Bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Damaged equipment and debris. An officer inspects the damaged equipment. Ruins and debris. Japanese characters on a tree. Damaged buildings and houses. Pedestrians on road beside ruins. Damaged steel structure and ruins.
Bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Two American soldiers look at hand pumpers for fighting fires. Ruins in the background. Primitive hand pumper for fighting fires. Japanese alphabets (Chinese characters) on the hand pumper, of which letters on the side of pumper shows that the pumper belongs to "No.1 District Neighborhood Association of Shibaseiou-cho Town", Shiba-Ward, Tokyo (Current address; Shibanichoume-Town, Minato-Ward, Tokyo). So presumably these scenes were shot in the vinicity of Shibaseiou-cho Town.
Department stores at Ginza in Tokyo, Japan. The Ginza. A sign ' TOKYOIPX'. A former Japanese department store. Street sign erected by the U.S. army, "Ginza Ave". American soldiers and officers enter and come out at entrance of 'Main Store'.
Aerial coverage of Japanese mainland immediately following the end of World War II. views cover broad landscape features, including harbors, villages, towns, farms, and industrial sites.
Activities of the Seabees at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. The destination of Construction Battalions (Seabees) is Attu. An animated map shows Attu. Seabees make amphibious landings on Attu, while part is still occupied by Japanese troops. They begin immediate construction activity. A derrick unloads coal. Seabee stevedores unload cargo. A rough Seabee camp of tents and campfires, with an American flag flying from a pole. Seabees at breakfast mess. Carpenters, with rifles on their backs, erect a temporary barracks building. Prefabricated parts for buildings being unloaded on shore. Seabees erecting a prefabricated field hospital (in 5 hours). Refueling bulldozers from 55 gallon drums. View from moving boat, of the completed base at Attu.
Reinforcements and supplies arriving on Guadalcanal during World War 2. Various views of Soldiers and supplies arriving from transport ships. These operations are occuring in 1943, after Guadalcanal has been secured and now being prepared as a base for further allied advances against Japanese-held islands on the road to Japan itself. In one scene Soldiers are seen arrivng on a Higgins Boat from the transport ship, USS George Clymer (APA-27). Most of the film shows supplies being amassed on the beachhead. Local natives are employed helping unload and store the large quantities of supplies.
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