT IS DEFENDED.
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| 00:03:16 52.23 |
MS-(PAN) FLYERS SHOT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING BY SOVIET PLANES OVER THE SEA OF JAPAN POSE GRIMLY AS THE OFFICER IN CHARGE TELLS THE STORY.
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| 00:04:47 143.23 |
MS- MAP SHOWS THIN LINE THAT SEPARATES JAPAN FROM COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. MS- THE ANIMATED MAP ALSO SHOWS THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF JAPAN TO U.S.
SECURITY. |
| 00:05:55 211.23 |
MS- U.S.AND JAPANESE VIP'S SIGN TREATY.
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| 00:06:05 221.23 |
MONTAGE- JAPANESE PEOPLE BOARD AN ELECTRIC BUS AT A TOKYO STREET CORNER. LS- BUSY TOKYO STREET WITH PEOPLE WINDOW SHOPPING.
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| 00:06:35 251.23 |
LS- THE 'DIET' BUILDING,AND THE LEGISLATURE IN SESSION INSIDE (PAN).
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| 00:07:02 278.23 |
VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS INCLUDING WOMEN IN REGULAR AND TRADITIONAL DRESS.
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| 00:07:23 299.23 |
MS- A SHINTO PRIEST USES A SWINGING LOG TO RING A BELL. PEOPLE WORSHIP IN ANCIENT WAYS AT TEMPLE
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| 00:07:48 324.23 |
A JAPANESE HORSEMAN IN ANCIENT ARCHERS COSTUME CLIMBS ABOARD HIS HORSE TO PARTICIPATE IN 'YABUSAMA', AN ANCIENT SPORT.
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| 00:08:00 336.23 |
MS- THE ARCHER GALLOPS SWIFTLY ON HIS HORSE AND FIRES AN ARROW AT TARGET AS CROWD WATCHES.
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| 00:08:30 366.23 |
MS- 2 PEASANTS SCOOP UP SEA WEED FROM SHALLOW WATER FOR USE IN COOKING.
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| 00:08:45 381.23 |
MS- JAPANESE LONGSHOREMEN HANDLE BALES OF COTTON ON A FREIGHTER AND MOVE IT BY WINCH. GOODS MARKED 'MADE IN JAPAN' AND THE COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
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| 00:09:21 417.23 |
LS- SHIP YARD WITH IT'S HUGE CRANES AND SHIPS BEING BUILT IN DRYDOCK.
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| 00:09:49 445.23 |
LS- JAPANESE COMMUNISTS RIOT IN THE STREETS OF TOKYO ON MAY DAY.
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| 00:10:45 501.23 |
MS- A JAPANESE FEMALE WORKERS PUT TOGETHER MODELS OF AMERICAN AUTOS' ON A LONG TABLE IN A TOY PLANT CU- THE GIRLS PAINT DETAILS ON THE CARS AND POLISH THEM.
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| 00:11:09 525.23 |
MS- AMERICAN ARMY MECHANIC SHOWS A JAP WORKER HOW TO FIX ENGINE ON JEEP.
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| 00:11:40 556.23 |
MONTAGE- U.S. MPS AND GIS WALKING THE STREETS OF JAPAN AND GIS VISITING SHRINES AND OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST.
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| 00:12:10 586.23 |
LS- A JAP PHOTOGRAPHER WITH TRI-POD CAMERA WITH HOOD TAKES PICTURE OF 2 GIS IN FRONT OF SHRINE.
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| 00:12:21 597.23 |
MS- GI GETS A RIDE IN A MAN POWERED RICKSHAW.
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| 00:12:30 606.23 |
MS- 2 SHIRTLESS GIS TAKE A SHAVE OUTSIDE THEIR TENTS ON COMPOUND.
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| 00:12:57 633.23 |
MONTAGE- GIS GO THROUGH REFRESHER TRAINING COURSES TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING STALE.
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| 00:13:25 661.23 |
MS- A SQUAD OF GIS WEAR GAS MASKS AS THEY GO THROUGH A SEALED TENT FOR GAS TRAINING.
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| 00:18:22 958.23 |
LS- MALE AND FEMALE JAPANESE POLICE TRAINEES DO CALISTHENICS AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT TRAINING.
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| 00:19:10 1006.23 |
MS- JAPANESE POLICE AT THE FIRING RANGE FIRE THEIR HAND GUNS AT TARGETS. MS- A LINE OF HORSEBACK POLICE AND A LINE OF MOTORCYCLE POLICE
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| 00:20:14 1070.23 |
MS- A US GENERAL REVIEWS THE HUGE PARADING POLICE TO ASSURE THAT NO MILITARY ORGANIZATION IS FORMED
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| 00:22:00 1176.23 |
MONTAGE- JAPANESE PEOPLE TURN OUT IN FULL TO WATCH THEIR NEW 'ARMY' ON PARADE. 2 JAP MEN WATCH PARADE FROM UNDER AN UMBRELLA.
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| 00:22:08 1184.23 |
LS- SCENIC JAPANESE PORT OF HOKKAIDO WITH IT'S MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND MS- JAPANESE WORKERS WASH THE SIDE OF ONE OF THE FEW NAVAL SHIPS THEY OWN.
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LS- JAPANESE TROOPS MARCH ON THE ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO. LS- U.S.BAND PLAYS THE U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM FOLLOWED BY JAPANESE MILITARY BAND PLAYING THE JAPANESE ANTHEM AS GI TAKES FILM.
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| 00:24:54 1350.23 |
LS- LT. GENERAL HICKEY, COMMANDER OF AMERICAN FORCES IN THE FAR EAST MAKES A SPEECH TO THE SOLDIERS AND THE CROWD.
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| 00:25:54 1410.23 |
MS- A U.S. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW AT THEIR GUN IN JAPAN. MS- ROTATING RADAR ANTENNAE AND RADAR CREWS AT THEIR PHONES IN CONTROL ROOM.
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| 00:26:51 1467.23 |
CU- A HUGE LIT UP 'BATTLE ALERT' SIGN COMES ON.
MS- GIS IN A POOL ROOM AND AT A RECREATION CENTER DROP WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND RUN TO THEIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS NEARBY. |
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CU- GENERAL EUGENE CARDWELL TELLS OF THE REASON FOR A DEFENSE TEAM AT THE VITALLY IMPORTANT ISLANDS OF JAPAN.
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