A view of the Tokyo Tower. Olympic Swimming and Gymnastic Stadiums. The National Athletic Stadium. Immense steel frame building under construction in the Akasaka area.
Traffic on a modern highway in the Akasaka section of Tokyo. Buildings in the background. Cars pass by. Ultramodern Otani Hotel.
Bombing in Tokyo. U.S. aircrafts stand on an air base. Automobiles on the ground. U.S. Soldier writes 'Only the beginning' on a bomb. U.S. pilots briefed by an officer. Pilots confer near an aircraft. The pilots climb in B-29 bomber aircraft. Planes taxi and take off. They fly through heavy flak. Animated maps show the planes flying over and bombing on Tokyo. Aerial view of Tokyo. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Planes in flight. (World War II period).
Crew members seen at duty stations in a B-52. View from the cockpit as the B-52 approaches a KC-135 tanker aircraft in flight. Refueling boom of the tanker comes close to the B-52 windshield and then disappears from view above and behind. B-52 breaks off and pilot smiles.
Two Japanese repairing horse drawn-wagon. Damage done to telephone building. Completely demolished Asano house. Damage wrought to the ground surrounding the Asano house. Portion of the Asano house left intact. Garden of the Asano house.9 September 1945.
Demolished Asano house and garden. Small stone with Japanese inscription and section of house where bomb hit. Destroyed front yard of Asano estate.9 September 1945. (World War II period).
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