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Tokyo Target of the Pacific C

The Pacific Story · September 24, 1944 · 29 min · 4,268 words

The transcript of “Tokyo Target of the Pacific C”, an episode of The Pacific Story first broadcast September 24, 1944. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Pacific Story plays The Pacific Story free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story. In the mounting jury of world conflicts, the events in the Pacific are taking on ever greater importance. Here is the story of the Pacific and the millions of people who live around this greatest sea.

The drama of the people whose destiny is at stake in the Pacific War. Here is another public service. It's the tale of the war in the Pacific and its meaning to us and to the generations to come.

Tokyo, Target of the Pacific. But for the disaster of 1923, the city of Tokyo might be a better target for our bombers today.

In less than one minute, the face and the character of Tokyo would change. In that minute, the old Tokyo was destroyed. And from that minute, the new Tokyo of concrete and field roads. Three minutes before 12 noon on September 1st, 1923, Tokyo was a typical sprawling oriental city.

Have you ever seen speech so crooked? No where? So that is except in the mohmarch, a big apparent. These speech must have followed pro-pads. They don't have cows in Japan. They don't. At least I've never seen any.

I say look, look at the gin ricksaws. The speech, full of them. Ha, let's be car mohterman out there trying to get the ricksaws off the track. Look, ha, ha, ha. He's not having much luck, so don't think of bothering much.

No, he's probably fighting a rickshaw tavic all day. There he goes. He's getting spruced. Those street cars are like cracker boxes. They're so small and yet they're crowded to the gill. He has. Hey, what does that smell?

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