PHYSICAL DAMAGE, YAWATA, JAPAN Part 1

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14' LS Pan R to L up the stairways and terraces above the school, showing bomb damage and W side of valley. Shooting N. 13' LS From hill looking N down a typical Japanese street showing the roofs of houses that have not been damaged as an indication of the ratio of roofed areas to total area in the typically urban section of Yawata. LS Pan R to L showing typical urban area construction and lay out of houses in Yawata area. LS Looking NW across a built up area which was not affected by fire. Area just W of temple on hill. Also a shot of Jonenji Temple. 6' MLS Looking E at W side of a building which was damaged by fire, but whose spread was arrested. In the foreground is an area which contained similar type of houses which were burned and this space is now used for gardens. Looking N at S side of same structure showing point at which spread of fire was stopped. 8' MS Two houses just N of road running directly W of National School. Houses located just W of second street W of school. View is of the S face of the buildings and shows point at which fire stopped. Building on the L, the wooden timbers used in framework are in a charred condition and clearly visible. House on the R, corrugated iron partially covers the charred timbers. 26' MLS Dolly shot from a jeep looking S while moving E along the first E to W street which touches N end of National School. In foreground is typical rubble of a burned out area, gardens and small shanties. In background are several houses, some of which have been affected by fire, others which were not. Those unburned houses form an island in an otherwise completely burned out area. 23' MS Pan L to R of a burned out area at the intersection of the first street S and the first street W of the NW corner of the National School showing the area on the S side of a 13 foot street which has been razed by fire. The opposite side of the street has been affected in only one spot, which has now been patched with corrugated metal. On the L side of the street, a building has been half consumed by fire. Reverse angle. 9' MLS Of S face of three story Tenji School, showing area in front, which once contained two wooden frame buildings, now being used for gardens. 5' LS Shooting E across the school grounds showing the Otani reservoir, undamaged area, and the City Hall in the background. 13' LS Looking NNE along the street which serves as an entrance to the stadium in the Shimmeido District. Both sides of the street characterize the complete destruction inflicted upon this district. In L foreground is a recently erected tin shanty, farther down the street is a sigh which originally marked the location of a fire alarm box. A group of Japanese women are proceeding SSW up the street. 20' MS Of the W wall of building showing the farthest spread of fire and the burned timbers which once connected to the adjacent building. This building is located on the N side of the main E/W thoroughfare opposite the street running N/S through the letter "U" in the word "FUROCHO". MLS Shooting E along the main thoroughfare showing street scenes. 45' On the diamond shaped peninsula of Kokina Oka are three banks of coke oven batteries. Lettered from N to S, they are banks A, B, and C. Bank A contains batteries 1 (dismantled) and 2. bank B contains batteries 3 and 4. Bank C contains batteries 5 and 6. Even numbered batteries are located on the W side of a bank and odd numbered on the E side. All batteries are of essentially the same construction with 75 ovens per battery. Target 90:34-29. LS Pan from W end of battery 4 to the area directly below the cooling tower. This view shows the section of the battery which was damaged by air attack of B-29's, which knocked 20 ovens out of commission. View is taken from top the central cooling tower, with a lary car for changing the ovens with coal in the foreground. LS Taken from the cooling tower of bank B looking E at battery 3 showing the top of the battery, coal ports, flues, and tracks. To the S, i.e. to the R of the battery, is the quenching tower. Pan shot from L to R (S to N). Batteries 5, 3, and 1 located on the E sides of banks C, B, and A as viewed from atop the cooling tower of bank B. This view shows coke over batteries, stacks, quenching towers, coke conveyers, coke loaders, and the coke washing and blending plants. 39' MS Looking NE across the top of battery 4 which was damaged by the second XX bomber command attack. Pan L to R showing destroyed flues, but an intact collector main. Twenty ovens have been decommissioned. Ovens 18 thru 29 were most seriously affected. Several shots and angles. 11' MLS Pan L to R of battery 4 showing the manner in which the damaged ovens were blocked off from the rest of the battery. Notice the absence of buck stays, the rods and the doors. Stationary shot looking at the S wall of damaged battery 4 showing further detail on method used to block off the damaged ovens. 29' MLS Showing damaged section of battery 4 in bank B as viewed when looking at its S side. MS Angle shot looking up showing manner in which damaged section was blocked off. Pan down. MS Looking E along S side of battery 4 showing the section damaged by 500 lb GP bomb fused at .1 nose and .025 tail delay. 14' MLS Looking E alongside bank C, S side showing batteries 5 and 6, each of which contains 75 ovens. Then a pan shot from the pusher and stack at the far (E) end to the W end of bank C. 16' MLS Pan from W end of battery 6 in bank C showing the area immediately S of this bank of ovens. The cross over mains are clearly visible. 16' A series of quick cuts showing: LS of tower, pan from top to bottom; MS Reverse angle of the same. 16' LS Hirano Village, Yawata Workmen's Apartments. This view shows complete devastation as camera is panned from R to L looking NW. Concrete objects which remain standing are covered water wells. 9' CU Water well with brick and concrete construction. Two cuts. 6' MLS Devastated area. Looking W. 6' MLS All that is left to some apartments which remained standing but are only burned out shells. Pan. 6' MS One brick house. Pan down from skyline to the ground showing the gutted interior. 10' MS Pan from R to L looking NW at a devastated area and a dozen newly built Japanese wooden houses. This is a frame shot as seen through a shell of what once was a window frame. 6' MLS half and half shot of devastated area on L and newly built homes on R. 5' MS Several of the brick buildings have been rebuilt. This shot shows progress. Pile of lumber in foreground and wooden roof. 17' LS Pan of general view showing burned out area and in far background we see the smoke stacks and workshops of Japan Iron and Steel Mills. The long line of people is a ration line for scarce material. 43' LS Pan L to R across the city of Yawata. This view starts at the foothills S of Yawata and ends at Ogura School. 6' LS Of area shown in moving dolly shot above, shows burned out area near National School. View is from atop the Tenjin School. 5' MLS Same as above, different angle. 9' MLS Several short cuts to show a densely built up area in Yawata still intact. This view shows area just W of Yawata Iron Works Hospital. 10' MS Pan L to R showing the E, or pusher side, of battery 2. Contains 90 ovens. 5' MLS Of section hit by 500 lb GP bomb as seen when looking at the E side. 16' MS Pan R to L (N to S) showing damaged battery as seen when looking down on the E pusher side. 6' LS cooling tower at N end of battery of 90 ovens in a line. 5' LS Of roof of battery showing hit of 500 lb GP bomb as seen from above when looking down on the E side of the battery. Crossover main in the foreground. 16' Pan up from S end of 90 oven battery to the E end of blast furnace and N to a Gasometer. Pan L to R (W to N) across N end of 90 oven battery. 35' Pan L to R (N to E) showing cooling tower of 90 oven battery and also cooling tower of 2 battery bank of 50/40 ovens, also abandoned cooling tower. Correction: Showing cooling tower of bank B, one 90 oven battery, and also cooling tower of bank C, which contains a battery of 50 ovens and another of 50 ovens. Also shows an abandoned cooling tower of a dismantled bank of 100 ovens. LS Looking NE across bank C showing cooling tower and W side of batteries. 4' LS Looking down on NE corner of exhaust house of bank A located just S and slightly W of bank B. 10' Pan looking N along E side of bank B from S end of bank B. 8' Pan looking N along E side of bank B showing 12 of 17 tops of flues removed. 16' Short pan showing close up of additional five flues damaged. Two takes, different angles. 5' MLS Showing disalignment of top side of bank B. 5' CU Stationary shot of point of impact on bank B of 500 lb GP RDX filled bomb fused .1 nose and .025 seconds tail delay. 14' Pan shot from undamaged S area to the damaged area and then across damaged area to the N side of bank B. 10' Pan shot from point of impact on bank B looking E across bank B. 7' Stationary shot of damaged area of bank B. 3.5' Stationary shot of damaged area of bank N showing sand which has been used to fill in crater after repair of side walls of bank B. 12' MS Of temporary wall which was built in order to permit the damaged area to be filled in with sand. Ovens 29 to 42 damaged in bank B. Two takes, take 1 taken from top of oven, take 2 side view. 11' Pan from atop the Gasometer inside the Japan Iron Works looking W and panning from W to SW. Gasometer is 100 feet high. 15' Same position as above, looking SW to S. 37' Same as above, looking SW, almost into sun. Same position as above, blast furnace area S to N looking at boiler and blower house located on SE side of Kukino-Oka. Same position as above, pan shot looking at blast furnace to dock area showing the cranes which are located on the W side of Kukino-Oka. Same position as above, looking E at bank C making a pan up shot of battery 6 which is in operation. Retake. 22' Same position as above, bank B looking E across battery 4 which is damaged, from 500 lb GP bomb. In the far background can probably be seen the Glass Works of Mitsubishi Company. 8' Same position as above, looking NW the by-products plant, cement plant. Panning from R to L showing small boats anchored in Maeda Quay.

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