A survey of the damage inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. Small machines in the rubble. South of streetcar tracks in third square west of Hong Kong Shanghai Bank is a stone grotto in the rubble and destroyed brick buildings. The east face of a three-story concrete school in Eizawocho. The building shows the effects of fire on the concrete wall. The south face of a two-story building gutted by the fire. Front columns of a building heavily chipped by the fire. A two story building gutted by fire which affected a closed metal shutter.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A Japanese man pulls a cart along Minato Cho Street. Slight effect of bombing on the buildings alongside the street. The south west face of a concrete theater whose roof has collapsed and a seven-story concrete building adjacent to it which shows very little surface damage. All these buildings are located west of Konunato Dorii. The south east face of a six-story concrete building gutted by fire and whose interior surface has been badly chipped. A five story modern concrete structure not visibly affected by fire. A two-story building that has been gutted by fire and whose walls have collapsed. A six-story concrete tile-faced building affected by fire.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. Rubble and remains of one and two-story brick buildings. The west face of Shurakukan Theater. Debris in the foreground. The west face of four-story concrete Shochiku Theater gutted by fire. The entire roof collapsed. Interior of the burnt out theater shows the collapsed roof. A former government building. Area lying between the Meteorological Observatory and east west of street car tracks. Debris and rubble in the area. A crowd of Japanese people along a street.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view from a fire tower shows Kobe Hospital. Burnt out area of Higashiyama-cho. The south portion of Higashiyama-cho and the southwest part of Kusunoki-cho. A view across the south part of Kusunoki-cho, Aioi-cho, north part of Minato-cho, and the port area southeast of Kobe. A view of the area from Kobe station to Kawasaki-cho area and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industry workshop area and a dock area.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view from a fire tower shows Minato-cho, Eizawa-cho,and Mikawaguchi-cho. The main amusement street which runs southeast from the fire tower. A view of Higashi Yanagiwara-cho. Kobe Harbor area as seen from atop a 180 feet tower located in the central park of Kobe. Ship sailing in Kobe harbor.
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.