JAPANESE MAKESHIFT HOMES, SHACKS AND SHANTIES Part 1

Description

MS A cemetery and monuments while in the far background can be seen a tin shack which was constructed from scrap wood and tin. MC Close shot of entrance to tin shack, young Japanese girls stand in front of entrance. One holds some vegetables. A younger sister stands in shadow of door. The mother, being rather curious, sticks her head out the door to have a look at the cameraman. MLS A newly constructed shack amidst the ruin of bombed out Tokyo. A young boy, near the doorway, saws some wood. (Note the dried vegetables hanging from the eaves). MS Bombed out area showing typical temporary homes. Women in immediate foreground are washing vegetables over the water foremost of community. CU Reversed angles of above. CU Entrance to shack-type home. Woman standing over charcoal stove brews some tea. MS Outdoor treasure vault all that was left standing after fire bomb raid. This vault now used as a home. MS Woman walks from door of partly underground shanty. Pan shot follows its action as the woman walks to the outdoor faucet. MLS Japanese housewife, students, business men, children, workers waiting in line for rationed material. This is a pan shot L to R along the line. (Note the rubble in the foreground). MS Closer shot same subject as above. MC Closer shot same subject as above. This view shows the people standing. Low shot to show shoes, clothing and little children standing alongside their fathers and mothers. MC Same as above showing faces. CU Character study of Japanese woman. MS Group of Japanese women and another angle of ration line. CU Two short scenes showing young Japanese children (full face). MC Mother and child in candid pose, mother picks teeth while the child seems interested in the cameraman. CU Pan along line of feet to show assorted types of footwear. MS Group of three young Japanese girls. CU Pan up to Japanese girl dressed in European style, including hairdo. Also a CU of legs and feet to show black silk stockings and leather pumps. CU Japanese woman. LS Worker's homeslooking NE from a point 400 yards from the reclamation area. These homes are of a barracks variety and are furnished to those workers who are employed at the Higaski Misome Coal Mine. MLS Japanese women washing small pieces of cloth in a wooden bucket in front of her home. This shot was taken looking approx. N. LSP Looking NW and panning from L to R this shot shows the housing plan that is employed by the Higahu-Misome Mining Company. It further illustrates the condition in which those homes are kept. A series of moving shots taken from a train as it passes through various towns and cities while enroute to Kyoto. (Name of cities unknown). The scenes show in great detail manner and type of buildings found in most cities of Japan which were untouched in the strategic air attack against Japan.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities