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Burned out sections of Japan Iron and Steel Works at Kitakyushu, Kyushu, Japan

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).

Date: 1946, November 8
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060735
A blast furnace area and allied plants within Japan Iron and Steel Works at Kitakyushu in Kyushu, Japan.

Japan Iron and Steel Works at Yawata (Yawata Steel Works) in Kitakyushu, Kyushu, Japan. Various views of a blast furnace area and allied plants. Japanese workers walk around.

Date: 1946, June 1
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060745
Protective measures taken to protect machinery at Japan Iron and Steel Works, Yawata from incendiary attacks of World War II.

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.

Date: 1946, May 30
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060740
United States Army 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team returns to Japan from Korea and is welcomed by City of Beppu, Oita

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.

Date: 1951
Duration: 5 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024871
Japanese workmen load a truck with kindling wood which was unloaded from one of the ships at a wharf in Beppu, Japan.

Dock activities in Beppu, Japan. A wharf in the inner harbor along the main street of Beppu. The wharf shows many fishing crafts docked in. Huge mountains surrounding Beppu in the background. Japanese workmen load wooden buckets on one of the several vessels docked at the wharf. A ship docked at the wharf. Japanese workmen load a truck with kindling wood which was unloaded from one of the ships. A hot spring pond in Yawata, Kyoto which has been reinforced with concrete and decorated by placing a devil in the center and one of the Buddha gods to one side of the pond. Sulpfur water boils and steam rises. A country road in the foothills above Beppu shows a Japanese woman pounding rice on a straw mat to remove husk from the kernels.

Date: 1946, November 8
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060734
Volcanic eruption of Mount Sakurajima which is located in the southern part of Kyushu, Japan.

Mount Sakurajima volcano erupts in Kyushu, Japan. The volcano as seen from the south coast road just outside Kagoshima city proper. Mount Sakurajima erupts in thick smoke. Japanese locals outside their houses. The volcano as seen across Kagoshima Bay. Volcanic clouds rise from the eruption.

Date: 1946, March 22
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060698
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