Tachikawa Airfield in Japan after the end of World War II. Opening scene shows a U.S. Army Air Force flyer's A-3 equipment bag with logo of the 5th Air Force on it. A Japanese ambulance is seen, next, with Japanese attendants. Injured American soldiers are helped aboard the ambulance. One, with his arm heavily bandaged, waits to board. An Army Air Forces C-54 transport aircraft makes a long takeoff roll before climbing out from the airfield. Several views from an empty hangar of a C-54 taxiing past on the airfield ramp. In background C-54 aircraft are seen taxiing in various parts of the airfield. Some jeeps drive and a soldier walks past the hangar as a C-47 starts a takeoff roll in the background. View of hills and clouds.
Japanese soldiers inspect and move equipment in Japan. View of rifles and combat equipment. Japanese soldiers turn in rifles and combat equipment. Japanese soldiers and Japanese children walk carrying machines guns. Two GIs open boxes containing machine guns, inspect the same and close the boxes. They lift the box up and walk away. Japanese soldiers move equipment. (World War II period).
Steel shell of hangar on Atsugi Airstrip in Japan. Japanese soldiers and Japanese children carry small field pieces. Japanese planes parked and hangar in the background. Steel structure of hangar remains. Japanese bomber on tripods in hangar. Japanese soldiers inspect the Japanese bomber. (World War II period).
Barrack bags of U.S. officers unloaded from B-17 at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. B-17 parked on runway. U.S. officers talk to Japanese officers alongside the B-17. Enlisted men load barracks bags on jeep. Jeep pulls out. Two Japanese soldiers go on bicycle. Steel structure of hangar in the background.
Japanese soldiers unload equipment from C-54 at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan. Japanese Work Battalion repair runway of Atsugi Airstrip. Japanese soldier spread dirt. C-54 parked on runway. C-54 with truck nearby, unload the equipment. Truck pulls away. View of airstrip and C-47's. C-54's lined up. (World War II period).
Activities on Atsugi Airdrome in Japan after World War II. C-54 lands and taxis. Sign on jeep "Army Airways Communication Systems". Enlisted U.S. Army soldiers talk into microphone. Enlisted man signals with portable light.
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