- Title: VM-1044
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:30 - "DEFENSE OF JAPAN" SHOWS HOW U.S. IS GUIDING A NEW JAPANESE MILITARY ORGANIZATION TO DEFEND JAPAN AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE SOVIET ATTACK. 00:02:40 - NARATOR TELLS OF THE NEW ALLIED JAPAN, AND HOW IT IS DEFENDED. 00:03:16 - 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. 00:04:47 - 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 - MS- U.S.AND JAPANESE VIP'S SIGN TREATY. 00:06:05 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE PEOPLE BOARD AN ELECTRIC BUS AT A TOKYO STREET CORNER. LS- BUSY TOKYO STREET WITH PEOPLE WINDOW SHOPPING. 00:06:35 - LS- THE 'DIET' BUILDING,AND THE LEGISLATURE IN SESSION INSIDE (PAN). 00:07:02 - VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS INCLUDING WOMEN IN REGULAR AND TRADITIONAL DRESS. 00:07:23 - MS- A SHINTO PRIEST USES A SWINGING LOG TO RING A BELL. PEOPLE WORSHIP IN ANCIENT WAYS AT TEMPLE 00:07:48 - A JAPANESE HORSEMAN IN ANCIENT ARCHERS COSTUME CLIMBS ABOARD HIS HORSE TO PARTICIPATE IN 'YABUSAMA', AN ANCIENT SPORT. 00:08:00 - MS- THE ARCHER GALLOPS SWIFTLY ON HIS HORSE AND FIRES AN ARROW AT TARGET AS CROWD WATCHES. 00:08:30 - MS- 2 PEASANTS SCOOP UP SEA WEED FROM SHALLOW WATER FOR USE IN COOKING. 00:08:45 - 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 00:09:21 - LS- SHIP YARD WITH IT'S HUGE CRANES AND SHIPS BEING BUILT IN DRYDOCK. 00:09:49 - LS- JAPANESE COMMUNISTS RIOT IN THE STREETS OF TOKYO ON MAY DAY. 00:10:45 - 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. 00:11:09 - MS- AMERICAN ARMY MECHANIC SHOWS A JAP WORKER HOW TO FIX ENGINE ON JEEP. 00:11:40 - MONTAGE- U.S. MPS AND GIS WALKING THE STREETS OF JAPAN AND GIS VISITING SHRINES AND OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST. 00:12:10 - LS- A JAP PHOTOGRAPHER WITH TRI-POD CAMERA WITH HOOD TAKES PICTURE OF 2 GIS IN FRONT OF SHRINE. 00:12:21 - MS- GI GETS A RIDE IN A MAN POWERED RICKSHAW. 00:12:30 - MS- 2 SHIRTLESS GIS TAKE A SHAVE OUTSIDE THEIR TENTS ON COMPOUND. 00:12:57 - MONTAGE- GIS GO THROUGH REFRESHER TRAINING COURSES TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING STALE. 00:13:25 - MS- A SQUAD OF GIS WEAR GAS MASKS AS THEY GO THROUGH A SEALED TENT FOR GAS TRAINING. 00:18:22 - LS- MALE AND FEMALE JAPANESE POLICE TRAINEES DO CALISTHENICS AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT TRAINING. 00:19:10 - 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 00:20:14 - MS- A US GENERAL REVIEWS THE HUGE PARADING POLICE TO ASSURE THAT NO MILITARY ORGANIZATION IS FORMED 00:22:00 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE PEOPLE TURN OUT IN FULL TO WATCH THEIR NEW 'ARMY' ON PARADE. 2 JAP MEN WATCH PARADE FROM UNDER AN UMBRELLA. 00:22:08 - 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. 00:22:47 - 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. 00:24:54 - LS- LT. GENERAL HICKEY, COMMANDER OF AMERICAN FORCES IN THE FAR EAST MAKES A SPEECH TO THE SOLDIERS AND THE CROWD. 00:25:54 - 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. 00:26:51 - 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. 00:27:39 - CU- GENERAL EUGENE CARDWELL TELLS OF THE REASON FOR A DEFENSE TEAM AT THE VITALLY IMPORTANT ISLANDS OF JAPAN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1044