Summary

POST-WAR JAPAN

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: POST-WAR JAPAN
File Number: DN-267 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Documentary
Year: 1946
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 15:01:11--15:23:00 AVS OF DESTRUCTION 15:23:07--15:44 32 KYOTO, HOME AND CITY LIFE - MS Two mothers and their young children standing by the public water pump, pumping water. MS Two women getting water from running stream then taking water and sprinkling it on street. MLS Two young children running on sidewalk which is covered with wheat which is drying in the sun. MS An old woman cuts green branches of vegetables, than a pan up to show rear of house and also a pan L to R. MLS Rear of house showing vegetable garden. MS Garbage and old utensils scattered about. MS A shopkeeper's store with customers and wares outside. MS Rear of homes where vegetables are growing. MS Street scene, three laborers having their lunch sitting on curb, while in their handcarts they carry human excrement. MS Japanese youth washes his face in outdoor device. MS Japanese (man) picks up horse dung with shovel and broom. Misc. shots recorded in the shopping district of Kyoto. Shows Japanese coming and going on foot and on bicycles, some stop to look in store window, while others stop to purchase wares. MS Pedestrians pass in front of a camera store. MS Pedestrians pass in front of a department store (Marutama Store). MS Candid shot from inside store looking through shop window at pedestrians as they pass by, some stop to look. MLS Entrance archway to amusement zone in Kyoto. MS Moving shot along sidewalk showing shops and pedestrians' traffic. MS Middle-class tea houses in Kyoto. MS Lower-class tea house in Kyoto. Various shots of people standing in a ration line waiting for their ration of bread substitute which is made of nuts, vegetables and wheat flour. Fourteen small rolls are issued to a family regardless of the size of the family. Various shots of Japanese student firemen going through their various phases of training given to apprentice firemen who are training at the Kyoto Firemen Training School. Misc. shots of the Kyoto Kamin Fire Department in action putting out a small fire in one of the Kyoto schools. Complete coverage given which includes LS MS and CU of all action. MS Interior of dining room in a middle-class Japanese home. Family of four are seated at the dinner table (typical Japanese fashion). The father is seated at the head of the table, while wife and daughters sit opposite. As the scene opens the family bows greeting to the father, after which the plates are passed. Shows family eating with chopsticks. MS Two shots of mother and elder daughter eating. MC Father and daughter daughter serves the dinner. MC The father eating his meal with chopsticks. MC Down angle showing food on table and hands of the family handling the food. MLS The family of four around the table eating and about halfway through with the meal. MC Father and younger daughter, father drinks tea while daughter finishes her rice. MC Father, mother and the older daughter eating vegetables and rice. MS Interior of bedroom of middle-class Japanese home. Older daughter making Japanese style bed on the matted floor. She is dressed in a colorful sleeping garment. MC Same family shown above. Younger daughter playing the "Koto" which is the Japanese traditional stringed instrument. Shows only the hands and strings. Shows the daughter. Establishes Koto player and surrounding area. MS Interior of kitchen of middle-class Japanese family shown above. The mother is shown preparing food for the meal. looking down on sink as mother cuts vegetables. looking over right shoulder, mother cuts vegetables in sink. MS Interior same family as above. Young son pumps water into pan. This pump is typical of the type found in the average Japanese home. The boy performs his pre-mealtime ritual of washing his face and hands. MLS Three Japanese ladies in garden walk to edge of pond where their image is reflected on the water. MC Three Japanese ladies in garden, 3 4 view of all three. These ladies are known as Gion Geisha and Maiko girls, the highest class of entertainers in Japan, from the Genbakiji Pavilion (Silver Pavilion) in Japan. CU Individual CUs of each girl. MS Large sign stretched across from one sidewalk to the other which reads "Kiyamachi-Dori". Action in foreground, pedestrians and cyclists. This is the entertainment section of Kyoto. MLS A peaceful scene along a winding brook over which pedestrians are walking, to get to Kiyamachi-Dori. MS Three Japanese women dressed in colorful Kimonos stand with back to camera. MS Family group in front of a store. MS Several Japanese women walk towards camera as camera follows action. MLS Street scene in front of a store. MLS Pedestrian traffic over arched bridge. 15:44:37--15:53:15 MLS A view of Kyoto as seen from the roof of the Daimaru Department Store. The camera angle is down shot to exclude horizon, showing the neatly and close packed wooden homes. Modern three-story concrete building, while around it are built small typical Japanese wooden homes. Additional modern buildings, as well as typical wood structures. Closer shot to show details, such as modern buildings. Large chimney of both houses, roof tops and tree lined streets. Looking E along Shijo Street. Shows modern brick and concrete structures two to seven floors high. Same camera angle and position. Pan down to show details. Also CU of roof tops in a pan L to R over roof. MLS Modern five-story building (at R frame). Pan from R to L over tops of wooden homes. MCS Down angle. Street very narrow with tightly packed wooden homes on each side of street. MLS Shijo Street showing modern bank building as well as typical wood structures. Camera angle same. LS Looking SE large open fire break runs EW. Note: Mountain range in background typical of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. MLS Looking SE large open fire break runs E to W and center area. Note vaults (Kiura) which are all that remain after removal of homes for fire break. MLS vaults and mountains. MLS E at the N side of fire break. Note wood frame houses left of frame, which were left intact. Also mountains in background. LS Looking E the modern Marubutsu Department Store showing W and S face. To the R of frame pan of Plaza Kyoto Railroad Station. Note typical store. LS Looking E taking into view Main Street opposite the railroad station plaza. LS Plaza area and part of the Kyoto railroad station. LS Several views of station and plaza while in distant background, mountains. MLS Close shots of above, down angle to include part of the station and plaza and general activity to show pedestrian traffic. MS Kyoto Railroad Station 3 4 view. LS Modern five-story brick building opposite the railroad station. In the foreground, pedestrian traffic and people waiting for trolley cars. CU Showing the main entrance to Kyoto Railroad Station with people coming and going. Note: Large sign on station reads "Kyoto Railroad Station" while above it, a large clock gives the time 4:20 pm. MLS MLS People boarding trolley cars. LS The Higashi Honyanji Buddhist Temple, which towers far above the typical Japanese homes, view is toward N-NE. Stationary shots of small shrine on roof of building where camera is located, then a pan shot up and to R showing Temple and related areas. LS Firebreak opposite eight-story Marubutsu Department Store. Mountains in distance. closer shot, excluding the store. MLS Another view of the Higashi Honyanji Temple and related areas. LS Looking E then a pan shot showing an overall view of the SE section of Kyoto. Pan ends at the railroad station. Note: This shot includes in clear detail the mountains areas of Kyoto and could be used to show how Nagasaki and Hiroshima would have looked before bombing. The area represents Hiroshima quite well, especially the railroad station. LS Looking E to N from top of Daimaru Department Store showing the houses and buildings in E part of Kyoto, panning R to L. LS Looking N to NW panning showing N and NW part of Kyoto. LS Looking E along Shijo Street from top of Daimaru showing Shijo Street trolley cars and pedestrians. Pan L to R showing the contrast between Japanese-type homes and modern concrete buildings along Shinjo Street. MLS Street scenes showing the laborers working on trolley car tracks. In the background, two and three-story buildings. Light pedestrian and auto traffic. Shows laborers working on tracks. MLS Street scene, houses in background, two Japanese women working on kimono which is stretched between two trees. The women are removing the stitches and placing pliable wood splints across the width, then they clean the kimono with a substance. women at work, different angle. MLS Street scene, two Japanese women walking down street are met by third who also walks from house doorway, they greet one another in typical Japanese fashion by bowing low and backing up. MS The two women. Older one introduces the younger one to the third woman. MS Third woman bows and accepts the introduction. MLS Same setting, the three women now enter the house. AS AV of Kyoto taken at approx. 2000 ft. 15:53:20--16:00:22 AVS
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