Visit of General Tojo to Java; Japanese propaganda film (1941-1945). Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo visits Java occupied by his troops. He visits a shipyard and a school. Furthermore, in Batavia there is a manifestation with Soekarno, who gives a speech, followed by a gymnastics demonstration and singing; " Please note: This film is part of a collection of Japanese films used by the propaganda department of the Japanese military administration during the Pacific War, when the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia now) were occupied by Japan from 1942-1945. Soon after the Japanese capitulation in August 1945 these films were confiscated by the returning Dutch authorities in Indonesia and shipped to the Netherlands. The films were released by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision after research in cooperation with NHK Enterprises (Japanese Public Broadcaster) in 2020. These videos might reflect erroneous, biased or politically extreme ideas." 00.01 The Prime Minister of Japan, General Hideki Tojo visits a piece of anti-aircraft artillery in action and a shipyard 00.28 Indonesian worker sawing 00.25 Gen. Tojo makes a tour of the shipyard, followed by other officers and comes to work with a ship under construction 01.01 Indonesian shipyard workers 01.44 Building with turrets. Indonesian girls sing and dance for Gen. Tojo and retinue. They watch gymnastic exercises of boys and agricultural work of other children 02.40 Arrival gen. Tojo, sung by the youth at public meeting on the Idakaveld (= Koningsplein) 03.26 Arrival Tojo at tribune with Japanese officers in the background. Tojo on covered grandstand salutes. Cheering crowd of people 03.48 Soekarno gives speech (made of paper) from a platform opposite the grandstand (Japanese subtitles) 04.06 Gen. Tojo and adjutants listen standing up to the speech of Soekarno; recording of platform and grandstand and overview of those present 04.19 Soekarno continues speech, interspersed with images of platform and grandstand 04.46 Soekarno ends his speech with a bow. Overview of cheering crowd 04.55 Gen. Tojo gives speech in Japanese (Inonesian subtitles; difficult to read), interspersed with images of the spectators 06.25 End of speech general Tojo, Soekarno answers with exclamation: ' Tenno Heika Banzai ' (vert. viva the emperor) 06.37 Departure general Tojo 06.52 End
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