United States Navy sailors and Japanese girls out for a stroll in front of the Imperial palace in Tokyo, Japan, a few months after the end of World War 2. Buildings in the background. They sit and talk near the palace. They look at a diary. A sailor reads the diary. A girl writes down something in the diary.
Japanese aircraft being destroyed by antiaircraft fire from U.S. warships and by U.S. carrier-based aircraft near Tokyo, Japan, in World War 2.
Air and Naval gunfire attacks by American Task Force against Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. A Destroyer in the background fires its main battery. Battleship underway fires to the starboard. Fighter aircraft take off from carrier deck. Group of U.S. SB2Cs (Helldiver) in formation. Two U.S. Grumman F6F hellcats in flight. TBM Avengers in flight. Mount Fujiyama seen above cloud cover. Japanese installations on ground being struck. Noticeable absence of Japanese defensive actions.
Workers handle Japanese treasure at a warehouse in Tokyo, Japan. Workers and U.S. troops at the warehouse. U.S. troops supervise the operation. (World War II period).
Aerial views of bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. Aerial views from an aircraft showing bomb damaged city of Tokyo. Aerial view of damaged buildings along side of road. Aircraft passes over water. Aerial view of water channels.
Post-war aerial views of bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan, from American bombing during World War II. Aerial views from an aircraft showing buildings of Tokyo. Aerial view of damaged buildings. Aircraft passes over ruins. Pedestrians along road. Aerial view of railway tracks. Shows areas where large swaths of residential homes have been completely burned to ashes.