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 artists at work in Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese farmer plows his land. A Japanese artist at work on a design for a color wood block print. The artist as he traces designs. He carves a design on the oilskin paper that has been pasted onto cherry wood. The carving is done with the aid of numerous types of chisels. A separate block is made for each of the various colors that are to be used in the final product. The artist carves the design.
Dock activities in Beppu, Japan. A wharf in the inner harbor along the main street of Beppu. The wharf shows many fishing crafts docked in. Huge mountains surrounding Beppu in the background. Japanese workmen load wooden buckets on one of the several vessels docked at the wharf. A ship docked at the wharf. Japanese workmen load a truck with kindling wood which was unloaded from one of the ships. A hot spring pond in Yawata, Kyoto which has been reinforced with concrete and decorated by placing a devil in the center and one of the Buddha gods to one side of the pond. Sulpfur water boils and steam rises. A country road in the foothills above Beppu shows a Japanese woman pounding rice on a straw mat to remove husk from the kernels.
Japanese doctors and nurses at a bombed out building in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. Interior of the bombed out building shows a Japanese doctor being sanitized by a nurse. The doctor washes his hands in a bucket of water. A nurse gets her feet sanitized. The doctor walks through a corridor. Two Japanese men carry a rock using a pole.
Japanese patients at a hospital in Nagasaki, Japan after facing the atomic attacks of World War II. A Japanese man shows the removal of hair from his head. The arms and the legs of the patient. A young Japanese boy shows atomic radiation effects on the right side of his face. Badly affected foot of a patient. The back of a patient shows effects of atomic radiations.
A view of Shijo Street in Kyoto, Japan. A view from the top of Daimaru Department Store (600-8511 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Shijo-dori Takakura 79, Tachiurinishimachi, Nishi-iru) shows trolley cars and pedestrians along Shijo Street. Contrast between Japanese-type houses and modern concrete buildings along Shijo Street. Japanese laborers work on trolley car tracks. In the background there are two and three-story buildings. Two Japanese women work on a kimono which is stretched between two trees. The women remove the stitches and place pliable wood splints across the width. They clean the kimono with a substance.
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