Devastated area in north eastern Hiroshima following August 6, 1945 atomic bomb attack in World War 2. Simple shacks and buildings are being built using rubble material after the devastation of Hiroshima. Damage at Higashi station. Newspaper headlines about the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, and the warning to Japan by the President of the United States. A map of Japan shows the location of Nagasaki. Scenes of Japanese workers in arms factories building torpedoes and munitions, some wearing kokumin-fuku worker uniform. Workers in an assembly line munitions factory of Mitsubishi. A map shows a torpedo plant in the north and a steel and an arms plant in the south, then plots the center point between them as the U.S. target for the "Fat Man" atomic bomb attack. View of the atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, as seen from the B-29 bomber "Bockscar" (sometime called Bock's Car or Bocks Car). Mushroom cloud rises up to the sky. Wing of the B-29 bomber in the foreground. An aerial view of rubble and destroyed buildings in Nagasaki following the atomic bomb attack. Destroyed Mitsubishi steel plants beside the sea.
Carrier planes of U.S. Navy 3rd fleet strike Japan. Torpedo planes bomb Japanese fleet in a sea. Carrier planes strafe ships, airbases, railroads and factories in Japan. (World War II period).
Boys receive training in Manchuria, China. Chinese and Manchukuoan boys are trained for steel mill work under Japanese supervision. The boys exercise at a factory campus. They practice marching. Factory smoke in the background.
Nippon Gekijo (Japan Theater) or Nichigeki in Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan. Patrons are seen coming and going in front of the theater for a kabuki performance. There is a light rain falling, and pavement is wet. Most of the people carry umbrellas. Some women wear traditional Japanese kimono.
U.S. troops enter the town of Carigara on the Philippine Islands. A line of half tracks enters the town. Dust fills the area. A group of Filipino guerrillas enters the town. A line of GIs enter the town. A battery of three U.S. field artillery pieces fires at Japanese positions. The soldiers stand near artillery pieces. (World War II period).
Internment of Japanese-American citizens at the Salinas Assembly Center in California during World War 2. A board reads 'Salinas Assembly Center', 'No Parking or Loitering'. A sign under a guard post window reads 'No visitors admitted after 4:30 PM'. A man sits at the window. A woman goes from the window. Men come at the window for some formalities. Two men go. A guard checks papers at the relocation center or internment camp.
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