Know Your Enemy - Japan (1945) R1 of 6
Reviews Japanese history, and philosophical and religious concepts. Notice that this film does not concern Japanese-Americans. Narrated by Walter Huston.
Introductory titles. Rolling titles in support of Japanese-Americans, Nisei. Main title.
17:01:25 Timber against heavy gong or bell. Newspaper headline & picture re Japanese executing American with sword; samurai sword & quote. Theater production & General w/ sword cutting bundles of straw. Ext. firing historic guns, street performer balancing ??, marching.
17:02:11 POV thru city, moving past telephone switchboard; outdoor festival traditional dance & costumes, subway, train & crowds. Marial arts w/ poles.
17:02:38 Montage: Railroad, windmill, pump, printer, typewriter, man on irrigation treadmill in rice field, traffic, street scene, ethnic festival, trolley, women & men parade in street.
17:03:24 (begin) VO “We shall never completely understand the Japanese mind. But then, they don’t understand either...” Festival shots continue... Men carry floats, dead on beach. Large man on street, girls walking in western dress, in kimonos, shopping, old men, gong.
17:04:05 Japanese troops marchng in China, bathing, smoking.
17:04:23 Troops receive pay. Put on packs, march in China. Drilling. Cross river; Japanese advance carry artillery. Filling meal box, eating rice in field, laughing.
17:05:12 CU soldiers at attention; stern looks, advancing. CU Artillery cannon fires. Pan over crouched soldiers. Order to charge, CUs, running across fields, ladder on wall. Cheering, Banzai in front of Chinese (?) temple. Troops at attention. Dead bodies; troops w/ battle flag; troops advance behind tank; battle scenes.
17:06:31 Emperor Hirohito on white horse leading mounted generals. Crowd bowing. CU Hirohito saluting.
17:06:51 Map diagram of world w/ Truman, Churchill, Stalin, Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury & head of Russian Orthodox Church pictures, dissolve into cross. Hirohito picture in center of flag - illustration.
17:07:26 Hirohito reviewing troops; in royal coach thru streets.
17:07:38 Railroad passenger train runby along coast w/ Mt. Fuji beyond. Motorcade, Emperor out of car, into government building. People bow outside palace wall.
17:08:11 On Time Magazine cover. Soldiers at attention. Hirohito on horseback. Captured & dead in China.
Racist WWII Propaganda; Anti-Japan; Violence; Oddities; Gods; Religion; Ethnic Culture; Military; Militarism;
NOTE: Glitch on source tape: 17:02:47:13 - 17:02:48:10; 17:03:17:23 - 17:03:18:09. If needed use slightly lesser picture quality on 221198.
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Know Your Enemy - Japan (1945) R1 of 6 Reviews Japanese history, and philosophical and religious concepts. Notice that this film does not concern Japanese-Americans. Narrated by Walter Huston. Introductory titles. Rolling titles in support of Japanese-Americans, Nisei. Main title. 17:01:25 Timber against heavy gong or bell. Newspaper headline & picture re Japanese executing American with sword; samurai sword & quote. Theater production & General w/ sword cutting bundles of straw. Ext. firing historic guns, street performer balancing ??, marching. 17:02:11 POV thru city, moving past telephone switchboard; outdoor festival traditional dance & costumes, subway, train & crowds. Marial arts w/ poles. 17:02:38 Montage: Railroad, windmill, pump, printer, typewriter, man on irrigation treadmill in rice field, traffic, street scene, ethnic festival, trolley, women & men parade in street. 17:03:24 (begin) VO “We shall never completely understand the Japanese mind. But then, they don’t understand either...” Festival shots continue... Men carry floats, dead on beach. Large man on street, girls walking in western dress, in kimonos, shopping, old men, gong. 17:04:05 Japanese troops marchng in China, bathing, smoking. 17:04:23 Troops receive pay. Put on packs, march in China. Drilling. Cross river; Japanese advance carry artillery. Filling meal box, eating rice in field, laughing. 17:05:12 CU soldiers at attention; stern looks, advancing. CU Artillery cannon fires. Pan over crouched soldiers. Order to charge, CUs, running across fields, ladder on wall. Cheering, Banzai in front of Chinese (?) temple. Troops at attention. Dead bodies; troops w/ battle flag; troops advance behind tank; battle scenes. 17:06:31 Emperor Hirohito on white horse leading mounted generals. Crowd bowing. CU Hirohito saluting. 17:06:51 Map diagram of world w/ Truman, Churchill, Stalin, Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury & head of Russian Orthodox Church pictures, dissolve into cross. Hirohito picture in center of flag - illustration. 17:07:26 Hirohito reviewing troops; in royal coach thru streets. 17:07:38 Railroad passenger train runby along coast w/ Mt. Fuji beyond. Motorcade, Emperor out of car, into government building. People bow outside palace wall. 17:08:11 On Time Magazine cover. Soldiers at attention. Hirohito on horseback. Captured & dead in China. Racist WWII Propaganda; Anti-Japan; Violence; Oddities; Gods; Religion; Ethnic Culture; Military; Militarism; NOTE: Glitch on source tape: 17:02:47:13 - 17:02:48:10; 17:03:17:23 - 17:03:18:09. If needed use slightly lesser picture quality on 221198.