Aircraft of Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9), embarked aboard the USS ESSEX (CV-9), operating with Task Force 58, are seen returning from a strike over Tokyo, Japan, in February, 1945, during World War 2. They display the white double-diamond tail design of aircraft assigned to the USS Essex. F4U Corsair makes an arrested landing. Unusual point of view shot from rear seat, left side, of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft as it approaches aircraft carrier, turns, and comes in for landing on the carrier deck. F4U Corsair taxiing to deck edge elevator and lowered to hangar below. F6F Hellcat touchdown for an arrested landing. Pilots seen in the cockpit.
Highlights covering General Douglas MacArthur, from 1945 through 1950. The Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Several Japanese bowing towards the Palace. General Douglas MacArthur exits a car in Tokyo and walks up steps to enter his headquarters in Japan. Emperor Hirohito walks between two U.S. sentries, as he leaves a building and enters his limousine. Japanese citizens form lines on streets to cast ballots in election.Several Japanese women voting. Exterior of the Japanese National Diet building. Interior with representatives seated. A farmer behind a cultivator, pulled by an ox, in a rice paddy. Japanese school children waving American and Japanese flags together, as MacArthur leaves his Tokyo headquarters, walks down steps, and enters car. MacArthur saluting at a military ceremony, where his wife, Jean MacArthur, and son Arthur are spectators. Explosions in hills, from American Patton tank shelling North Korean positions in Korean War. American soldiers firing a mortar; infantry advancing along sides of road; and American tank commander rendering first aid to wounded comrade. United States Air Force (USAF) C-47 transport aircraft ferrying American troops into Korea, from Japan. American infantry marching across a bridge; firing mortars and rifles; and advancing on foot across fields. American troops on trucks followed by a Patton medium tank. MacArthur meeting troops on river boat; riding in a jeep; being briefed by U.S. officer in the field; examining a knocked out tank; and decorating U.S. troops in winter. Closeup of MacArthur in winter gear with his circle of five stars pined into a fur cap. Views of U.S. amphibious landing at Inchon (or Incheon) in Korean War. MacArthur watching from a ship offshore. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, reading message of appreciation to General MacArthur and shaking hands with him at the podium. U.S. President Harry S. Truman, pinning a medal on General MacArthur,on Wake Island in October, 1950.
City scenes of prewar Tokyo, Japan. Traffic, pedestrians, railroad trains, and parks and places of interest in Tokyo before Allied bombing. People walking and crossing a busy street. View of Ginza district as seen from a moving car. A policeman in white directs the traffic. Hand opens a book on Japan. The hand opens to a page about Tokyo. The grounds of the Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) as seen from Marunouchi. Men bowing down in front of a temple. Deer feeding in front of a pagoda. Scene changes to views of U.S. Army Air Force B-29 and B-24 bomber aircraft. Scenes of destruction and chaos on the ground in Tokyo following incendiary bomb raid by American B-29 aircraft of Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Japanese fighting fire; scenes of smoke and rubble on the ground in the city of Tokyo.
View of damaged and wrecked town around Marunouchi Business District of Tokyo, Japan. Gutted Marunouchi Station Building and Concourse of Tokyo Central Station and completely demolished town. View of railroad yard with people waiting for train to arrive on the station. The railway track.
View of damaged and wrecked town of Tokyo, Japan. Japanese men pull a cart with ruins in the background. Streetcars or trolleys pass by on the road and men ride bicycles.
Bomb damage to Kyobashi district in Tokyo, Japan. A streetcar travels down the street as reveals bomb damage from the allied bombing of Tokyo. Shots of a canal that runs through the main district of Tokyo. A boat in the canal passing under a bridge. Damaged buildings. (World War II period).