A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. Twisted and distorted frame supports of a gas holder. Damaged reinforced concrete buildings in the background. Distorted frame supports of the gas holder. The ruptured dome of the gas holder. Distorted frame structures on the ground.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. A crumpled wall of the Nagasaki Prison. Remaining portion of the wall still standing. Collapsed cell block walls of the prison. Two round poured concrete wall casings which withstood the blast. The cell block in the foreground is completely demolished. A smoke stack of a boiler house and a concrete water tank.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. A smoke stack of a boiler house which withstood the blast. Wrecked frame structure of a factory in the foreground. An open hearth furnace portion of the Mitsubishi Small Arms Plant as seen from a moving flat car traveling on the Nagasaki main line.
A group of U.S. Marines, aboard a ship, lean over a map and discuss their mission to occupy an airfield at Yokosuka, Japan, at the end of world war 2..The U.S.Destroyer, USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), is seen in the background. Scene changes to Marines crowded in a Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) near a troop transport ship. The craft displays a pennant bearing the number "7." Next, they approach a seaplane ramp at the Yokosuka Naval Base, where their craft lowers its door and they disembark. They march off in a formation. ( Many U.S. Marines are already seen on the base, having arrived in earlier landing craft.) Camera pans over hangars adjacent to Atsugi airfield, where debris is strewn about, including inverted remains of a Japanese transport plane and remains of two single engine fighter planes. U.S.. Marines enter a large hangar, showing blast damage on its doors. Others enter another large hangar. View from above of several Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter planes on a ramp outside a hangar. View from a high point overlooking damaged hangars, shows a bay of water with hills and some other installations at opposite water's edge. Camera pans back again to the Zero fighter planes and hangar seen earlier. Another view of fairly large body of water behind the damaged Naval base. Group of Marines marching past a hangar. Inverted Japanese aircraft in foreground. Closeup of U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. and and other officers.
U.S. troops at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan after World War II. A Landing Ship Medium (LSM) approaches Yokosuka Naval Base. A number on the ship reads '210'. The bow doors of the LSM open. U.S. troops disembark from the ship. Troops on a beach. The troops stand on a ramp and unload vehicles. Trucks and ambulances roll down the ramp into shallow water and on a concrete strip. Insignia of the United States on the trucks and the ambulances.
U.S. troops at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan after World War II. A Landing Ship Medium (LSM) at Yokosuka Naval Base. Some sweepers are seated and a few are standing. They all watch the LSM. A number on the ship reads '210'. U.S. troops at the base. The bow doors of the LSM are open. Trucks roll down a ramp. A jeep moves at the base. U.S. trucks leave the base. Trucks roll down the ramp into shallow water and on a concrete strip. A truck parked at the base and Japanese civilians standing behind the truck watch the activities that are taking place at the base.