You in Japan Pt. 1 of 2

You in Japan Pt. 1 of 2 Troops & families on board US naval troop ship en route to Yokohama hear announcement from loudspeakers. Troops attend orientation lecture. Animated map shows position of Japan in terms of Communist Russia. Map overlaid on Japanese Defence forces drilling & equipment. Men listening to lecture shown what they think they will find in Japan - flashback imperialist Japan, Occupied Japan w/ hostile native population; Japan as land of milk & honey w/ US soldier laying on bed in garden fanned, fed & manicured by geisha girls. 22:44:58 Yokohama port, docks loading & unloading ships. Short sequence of sailor & soldiers in rickshaws - change to party in new open top convertible car starting tour. Tracking shots from car of coastline. Main street in town on Island of Honshu - commentary says you are a long way from home, they drive past young Japanese boy dressed as cowboy who pulls gun. Old Japanese man teaching child to write in Japanese - shows how Japanese beckon holding palm down. Husband & wife come out of house, wife helps husband on w/ jacket. Woman carrying baby on back. Men pull carts along road - this sequence to show how the customs in Japan can be opposite to what the Americans are used to. Japanese farmers - primitive unmechanised methods. Planting rice, irrigating. 22:47:43 Near town of Kamakura & military viewing the Great Buddha, take photographs. Tourists - Japanese staring at statue. Shinto shrine interiors w/ traditional dancing & religious ceremonies. Priests. 22:48:49 Group at Japanese fishing village; fishermen unloading large cut up fish w/ hooks & small ones in boxes. Sailor eating sushi w/ chopsticks at low table. Party eating in restaurant - trying to eat w/ chop-sticks. owner of hotel takes party on tour of garden w/ statue, water & plants. Sailor pays bill. Party leaves hotel, Manager & two girls in kimonos bow & wave goodbye. Continued... Cold War; Military Training; Orientation; Cultures; Asian Cultural Differences;