A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A Japanese man pulls a cart along Minato Cho Street. Slight effect of bombing on the buildings alongside the street. The south west face of a concrete theater whose roof has collapsed and a seven-story concrete building adjacent to it which shows very little surface damage. All these buildings are located west of Konunato Dorii. The south east face of a six-story concrete building gutted by fire and whose interior surface has been badly chipped. A five story modern concrete structure not visibly affected by fire. A two-story building that has been gutted by fire and whose walls have collapsed. A six-story concrete tile-faced building affected by fire.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. Rubble and remains of one and two-story brick buildings. The west face of Shurakukan Theater. Debris in the foreground. The west face of four-story concrete Shochiku Theater gutted by fire. The entire roof collapsed. Interior of the burnt out theater shows the collapsed roof. A former government building. Area lying between the Meteorological Observatory and east west of street car tracks. Debris and rubble in the area. A crowd of Japanese people along a street.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view from a fire tower shows Minato-cho, Eizawa-cho,and Mikawaguchi-cho. The main amusement street which runs southeast from the fire tower. A view of Higashi Yanagiwara-cho. Kobe Harbor area as seen from atop a 180 feet tower located in the central park of Kobe. Ship sailing in Kobe harbor.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A U.S. freighter tied at a dock. American grain is unloaded into a U.S. Army vehicle. A U.S. truck as it pulls away from the ship. The ship's boom lowers a load of wheat into the truck. Japanese surveyors at work in Kobe. A surveyor makes a note on a map stand. The surveyors at work in a street. Pedestrian traffic moves about. A closer view of a surveyor and his instruments.
A survey of the damage inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A granite statue of Buddha which was damaged by the fire but survived. The south face of a three-story reinforced concrete building which was gutted by the fire and in which the windows have been replaced. Three story reinforced concrete Meishin Grade School Building which was gutted by the fire. Structures which were unaffected are on the north side of Matsubara Dorii which acted as a firebreak. Ruins of a former rubber factory. Rubble and machinery of the damaged factory. The south face of a single-story brick load bearing structure located west of the former rubber plant.
A survey of the damage inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view from a fire tower shows unaffected area of Higachi Yamacho and Anatacho. Docho, quonset huts, in Minatocho, Eizawa cho, and Mikawaguchi-cho.