Japanese soldiers push Japanese fighter plane at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. View of Japanese soldiers pushing Japanese fighter plane. They push it into steel structure of hangar.
Citizens and United States soldiers walk along the streets in Tokyo, Japan on New Year Day (OshÅgatsu) of 1946. Japanese women and children dressed in kimonos walk along a sidewalk. Some Japanese men and women are also seen wearing face masks. They are wearing face masks during winter influenza season. A woman wearing a surgical mask and fur coat glances at the camera as she walks by. Japanese women and children walking along the streets.
Clip opens with rapid changing scenes: American troops in trench in Korea. American tank on street in Germany. American Ski troops in Alaska. Amphibian assault training in Puerto Rico. Rotating Globe shows: U.S. Army on alert to defend against aggression. Sergeant Stuart introduces episdoe and states that U.S. Army has come to Japan to know their culture and make friends after war and occupation. U.S. Army troops of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, are seen arriving by railroad train at a train stateion near their base near Beppu,Oita on the island of Kyushu, Japan. U.S. Army soldiers, including white and African American soldiers, exit train cars. They receive a warm welcome from Japanese population. Banner reads:" Welcome Pala Troop comin back from Korea, City of Beppu."[sic] Women holding flowers and families with small children waving American and Japanese flags, welcome them on the train station. A sign over the train station platform reads: "Welcome 187 Para Troop Coming Back From Korea, City of Beppu." The troops stand in formation on the platform while the unit's officers receive the flowers from the women. Japanese men in fraternal uniforms and the general population all join in the welcoming ceremonies. The troops march off the train station under another sign reading: Welcome Home 187 RCT." and march down the main street of Beppu under a swirl of paper confetti. Next scenes are from autumn of 1945, as U.S. soldiers march through streets of Japan during occupation following the end of World War 2. U.S. troops seen marching behind Japanese police to occupy Japan, in 1945, amidst the aftermath of suffering and destruction of the war. The local population standing at road sides and watching with worry and concern. Scenes of postwar destruction in Japan. Rubble of bombed buildings. Scene of simple wooden dwelling shacks and wreckage nearby. A Japanese boy with his baby brother on his back. The baby is crying. Next scene moves again to circa 1950 in streets of a Japanese city, possibly Tokyo, rebuilt and with busy scenes of traffic on streets and commerce. Large outdoor rally with a Communist speaker addressing large crowd of Japanese people who sit and listen. Scenes from a what the narrator describes as a Communist rally in Japan, against America, which turns violent. Protestors running in streets during demonstration, with signboards and police and fire fighters extinguish flames at scene of an overturned, burning car. Flashback again to 1945 or 1946 as U.S. Army soldiers use tractors and heavy equipment to clear and level an area of war rubble and debris during rebuilding efforts after World War 2. Japanese citizens look on, watching the machines at work.
Steel shell of hangar on Atsugi Airstrip in Japan. Japanese soldiers and Japanese children carry small field pieces. Japanese planes parked and hangar in the background. Steel structure of hangar remains. Japanese bomber on tripods in hangar. Japanese soldiers inspect the Japanese bomber. (World War II period).
Barrack bags of U.S. officers unloaded from B-17 at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. B-17 parked on runway. U.S. officers talk to Japanese officers alongside the B-17. Enlisted men load barracks bags on jeep. Jeep pulls out. Two Japanese soldiers go on bicycle. Steel structure of hangar in the background.
Activities on Atsugi Airdrome in Japan after World War II. C-54 lands and taxis. Sign on jeep "Army Airways Communication Systems". Enlisted U.S. Army soldiers talk into microphone. Enlisted man signals with portable light.