A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A U.S. freighter tied at a dock. American grain is unloaded into a U.S. Army vehicle. A U.S. truck as it pulls away from the ship. The ship's boom lowers a load of wheat into the truck. Japanese surveyors at work in Kobe. A surveyor makes a note on a map stand. The surveyors at work in a street. Pedestrian traffic moves about. A closer view of a surveyor and his instruments.
A damaged French town in 1944 during World War II. Aerial view of bombs falling over the French town. Smoke billows up from explosions. Rubble on the streets and damaged buildings. French civilians clear debris. Frenchmen ride bicycles. Civilians near a pond. A damaged railroad station.
A damaged French town in 1944 during World War II. French civilians stand near a bombed out building. Rubble on a street. Trucks loaded with men drives past the bombed out building.
A damaged French town in 1944during World War II. Smoke rises from a burning building in the far background. The burning French building. French civilians remove their belongings. Wounded and injured people are evacuated. A damaged railroad station with wrecked locomotives.
French Marshal Philippe Petain in a French town in 1944 during World War II. Philippe Petain in a car flanked by motorcycle police drives on the streets as a crowd cheers. Damaged buildings alongside a street. Petain shakes hands with civilians. Petain speaks into a microphone and addresses the crowd.
Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack held during World War II in the United States. Officials gather in the court room. Officials seated at their desk and an official addresses them about the Pearl Harbor attack. He states that he appeared for the hearing of Pearl Harbor attack in August 1944. No indication was made by the war department about the attack. No information was furnished by them. If they had furnished the information, some decisions or actions could have been taken. He talked to officials of the war time division, but no conclusions were made.