General Ridgway and wife attend Freighter Akagi Maru launching in Yokohama

General Matthew Ridgway, in military full dress uniform, and wife Marjory Anthony Long, wearing hat and holding floral bouquet, shake hands with Japanese dignitaries; all wear rose boutonnieres / Ridgway walks in front of Anthony Long and line of dignitaries / Anthony Long smiles and shakes hands with dignitary / view of ship decorated with garlands and flags, with name "Akagi Maru" on hull / woman in ceremonial kimono gives floral bouquet to Anthony Long and dignitaries applaud / crowd of children in school uniforms look up and wave / Anthony Long cuts line with small axe / champagne bottle attached to line breaks on ship's bow / CU Anthony Long claps / ornamental ball on ship's bow opens and releases birds, ribbons, banner and confetti as ship slides down slipway