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Motion Picture MP92-14

Post-World War II Footage from Asia

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
360 feet
Running Time
10 minutes 6 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
unknown
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

PLEASE NOTE: This film is currently missing from our collection.

This film shows post war Japan, its countryside (including a volcano), and the U.S. military occupation

Date(s)
ca.
1946

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
0:00   Scenes of Japanese countryside from a train.
2:23   Japanese signs.
2:45   Sign on the side of a train reading, “Allied Forces, Knoxville.”
2:55   A scene of a volcano.
7:43   A sign reading (probably from a military base) “RTO, GCAT OFFICE, GCAT OFF BILLETS, GIFU OFFICERS CLUB, GIFU DEPEND HOUSE AREA, HOUES 1-17, GIFU MP DET.”
7:59   A scene of a volcano erupting.
8:20   A scene from a football game.
9:55   A sign reading, “Kyoto, Japan, Home of Corps U.S.A.”