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Japanese people wait for street car and scenes of rubble and destruction in postwar Japan
Shows Japanese citizens waiting for a street car or trolley, and men hauling log on cart. Scenes of destruction and poverty in Japan after the end of World War II. Damaged laundry in Shiba district of Tokyo city. Destroyed Japanese washing machine.
United States Army 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team returns to Japan from Korea and is welcomed by City of Beppu, Oita
Clip opens with rapid changing scenes: American troops in trench in Korea. American tank on street in Germany. American Ski troops in Alaska. Amphibian assault training in Puerto Rico. Rotating Globe shows: U.S. Army on alert to defend against aggression. Sergeant Stuart introduces episdoe and states that U.S. Army has come to Japan to know their culture and make friends after war and occupation. U.S. Army troops of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, are seen arriving by railroad train at a train stateion near their base near Beppu,Oita on the island of Kyushu, Japan. U.S. Army soldiers, including white and African American soldiers, exit train cars. They receive a warm welcome from Japanese population. Banner reads:" Welcome Pala Troop comin back from Korea, City of Beppu."[sic] Women holding flowers and families with small children waving American and Japanese flags, welcome them on the train station. A sign over the train station platform reads: "Welcome 187 Para Troop Coming Back From Korea, City of Beppu." The troops stand in formation on the platform while the unit's officers receive the flowers from the women. Japanese men in fraternal uniforms and the general population all join in the welcoming ceremonies. The troops march off the train station under another sign reading: Welcome Home 187 RCT." and march down the main street of Beppu under a swirl of paper confetti. Next scenes are from autumn of 1945, as U.S. soldiers march through streets of Japan during occupation following the end of World War 2. U.S. troops seen marching behind Japanese police to occupy Japan, in 1945, amidst the aftermath of suffering and destruction of the war. The local population standing at road sides and watching with worry and concern. Scenes of postwar destruction in Japan. Rubble of bombed buildings. Scene of simple wooden dwelling shacks and wreckage nearby. A Japanese boy with his baby brother on his back. The baby is crying. Next scene moves again to circa 1950 in streets of a Japanese city, possibly Tokyo, rebuilt and with busy scenes of traffic on streets and commerce. Large outdoor rally with a Communist speaker addressing large crowd of Japanese people who sit and listen. Scenes from a what the narrator describes as a Communist rally in Japan, against America, which turns violent. Protestors running in streets during demonstration, with signboards and police and fire fighters extinguish flames at scene of an overturned, burning car. Flashback again to 1945 or 1946 as U.S. Army soldiers use tractors and heavy equipment to clear and level an area of war rubble and debris during rebuilding efforts after World War 2. Japanese citizens look on, watching the machines at work.
U.S. defeats Japan in Pacific through air power in World War II; multiple views of American combat aircraft in action in World War 2
From "The Last Bomb": The defeat of Japan through American airpower in World War 2. Mix of actual combat footage and a small amount of vintage, dramatized, pilot in cockpit footage. A single B-29 from the 39th Bomb Group (stationed at North Field Guam) drops clusters of incendiary and fragmentation bombs over Japan. Bombs away view of large number of bombs falling toward Japan. A formation of B-29s from the 498th Bomb Group, Isley Field, Saipan, in flight during a daytime bombing mission over Japan. Explosions and smoke rise from targets in Japan, including two Japanese aircraft plants and an airdrome as part of U.S. tactical plan 574. Color, low aerial view of massive bomb damage over Tokyo following U.S. air attacks of March 1945. Escorting P-51s from Iwo Jima engage defending Japanese fighter aircraft in dogfights. Aerial gun camera footage of Japanese airplanes being hit, exploding, bursting into flames, and falling from sky to crash. Later, P-51s conduct strafing attacks against Japanese ground targets, including: lines of communication; railroads; marshaling yards; factories; airfields; ships; and harbors. Color gun camera footage shows these strafing attacks. P-51s returning to land at Iwo Jima and performing celebratory rolls over the field. Crippled B-29s making emergency landings on Iwo Jima. A B-29 from 500th Bomb Group with an engine shutdown. A B-29 from the 29th Bomb Group. Bad weather over runway at Iwo Jima forces a P-51 pilot to bail out over the field. A B-29 from the 6th Bomb Group ditches in water near beach on Iwo Jima. A B-29 crashes and bursts into flames during landing at Iwo Jima (all crew escapes.) Firefighters douse the flames with foam. Formation of B-29s from 39th Bomb Group returning to Guam after bombing mission over Japan. A B-29 crashing on landing and bursting into flames. Sole surviving crew member being carried on stretcher, as firemen and rescue teams work at scene. Formations of B-29s from 498th Bomb Group and 9th Bomb Group, in flight. Good color view from B-29 of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, which brought about the capitulation of Japan and end of World War 2. Large mushroom cloud rising into the air following atomic bomb explosion at Nagasaki.
Progress of women in Japan
Busy streets in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese people shop, cross streets, and ride bicycles. Aerial view of Tokyo after World War 2. View of the Japanese National Diet Building (Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo) in Chiyoda district. Japanese Prime Minister of Japan Yoshida Shigeru addresses the parliament. Japanese men, women and ministers attend the National Diet. A new bill is passed. Hand flips through the pages of the new bill written in Japanese. Contrasts the progress of women with that of men in Japan. A Japanese man and woman. Japanese children playing in playground. A woman holds her child. A salaryman father laughs with wife and two children at home. Japanese man wipes sweat off his head with a napkin. An old farmer working. People crossing a street. Japanese men and women crowd a busy street. View of Japanese women work as traffic police officer, as telephone operators, as caretaker of family,voting and as an architect.
Government buildings in Tokyo, Japan
The entrance to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. View of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the Kasumigaseki district before it was destroyed by fire during the Great Kanto Earthquake. A car drives away from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. Pedestrians walking outside the Ministry of Justice building (1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013). View of the Imperial Diet building, now known as the National Diet building (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). Emperor Hirohito on horseback inspects Japanese troops. Marching Imperial Japanese Army troops before World War II. Emperor Hirohito boards a Japanese Navy ship. Sailors in Japanese Navy ships.
Gutted War Department building in Tokyo
Bombing damage in Tokyo soon after the end of World War 2. Samurai district showing remains of small shops and Geisha houses. Square block destroyed. Gutted war department building and retaining prison. Damage to navy building. Entrance to imperial palace and surrounding area. U.S. sailors stand at entrance to imperial palace.
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