| JAPAN HAILS GENERAL MACARTHUR'S 70TH BIRTHDAY . Japanese children sing 'Happy Birthday' to MacArthur and Japanese POWs arrive from Russia. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5678 |
| Catalog #: | 305870 | |
| Clip Number: | 305870-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/12 | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:26 - 01:10:40 | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan and Maizuru, Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Ceremonies LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan, Tokyo PERSONALITIES: Macarthur, Douglas TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Hospital Ships WAR & CONFLICT: Prisoners, POW | |
| Description: | 'JAPAN HAILS GENERAL 'MAC'S' BIRTHDAY.' Tokyo, Japan. Pan General Douglas MacArthur with another officer leaving headquarters. He stops by his car to listen to children singing 'Happy Birthday To You' (natural sound). C/U of Japanese child singing. Several more shots of MacArthur listening to the singing. Children singing and waving American and Japanese flags. Back view of MacArthur talking to officer. At Maizuru, Japan, we see several shots of prisoners of war arriving by boat from Russia. Prisoners waving from decks. Sick and injured men are helped down gangplank by nurses and carried on stretchers. SV Pan sick man being helped down gangplank by nurse. SV Top view sick man being carried down gangway on stretcher. CU Man on stretcher. MV. Man on stretcher being brought ashore. SCU Japanese man and woman looking on. SV Pan prisoners walking along dock; pan off to woman nodding to prisoners. SV Back view prisoners, pan to woman. LV GV prisoners marching along road carrying flags. SV Relatives waving. SV Wife greets husband. CU Woman with husband crying. | |
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