View from gun camera of U.S. Army Air Forces airplane strafing targets of opportunity in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Targets include buildings in farming and coastal areas.
Gun camera views from U.S. Army Air Forces airplane strafing lines of communication in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Pilot strafes target on rural road. Remainder of film is somewhat hazy.
Gun camera views from U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft strafing Japanese targets in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Pilot dives toward a settlement in a rural area, with guns firing. He then attacks a coastal town, from the sea. Fires seen burning in the town. He proceeds a short distance inland, where dense smoke billows from numerous fires already burning. He climbs up steeply to avoid the smoke. Next, he attacks a coastal town, from the land side. Fire is burning as passes over it. Final seconds show strafing rounds striking a tall structure in a built-up town.
View of Edo/Tokugawa period Ukiyo-e prints made by Harunobu Suzuki, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” print by Hokusai. An artist carves a small wooden statue. Hand places wooden statuettes on display. Japanese men examine ceramics made by artisans. Dancers perform Odori and Mai dances. A Japanese dancer performs with a doll.
Japan after World War II. A view of Kure, Hiroshima, Japan after the war. Japanese women pulling ropes to move gold caches. Men pulling out baskets of cache from an underground hideout. A woman writing notes on site. Men retrieve cache of coins. Japanese government gold, silver and platinum are removed from the caches. The soldiers take out baskets filled with coins. The collected treasure is taken away from the caches by the soldiers on a military tank. Japanese civilians watch the treasures being taken. A view of the Kure Harbor in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Hulks of wrecked Japanese ships at the harbor. Many wrecked ships in the harbor are seen.
View from U.S. aircraft as it swoops down over a town surrounded by forest and farmland, in Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Hazy views of ground below. Agricultural lands laid out in squares. More hazy views. Gun camera views from USAAF P-47 strafing towns at crossroads. Hazy views of coastline and water beyond. Gun camera views from P-47 strafing a military complex and then pulling up as it approaches a mountain.