A rodeo show at the Meiji Shrine stadium in Tokyo, Japan. American Occupation Forces present a rodeo show at the stadium. A band plays on the field in the stadium. For an opening act, Lieutenant Dick Ryan, former Hollywood stuntman, does some fancy stepping and riding on "First Frost" one of Emperor Hirohito's horses. This is followed by traditional "bronc bustin" and steer riding events. One rider is thrown by a horse, and several are thrown by steers. (Note: The stadium was re-constructed and dedicated as the National Stadium, where the opening ceremony of the 28th Olympic games was held on October 10,1964 and where various track and field games and the closing ceremony were also held.)
A market place in Tokyo, Japan. A peddler sells his wares on a sidewalk along Jinga Way in Tokyo. A prospective customer looks over some aluminum kettles. People walk on the sidewalk. Assorted type of Japanese, male, female as well as children, pedestrians. In Shinjuku area, Beppu : small shops and pedestrians alongside a street. A small store sells wicker baskets.
Aftermath of Allied bombings in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. Bombed out outskirts of Tokyo. An American jeep drives past the debris. Two civilians push a hand cart in the foreground. A bombed out house and a sign on a post reads ' Tokyo'. In Tokyo, streetcars pass an intact building. A guard outside the Sakashita-mon gate on the grounds of the Imperial Palace. A man with a long beard in white clothes. Young Japanese womend in the middle of a street bow towards Sakashita-mon and the Emperor's residence.
United States soldiers at the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, Japan. A view from a seventh-floor window of the Meiji Building. A group of American soldiers talks to a few Japanese maidens. An American soldier and a Japanese girl playfully tease each other. The soldiers sit with Japanese girls near the outer most wall of the Imperial Palace grounds (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) in Tokyo. (World War II period).
Aerial views of U.S. fleet off the coast of Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. A Japanese DD (destroyer) underway. HMS King George V of the United Kingdom British Royal Navy underway. A United States Navy Iowa Class BB (battleship) underway. A column of destroyer ships underway.
"Iwo Base Against Japan" showsU.S. Army trucks, vehicles and other supplies being unloaded from an American ship in Iwo Jima island during World War 2. Construction work being carried on to build an advanced base on the island. Vehicles getting stuck in volcanic ash beach areas and being pulled out by bulldozers. Construction of Motoyama airfield number 2. U.S. P-51 Mustangs taking off for escort of American B-29 bomber aircraft in bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan. United States P-51 aircraft shoots down enemy Japanese planes and escorts B-29 to raid Tokyo Japan. 200 pound general purpose bombs are dropped over Tokyo causing fire and smoke. Damaged B-29 Superfortress aircraft return to American air base at Iwo Jima. Flack damage and engine damage shown on several B-29 aircraft after landing at Iwo Jima. Aircraft are repaired.