PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 31
JAPANESE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL. AN
ARMY-SPONSORED LITTLE THEATRE GROUP IN GERMANY.
AMERICAN FORCES LAND IN JAPAN AFTER IT'S
SURRENDER AND BEGIN TO BUILD IT BACK UP. THE
BUILDING OF JAPANESE DEFENSE FORCE INCLUDING
JAPANESE OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL. AMERICAN GIS
AND WIVES PARTICIPATE AND ARE ENTERTAINED IN
AMATEUR 'LITTLE THEATER'.

LS- JAPANESE YOUTH RUN BEHIND AMERICAN VEHICLES
PASSING THROUGH VILLAGES.

MONTAGE- JAPANESE STAND BY AND WATCH AS AMERICAN
BULLDOZERS BEGIN CLEAN-UP. MONTAGE- JAPANESE
FINALLY DO THEIR OWN CLEAN-UP AND BUILD UP.

MONTAGE- JAPANESE OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL
COMPLEX IN KYUSHU, JAPAN (LOGGED)

MS- CANDIDATES STAND WITH THEIR HEADS SLIGHTLY
BOWED AS THE OFFICERS ENTER THE AUDITORIUM.

LS- LARGE CLASS OF BARE CHESTED STUDENTS DO
OUTDOOR CALISTHENICS. A GROUP OF STUDENTS RUN
ACROSS FINISH LINE CARRYING SACKS ON SHOULDERS.

MS- A STUDENT ADJUSTS HIS HAND SALUTE UNTIL HE
HAS IT RIGHT.

MONTAGE- JAPANESE IN WHITE GYM SUITS RUN THROUGH
OBSTACLE COURSE SIMILAR TO THE AMERICAN ONE

MS- A GROUP OF JAPANESE TAKE A GROUP BATH.

LS- THE WINNER BREAKS THE TAPE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS
THE WINNER LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT AS HE LIGHTS UP A
BON FIRE IN CELEBRATION

LS- HEADQUARTERS OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES DIVISION,
U.S. ARMY, IN THE OLD PALACE OF JUSTICE, NURMBERG,
GERMANY

MS- A UNIFORMED FEMALE PICKS OUT PACKAGED SCRIPTS
FROM A SHELF AND COSTUMES STORED ON NEAT RACKS,
FOR A PLAY TO BE PERFORMED AT THE HEIDELBERG
LITTLE THEATER.

MS- WIVES OF GIS PERUSE A POSTER AT AN ARMY
SHOPPING CENTER, ANNOUNCING A CASTING DATE FOR
THOSE POTENTIAL 'ACTORS' INTERESTED.

MS- A CASTING DIRECTOR GOES OVER THE LINES OF 2
ARMY WIVES AS THEY REHEARSE ON THE STAGE

MS- GI LAB MEN HOLD UP A POSTER ADVERTISING THE
PLA Y'BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE'. A SERVICE CLUB
WORKER PINS THE POSTER ON A BULLETIN BOARD

MS- AN ACTOR SITS AS A MAKE-UP MAN DOES HER FACE
A MALE ACTOR IS NEXT SITS IN THE MAKE-UP CHAIR.

LS- A FIELD DIRECTOR SITS IN A DARKENED THEATER
AND EXAMINES THE LIGHTED STAGE.

MS- THE CALL COMES AND THE ACTOR TAKES HIS LAST
PUFF, HANDS THE CIGARETTE TO THE OTHER ACTOR AND
SCRAMBLES TO THE STAGE.

MS- WELL DRESSED ARMY FAMILIES ENTER THE
HEIDELBERG SERVICE CLUB AND PRESENT THEIR PASSES
TO SEE THE STAGE SHOW. THE AUDITORIUM IS FULL