U.S. Army Air Forces issue flyer's A-3 bag is seen with 5th Air Force patch on it. Armed American troops descending from C-54 transport upon arrival at Tachikawa Airfield, near Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Air Transport Command (ATC) insignia on fuselage of aircraft. Wooden Control tower with sign "Tokyo Base Operation, 3rd Airdrome Squadron". Several red Japanese fire trucks in a row at edge of tarmac, along with two liquid tank trucks and 7 brown Japanese cloth top automobiles marked with crosses on their fenders. A C-47 is parked in background. American soldiers in full combat gear walking across the tarmac. American soldiers, who just arrived in C-54 transport aircraft, line up and collect their baggage from bottom of the aircraft.
Newspapers being printed in Japan soon after end of World War 2. Newspaper printing press machines running. People gathered on streets, where some rubble and destruction from war is still seen. People assembling and speaking freely in public. Japanese work at Press office and publish the news about democracy. Newspapers published. People buy newspapers and read. People read the posters. Postwar land reform program redistributes land to Japanese farmers, most of whom, were formally only tenants They shovel, dig the soil and sow the seeds. They harvest the crops.
Landmarks and attractions in Japan. Japanese woman in kimono, amongst cherry blossoms, holding bird in hand. Seashore through trees. Fuming volcanos from below. Scenes of rice paddies, people harvesting wheat and tea. Tokyo: modern buildings, Emperor's palace, Imperial Diet, Ginza, called 'Times Square' of Tokyo. Broadway and night view, chef preparing tempura, Japanese domestic life including interior of home, fish in meal served and eaten, use of chopsticks for eating food, rickshaw, Geishas playing musical instruments and dancing. Men washing painted silk in river to fix dyes, temple hall, restoration of religious statue, men fishing, cultured pearl farm and process of seeding oysters.
Scenes of mountains in rural Japan. Rice and other crops grow on fields near hills. Farmers working in field. An oxen plowing field. A woman harvests vegetable. Mount Fuji is seen. A wooden Torii gate at a Shinto Shrine in Shizouka. A man rowing a boat on a lake near Mount Fuji. Pilgrims, residential area near the coast, Japanese at temple and bicycle on narrow road. Japanese girls walking on the street. Houses and roads in rural Japan. Elevated electric railroads and narrow-gauge railroad equipment.
Trade fair in Osaka, Japan. Japanese visitors crowd a ramp leading into the American Pavilion at the Fair. Inside a U.S. pretzel-making machine is operating -- tying dough into pretzel shape and placing it on a conveyer to an oven for baking. The Japanese visitors are amused and enjoy watching the process. One man gestulates, imitating the pretzel-tying motions for his woman companion. A woman offers finished pretzels to the visitors.
The Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters for the Japanese government and high command near Nagano, Japan. Aerial view of the bunker complex near the town of Matsushiro, Nagano Prefecture. Various views of Japanese villages surrounding the complex buildings in Matsushiro.
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