Two people head to the gate of Zōjōji Temple (Zōjōji 4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan), in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese pedestrians pass by the busy street where Zōjōji Temple is located. Stone birdbaths can be found on the left side of the Zōjōji Temple. A pigeon in bird bath. A monument stands where remains of beggars are buried. Camera shifts from temple bird bath to the monument for beggars. Entrance to cemetery of Tokugawa Hidetada (1579- 1632), the second Shogun of Japan. Temporary Zōjōji temple after the original building was destroyed by air raids during World War 2. Door to the temporary temple. A statue of Buddha in temple.
A fire fighting exercise at the old building of Japan Stock Exchange (nowadays renewed as Tokyo Stock Exchange Building) located in Kabutocho-Town, Nihonbashi-Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Smoke pours out of the fourth floor window. Fire trucks passes near the building. Firemen dismount dragging hose behind them. Hook and ladder against the building. Firemen mount the ladder. Fireman stands holding hose in his hand.
Allied air war over Germany and Japan in World War II. A map showing the Germany occupied areas in Europe and Japan occupied region in South Asia. Aerial views of Allied bomber aircraft flying over the city of Berlin, Germany. The target, Messerschmitt AG, a German aircraft manufacturer company, is bombed by the bombers. Bombs strike the target and huge explosion destroys the factory. Allied bombers drop bombs over targets in Tokyo, Japan. Bombs hit the ground and explosion smoke can be seen from the plane during saturation bombing of Tokyo, Japan.
Bomb damage to Kyobashi district in Tokyo, Japan. A streetcar travels down the street as reveals bomb damage from the allied bombing of Tokyo. Shots of a canal that runs through the main district of Tokyo. A boat in the canal passing under a bridge. Damaged buildings. (World War II period).
Radio Tokyo Station announcer Iva Toguri D'Aquino (wrongly accused of being Tokyo Rose) speaks in English about her life since the day she left Los Angeles where she was born and came to Japan to visit a sick aunt. This is during a re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' in which she played the character 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. She talks about how she came to work for the Japanese government.
United States troops learn customs and languages from Japanese girls in Tokyo, Japan. Buildings on a street. An American soldier strolls the Ginza shopping district with a Japanese girlfriend. The troops stand on the street. A Japanese woman walks past the troops on the street. American troops walk with two Japanese girls on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku 100-0001 Tokyo). Two soldiers with the girls pose as a man takes pictures. Soldiers with Japanese girls, wearing Western dresses, walk on a street. Vehicles drive on the street. Soldiers strolling in Hibiya Park (1-6 Hibiyakouen, Chiyoda-ku, Toukyou-To 100-0012). A girl in a garden teaches language to a soldier. A soldier seated on side of a road speaks to Japanese girls in sign language.