- Title: VM-1030C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "JAPAN: OUR FAR EAST PARTNER" A LOOK AT THE ARMY IN JAPAN, IN WAR, IN OCCUPATION, & TODAY - IN PARTNERSHIP
- Description:01:00:14 - NARRATOR TELLS OF JAPAN AS THE KEY TO THE FATE OF THE FAR EAST' AND THE PRESENT SYMBOL OF STABILITY 01:01:12 - 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 - MS- THE GIRLS GIVE THE FLOWERS TO GI AND BACK UP BOWING TO THEM. CROWDS CHEER WAVING FLAGS. 01:02:25 - 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 - 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 - MONTAGE- THE JAPAN OF TODAY WITH IT'S BUSTLING CITIES AND BUSY TRAFFIC AND MODERN BUILDINGS. 01:03:49 - 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 - 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 - 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 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE MEN USE SHOVELS AND THEIR BACKS AS THEY START THE CLEAN-UP. 01:05:52 - CU- JAPANS NEW CONSTITUTION. MS- TRUCKS BEARING POLITICAL POSTERS AND STREET SPEECH MAKERS SPRING UP IN JAPAN. CROWDS GATHER TO LISTEN. 01:06:46 - 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 - 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 - MS- A FARMER WIPES HIS BROW AS HE LEANS AGAINST HIS HOE AND WATCHES OTHERS STOOPING IN THE RICE PADDIES. 01:08:35 - MS- JAPANESE LONG SHOREMEN UNLOAD CRATES OF FOOD FROM SHIPS HOLD. 01:09:04 - 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 - MS- GIS HELP JAPANESE NURSES AND DOCTORS OUT OF THE AMBULANCES AND CARRY OUT MEDICAL SUPPLIES. 01:10:04 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE WORKERS AT HEAVY MACHINERY IN PLANTS INCLUDE WELDING. 01:15:32 - 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 - MS- RICHARD NIXON AND WIFE ARRIVE IN JAPAN. HE SPEAKS AT AIRPORT. 01:16:11 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - CU- FACES OF 2 JAPANESE BOYS AS THEY WATCH IN AWE AT A SANTA CLAUS DISPLAY. 01:20:49 - 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 - MS- YOUNG JAPANESE WIVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE TAUGH HOW AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE GOES ABOUT HER CHORES. 01:21:54 - LS- JAPANESE AND AMERICANS PLAY A GAME OF FOOTBALL TO A HUGE CROWD. PLAYERS SHAKE AFTER THE GAME. 01:22:12 - LS- HUGE CROWD OF JAPANESE AND AMERICANS WATCH A SWIMMING MEET BETWEEN THE 2 GROUPS. AERIAL- SWIMMERS RACE IN SEVERAL EVENTS. 01:23:13 - MS- ON APRIL 28, 1952 THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN OFFICIALLY ENDED WITH THE SIGNING OF A TREATY. 01:25:18 - 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 - MS- JAPANESE SWIM SUIT BEAUTIES ON A FLOAT IS FOLLOWED BY AN AMERICAN MILITARY BAND. MS- SMILING KIDS ENJOY PARADE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1030C