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A housing plan employed for workers by Japanese mining companies in Japan after World War II.
Homes constructed for Japanese workers in Japanese cities after World War II. Homes of barracks variety which are given to those workers who are employed at the Higashi Misome Coal Mine. A Japanese woman washes small pieces of clothes in a wooden bucket in front of her home. A housing plan that is employed by the Higahu-Misome Mining Company. It further illustrates the conditions in which those homes are kept. A view from a train as it passes through various towns and cities while en route to Kyoto. The type of buildings found in most cities of Japan which were untouched in the strategic air attack against Japan
Japanese people search for salvageable items in the ruins in Hiroshima, Japan.
Ruins in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. In the rubble a Japanese family searches for roof tiles to be used in their new home. A Japanese man searches through ruins of his former home for salvageable items. Ruins of a catholic church in the background. A Japanese boy searches through the rubble for salvage. A Japanese woman carrying a bouquet passes through lines of headstones in a cemetery. She reaches the gravestone of her son and places the flowers in two stone flower vases on each side. She clasps her hand and meditates. A Japanese woman walks along a road through rubble in front of a building.
Protective measures taken to protect machinery at Japan Iron and Steel Works, Yawata from incendiary attacks of World War II.
Protective measures taken at the Japan Iron and Steel Works, Yawata (also called Yawata Steel Works) to face the incendiary attacks during World War II. Heavy reinforced concrete portable blocks used at the Japan Iron and Steel Works to protect machinery. The building opposite the river from Tokyo Electric building where gel incendiary bomb landed at an angle onto the front face of tile work. A black smudge left by the bomb. Concrete revetments used to protect transformers from blast and fragmentation at the Japan Iron and Steel at Yawata. Sand filled heavy plank walls used to protect transformers.
Japanese people travel by streetcars in Tokyo, Japan.
Views of streets of Tokyo, Japan showing Japanese people. An old man checks the axles of his cart. After he has checked over, he circles around the cart and comes to the front and starts off. A crowd of people streams out of a subway station. Streetcars drive past and cross an intersection. The crowd waits at a streetcar stop. A Japanese man pulls a cart with rubber tires. Another man peddles a bicycle to which a cart is attached. The cart is loaded with produce from the market. Vehicles and pedestrian traffic on the roads. A horse draws a cart loaded with goods. Trolley cars move past on the road.
Naval officers photographed at The Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia in 1925.
The Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, in 1925 (re-designated "U.S. Naval Station Norfolk," in 1945). Opening scene shows Senior Naval officers (mostly captains plus a couple of rear admirals) seated in front row, and two rows of others officers standing behind them. At one point, they all remove their caps. Behind them is a concrete wall. But tops of some some buildings can be seen behind in the background. Closeup of a seated young rear admiral flanked by captains. In change of scene, all the officers are seen standing at attention, side-by-side on a gravel waterfront area, with a river and numerous buildings on the opposite shore visible in background. The camera pans across the assembled officers. Next, officers are seen on the waterfront, marching in white hats and carrying swords. (In these scenes, the motion is too fast, due to lack of compensation for low hand cranking speed of source camera.) The officers stop and stand in formation, and then march away.
Rear Admiral William Moffett, Chief of U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. Admiral William Sims, commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe.
Brief glimpse of a U.S. Navy staff car parked in front of a Federal Government building entrance, where several naval officers and at least one army officer prepare to board the car. Attending the car are two sailors wearing dark watch caps. Next, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, is seen leaving the building on crutches. His right foot is heavily bandaged. A sign in the window of the building reads: "U.S. Navy Aviation." A cadre of naval officers follows the Admiral to the sidewalk, where he cheerfully engages in conversation with several. To his left is a Captain. The other officers are of lessor rank. They appear to be awaiting a car to pick up the admiral. Following a break, two of the naval officers are seen conversing alone at the building entrance. The admiral has left. Change of scene shows a man in military uniform seated at a desk in what appears to be a law office. He is making notes on a pad. The room is filled with shelves full of books. Abrupt change of time and place shows Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe, at a railroad train station in London, England, at the end of World War 1. People around him show him some papers and converse with him. A British Bobbie stands nearby. Sims shakes hands with a British official. School boys in the background watch the goings on with interest.
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