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.
A Japanese prison camp at Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. A Japanese officer talks to American intelligence officers in a hospital prison camp. Living quarters and barracks where American prisoners live. A street in Haikimo. A freight train loaded with tree logs moves past.
Liberation of Allied prisoners in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. U.S. prisoners as they lounge on the deck of hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13) in Tokyo Bay. U.S. personnel on the dock wave when a boat approaches. The compound of Japanese POW (Prisoners of War) camp at Nisson Mill Camp near Tokyo shows Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Japanese guards can be seen in the compound. A littered street.
Damage due to fire in Tokyo, Japan. Burned out Tokyo and vicinity. Aerial view of the damage. (World War II period).
"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.