Skeleton of a large building. Scenes of destruction in Japan soon after end of World War 2 fighting. Japanese buildings and small shacks. Japanese civilians tear down air raid shelters in Shiba district of Tokyo city. Scenes of rubble and damage from war bombing. Damaged Buddhist club building.
Shows Japanese citizens waiting for a street car or trolley, and men hauling log on cart. Scenes of destruction and poverty in Japan after the end of World War II. Damaged laundry in Shiba district of Tokyo city. Destroyed Japanese washing machine.
Bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Two American soldiers look at hand pumpers for fighting fires. Ruins in the background. Primitive hand pumper for fighting fires. Japanese alphabets (Chinese characters) on the hand pumper, of which letters on the side of pumper shows that the pumper belongs to "No.1 District Neighborhood Association of Shibaseiou-cho Town", Shiba-Ward, Tokyo (Current address; Shibanichoume-Town, Minato-Ward, Tokyo). So presumably these scenes were shot in the vinicity of Shibaseiou-cho Town.
Two people head to the gate of Zōjōji Temple (Zōjōji 4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan), in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese pedestrians pass by the busy street where Zōjōji Temple is located. Stone birdbaths can be found on the left side of the Zōjōji Temple. A pigeon in bird bath. A monument stands where remains of beggars are buried. Camera shifts from temple bird bath to the monument for beggars. Entrance to cemetery of Tokugawa Hidetada (1579- 1632), the second Shogun of Japan. Temporary Zōjōji temple after the original building was destroyed by air raids during World War 2. Door to the temporary temple. A statue of Buddha in temple.
City scenes of prewar Tokyo, Japan. Traffic, pedestrians, railroad trains, and parks and places of interest in Tokyo before Allied bombing. People walking and crossing a busy street. View of Ginza district as seen from a moving car. A policeman in white directs the traffic. Hand opens a book on Japan. The hand opens to a page about Tokyo. The grounds of the Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) as seen from Marunouchi. Men bowing down in front of a temple. Deer feeding in front of a pagoda. Scene changes to views of U.S. Army Air Force B-29 and B-24 bomber aircraft. Scenes of destruction and chaos on the ground in Tokyo following incendiary bomb raid by American B-29 aircraft of Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Japanese fighting fire; scenes of smoke and rubble on the ground in the city of Tokyo.
American bombers being shot down over Kansai, Japan during World War II. Japanese antiaircraft gun fire against American bombers in flight. Flak bursts in sky. American bombers are shot down. Wreckage of American bombers on ground. Japanese soldiers clear wreckage of American planes in Kansai area, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Shiba prefectures. Japanese soldiers inspect a bomb. They carry wrecked parts of planes. Piece of material, with words: "Life Raft Sail Fabric.Navy Aeronautical Specification M-551." Japanese soldiers hold part of aircraft as officer circles bullet and flak holes on it. Formation of American bombers. An American aircraft comes down in smoke. Smoke rises from a burning building after bombing. Japanese fire fighters hose down the building. Japanese soldiers around wreckage of American planes. Smoke rises from burning planes.
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