"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. MACARTHUR'S JAPAN

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"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. MACARTHUR'S JAPAN

1949

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On U.S. efforts to reconstruct Japan as a democracy. Reel 1, Japanese diplomats sign the peace treaty aboard the Missouri. Debris is cleared from bombed industrial plants. Premier Tojo is tried for war crimes. Emperor Hirohito appears on the palace grounds. Gens. MacArthur and Whitney meet with Allied Council members. Hirohito addresses the Diet. Describes elections and school procedures under the occupation forces. Explains the Communist threat. Shows agricultural scenes. Reel 2 shows Yoshida in his office. Shows silk factories, auto plants, Japanese homes, Shinto churches and Japanese cities.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948

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Whitney, Courtney.

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Courtney Whitney (b. May 20, 1897, Washington, D.C.-d. Mar. 21, 1969), Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, enlisted in the D.C. National Guard and the Signal Corps, aviation section reserve in 1917 and 1918, was commissioned in the aviation section reserve in 1918, and received his law degree in 1923. He served on active duty in the Philippines, resigned in 1927, and practiced law until he returned to active duty in October 1940. He was assigned as assistant chief of the legal division, then ass...