Ruins in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. In the rubble a Japanese family searches for roof tiles to be used in their new home. A Japanese man searches through ruins of his former home for salvageable items. Ruins of a catholic church in the background. A Japanese boy searches through the rubble for salvage. A Japanese woman carrying a bouquet passes through lines of headstones in a cemetery. She reaches the gravestone of her son and places the flowers in two stone flower vases on each side. She clasps her hand and meditates. A Japanese woman walks along a road through rubble in front of a building.
Activities at a Japanese newspaper office in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II . Interior of the newspaper office shows several Japanese reporters at work. A reporter writes a script. The script and pictures are given to an editor seated at his table. The editor scans the pictures and the script and calls a copy girl. She picks up the material and takes it to a makeup desk. Typesetters at work at the makeup desk.
The art and crafts of Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese artist polishes an object with charcoal and coats it with red lacquer. The artist gives the final touch. The final polishing with Tonoko Clay. Lacquer products displayed are red coffee pots, wine cups, cigarette sets, trays with gold dusted base and fan design and a stationary box.
Various places in Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese farmer plows his land. He uses a wooden plow and an ox to pull it. A group of Buddhists monks walk in a ceremonial procession across a bridge over the water at Chion-in Temple grounds in Kyoto. A wheat field and an irrigation well in the background. Streets and houses in Kyoto.
Japanese artists at work in Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese farmer plows his land. A Japanese artist at work on a design for a color wood block print. The artist as he traces designs. He carves a design on the oilskin paper that has been pasted onto cherry wood. The carving is done with the aid of numerous types of chisels. A separate block is made for each of the various colors that are to be used in the final product. The artist carves the design.
A Japanese motion picture theater in Kyoto, Japan. A group of Japanese children play baseball outdoors. Other children stand as they watch the game. A man and two boys looking at Japanese movie posters. Japanese man accompanies the two boys to the cinema. The man buys tickets on ticket booth.