American soldiers and people walk on a ground towards the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Trees and buildings in the background. Military policemen on guard at the Palace grounds. A group of American officers walk towards the Palace. They talk to the guards. Officers told that they are not permitted to go further. This is the off limit to all allied troops. (World War II period).
Shacks and simple temporary homes seen in Tokyo, Japan after the end of World War II. Wrecked building in the background. Men work outside the shack. Rubble near the shack. Trees in the background. Children stand outside the shacks during time of post war poverty. Soldier and a woman walk on the street.
Japanese people sit outside shacks in Tokyo, Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. Flimsy homes in the background with rugs, bedding, and laundry hung out on the house in the sun. Japanese people living in poverty amid rubble. Woman squats on ground and washes dishes using water from a pump well. Other family members help wash dishes that are laid out on the ground. Two young boy children are seen in the bombed out ruins, and operating a water pump.
Japanese woman and children stand on a street near a U.S. Army jeep in Tokyo, Japan, soon after the end of World War II. The children sit in the American jeep. Japanese boy and girl children pose for the camera. Simple post-war houses and shacks seen in the background.
Nihonbashi Firehouse in Kabutocho-Town, Nihonbashi-ward (current-day Chuo-ward), City of Tokyo, Japan. Fire trucks leave the firehouse. Fire trucks pass a busy intersection near Nihonbashi-Bridge on the Ginza Street in the Nihonbashi district. Traffic policeman on the street controls the traffic. He maneuvers the fire truck through the traffic. Buildings along the street. People gather on the street in front of the building.
A Japanese fireman walks towards an underground fire hydrant in Tokyo, Japan. He opens the steel cover and takes a large rod which is used to open the main valve. He makes the hose connection to the hydrant. (World War II period).