| US Air Force Base Rioting In Japan | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1609 |
| Catalog #: | 353629 | |
| Clip Number: | 353629-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 028-709-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:35:28 - 00:36:20 | |
| Location: | Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan MILITARY: Air Force, USA (USAF) RIOTS: Political | |
| Description: | Audio is low on screener 3,000 Demonstrate in protest against plans to expand a US. Airbase in Japan. Police break up the mob when surveyors are menaced, and a day of clashes ensues, in which 74 are injured. Establishing shot - Throngs of Japanese gather near a United States Air Force Base, demonstrating. MCUS - Two Reds agitating throngs of Japanese. MCUS - Japanese police come as reinforcements. MCUS - Young Japanese women stage a sit down strike. MCUS - Throngs of Japanese start to riot. MCUS/OH - Young Japanese woman elbowing her way out of the crowd. CUS - One person injured. | |
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