Black market activities between Japanese civilians and members of the United States occupation force in Kyoto, Japan. An American driver of a jeep deals with Japanese civilians and does some illegal transaction. Two guards of the military police arrive and grab the trio. Military police checks the documents of the American. Japanese Civil Police arrests Japanese Nationals.
Japanese Military Police acts to control black market activities in Kyoto, Japan. Japanese civilians, two men and a child and a member of the United States occupation force in Japan checked and arrested after being caught doing an illegal transaction.
Two Japanese women and their children stand near the public water pump in Kyoto, Japan. They pump water. Two women get water from a running stream. They take water and sprinkle it on street. Two young children run on sidewalk. The sidewalk is covered with wheat drying in the sun. An old woman cuts green branches of vegetables. Garbage and old utensils scattered about. A shopkeeper's store with customers and wares outside. Backyard of homes where vegetables are grown.
A shopping district in Kyoto, Japan. Three Japanese laborers sit on a curb and eat their lunch. Their handcarts stand on the streets. Other people walk in the background. A Japanese youth washes his face. A Japanese old man picks up cow dung with shovel and groom. Shopping district of Kyoto. Men and women pass by. Several men ride bicycles. Some people stop and look in store windows. A man purchases from a stall.
Japanese people pass in front of a camera store, Kyoto, Japan. Pedestrians pass in front of Marutama departmental store. Interior of the store. Pedestrians pass by the store. Entrance archway to amusement zone in Kyoto. Pedestrians and shops on sidewalk. Middle class and low class tea houses in Kyoto. People stand in a ration line waiting for their ration of bread substitute. Fourteen small rolls issued to one family. Rolls made of nuts, vegetables and wheat flour.
Kyoto Firemen Training School, Japan. Japanese student firemen go through various phases of training. Student firemen run. Buildings in the background. Student firemen stand at attention in front of a wooded area. Two jeeps in a garage. The jeeps of firemen taken out of the garage. Several firemen stand on one of the jeeps, some jeep get down. They take out the fire hoses and join the others. Two men unload equipment from jeep.