U.S. Army Air Forces issue flyer's A-3 bag is seen with 5th Air Force patch on it. Armed American troops descending from C-54 transport upon arrival at Tachikawa Airfield, near Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Air Transport Command (ATC) insignia on fuselage of aircraft. Wooden Control tower with sign "Tokyo Base Operation, 3rd Airdrome Squadron". Several red Japanese fire trucks in a row at edge of tarmac, along with two liquid tank trucks and 7 brown Japanese cloth top automobiles marked with crosses on their fenders. A C-47 is parked in background. American soldiers in full combat gear walking across the tarmac. American soldiers, who just arrived in C-54 transport aircraft, line up and collect their baggage from bottom of the aircraft.
Film begins showing a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-67 bomber parked in the grass at a Japanese airfield right after the end of World War II. American fighter aircraft fly overhead. Camera pans around the Japanese bomber with closeup of its engines. View from the rear showing its twin tail. Next, the camera focuses on a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-67 medium bomber showing it from a tail view. The camera pans around the aircraft and then to many other multi-engine aircraft parked all over the field. Camera takes closeup of another Mitsubishi Ki-67. Film ends as a U.S. Army Air Forces C54 transport plane flies overhead.
Japanese civilians and military watch American soldier using bulldozer to clear debris and begin reconstruction during American military occupation of Japan. Japanese soldiers and laborers working to clear the detritus of war and rebuild. Japanese businessman discussing reconstruction with an American military officer in his office. Signs in office reading: "Bid Room, P&C Div, Mr. P.E. Pagliocca." Japanese businessmen obtaining U.S. requests for bids on reconstruction projects. Bessemer Converter is charged and fired in Japanese steel plant. Hot steel Ingot is rolled out on cart. Hot ribbon of steel in placed into wire extrusion machine.
Radio facilities and broadcasts in Japan before World War 2. Japanese radio facilities in Tokyo. Broadcasting to South America. Radio towers and radio facilities in Tokyo, Japan. Building of Radio Broadcast Center. A Japanese radio announcer speaking in Spanish. Flag of Japan on the building. Interior of the building. A Japanese conductor walks to podium and prepares to conduct orchestra. Musical instruments or in-studio orchestra play. Animated map of Latin America and South America. Sign on the animated map. Animated map describes radio broadcast in Mexico and South America. Animated map of Japan shows Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan before World War II. Views of bridge over river and birds fly near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. View of the Niju-bashi Bridge. Flock of birds flying in Tokyo. Japanese crowd in streets and residential area. Many views of modern buildings for government, offices, businesses, and residential areas of Chiyoda, Tokyo. National Diet Building (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan) in Chiyoda City. Embassy buildings of foreign governments. Point of view street views of busy Tokyo streets as seen from a moving vehicle or streetcar (beneath streetcar or trolley wires). View of buildings at Ginza district. View of the iconic Wako Clock Tower (4 Chome-5-11 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan) in Ginza. Night views of lighted neon signs in busy Tokyo urban center.
Tokyo, Japan before the Second World War. Elegant, modern salons. Japanese people wearing Western clothes having coffee at a sidewalk café. Coffee is poured into a cup. View of Tokyo Station. Passengers at Tokyo Station waiting for trains and leaving in trains. Clock shows time. A train leaves Tokyo Station. View of Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan). Airline passengers board a Japan Air Transport plane on tarmac at Tokyo Haneda International Airport. Plane takes off. Mountains shown including Mount Fuji.
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