Color film footage survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan, soon after World War II. Stone lantern caps on Motoyasu Bridge damaged and jumped outwards from the blast. The upper portion of the stone lanterns displaced by a blast. Displacement of various components of the stone lanterns on the bridge. The effect of blast on the stone retaining wall along the Motoyasu River. View of damaged Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, later the site of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Wrecked solitary fire walls, barracks and communication buildings.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. The effect of a blast on an asphalt road and a stone retaining wall along the Motoyasu River. A damaged building in the background. The effect of the blast on steel casement windows of a building as well as stone columns. Displacement of stone columns on a roof. Building of the Chugoku Newspaper Building damaged and gutted by fire. Destroyed steel frame of the building in the foreground.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft of the 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z") seen on Saipan. A B-29 aircraft taxis and turns on a runway. A rainbow in the sky. A B-29 being moved with a tug. Ground handling of a B-29 aircraft. An airman direct a pilot to the parking spot. A group of airmen stands near the parked aircraft. On its fuselage below the cockpit, it displays a black bird's wing on top of a black globe and a long yellow paint stripe underneath. The airmen take equipment out of the aircraft and haul it away in a cart. Three B-29 aircraft parked.
Activities of airmen at U.S. 20th Bomber Command headquarters in Guam immediately after end of World War II. Improvised wind-driven washing machines. A tent area and palm trees. Men in a chow line. They sterilize their mess gear in water heated by a stove. A sign on a building reads 'Headquarters, 20th Bomber Command'. A man walks out of the building. B-29s of the 314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O") are parked on flight line.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft, and activities of airmen on North Field, Guam, immediately after World War II. Parked B-29 aircraft warm up. Aircraft of the 314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O"), 330th BG (Tail Code "K) and several of the 19th Bomb Group (Tail Code "M") are seen. B-29s taxi and maneuver on the ground as they are moved to different parking places.
About a month after the end of World War 2, .Airmen at the 20th Bomber Command Headquarters create a comic movie about a B-29 aircrew. The aircraft windows are blacked out or fogged out. Three "aircrew" are seen sitting in a B-29 aircraft. Two sing while the third plays a harmonica. In the cockpit, the "pilot" holds a silk stocking in hand. He kisses it and places it in his jacket. On "final approach" to land, the "pilot" has placed the silk stocking over his control pedestal. He manipulates the yoke as if controlling the aircraft, then starts to pull back all four throttles, but has difficulty, until he remembers to release the throttle lock, and then pulls them back, pretending to land the B-29.
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