A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A Japanese man pulls a cart along Minato Cho Street. Slight effect of bombing on the buildings alongside the street. The south west face of a concrete theater whose roof has collapsed and a seven-story concrete building adjacent to it which shows very little surface damage. All these buildings are located west of Konunato Dorii. The south east face of a six-story concrete building gutted by fire and whose interior surface has been badly chipped. A five story modern concrete structure not visibly affected by fire. A two-story building that has been gutted by fire and whose walls have collapsed. A six-story concrete tile-faced building affected by fire.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. Rubble and remains of one and two-story brick buildings. The west face of Shurakukan Theater. Debris in the foreground. The west face of four-story concrete Shochiku Theater gutted by fire. The entire roof collapsed. Interior of the burnt out theater shows the collapsed roof. A former government building. Area lying between the Meteorological Observatory and east west of street car tracks. Debris and rubble in the area. A crowd of Japanese people along a street.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view from a fire tower shows Kobe Hospital. Burnt out area of Higashiyama-cho. The south portion of Higashiyama-cho and the southwest part of Kusunoki-cho. A view across the south part of Kusunoki-cho, Aioi-cho, north part of Minato-cho, and the port area southeast of Kobe. A view of the area from Kobe station to Kawasaki-cho area and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industry workshop area and a dock area.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view from a fire tower shows Minato-cho, Eizawa-cho,and Mikawaguchi-cho. The main amusement street which runs southeast from the fire tower. A view of Higashi Yanagiwara-cho. Kobe Harbor area as seen from atop a 180 feet tower located in the central park of Kobe. Ship sailing in Kobe harbor.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A U.S. freighter tied at a dock. American grain is unloaded into a U.S. Army vehicle. A U.S. truck as it pulls away from the ship. The ship's boom lowers a load of wheat into the truck. Japanese surveyors at work in Kobe. A surveyor makes a note on a map stand. The surveyors at work in a street. Pedestrian traffic moves about. A closer view of a surveyor and his instruments.
Bombing missions over Europe. A fleet of United States B-24 Liberator in flight. They drop bombs over targets on the ground. Gunners fire from the aircraft. They fire wearing oxygen masks.