Iron and Steel Works at Yawata in Japan (Yawata Steel Works). A view at the end of the Japan Iron and Steel Works. Open hearth, rolling mills and coke ovens. Southern sections of the plant as seen from the roof of the Muwata Grade School. Burned out sections of Yawata as seen from the roof of the school. This area lies between a post office and the south end of the plant. It includes the areas Higaichi, Machi, Okadamachi and Hishimachi. This view shows the results of incendiary attack of August 8, 1945. The coke plant and by-products installations of Japan Iron and Steel Works. The southwest corner of the plant. Views of Tobata Power Plant. Aircraft revetments around the Japanese Naval Air Base in Omura. (World War II period).
Japanese women archers in an archery contest in Japan. The target, a painted bull's eye. The archers enter the field, take positions and bow to the target.
Men practice Judo, the art of self defense, in Japan. Men demonstrate the methods used in a Judo exercise. Several views of the same.
The Mitsubishi-Urakami Ordnance Plant shows the effects of atomic blasts of World War II on its light steel frame structure in Nagasaki. While the structurally stronger east wall and the center section of the building withstood the blast comparatively well, the entire section has been displaced. The wall of the building was afforded some protection by the boiler house. Structural collapse of the light steel frame building.
Damage caused to the city of Tsuruga, Japan in World War II. The built up section of the city area which suffered from incendiary attack of World War II. Various houses and buildings in the area. Damage caused to the city and the harbor area. The effect of damage to the Oshima Naval Oil Storage at Tokuyama.
Protective measures taken at the Japan Iron and Steel Works, Yawata (also called Yawata Steel Works) to face the incendiary attacks during World War II. Heavy reinforced concrete portable blocks used at the Japan Iron and Steel Works to protect machinery. The building opposite the river from Tokyo Electric building where gel incendiary bomb landed at an angle onto the front face of tile work. A black smudge left by the bomb. Concrete revetments used to protect transformers from blast and fragmentation at the Japan Iron and Steel at Yawata. Sand filled heavy plank walls used to protect transformers.
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