Post-WWII - 1946, Japan Earthquake and Tidal Wave of the Southeast Section, Dec46

Post-WWII - 1946, Japan Earthquake and Tidal Wave of the Southeast Section, Dec46 25-26Dec46 Wrecked buildings on Susaki street showing damage done by earthquake. Women washing down furniture in river; men looking at lumber & oil tanks strewn about. Japanese women wash clothes in tub. 02:01:09 Houses destroyed; barn or shed w/ log driven through side. 02:02:16 Wrecked railway line; bay full of debris & roofs of houses. 02:03:22 Kochi. Scenes of devastation done to the “modern” buildings of Kochi. Concrete buildings in ruins. People walking thru flooded streets & w/ carts. Army truck loaded from railroad by Japanese laborers supervised by US soldiers. CU crate “cotton absorbent”. 02:05:14 Truck leaving RTO with medical supplies. Street sign: Kochi. Collapsed ferry terminal, harbor control building w/ back end missing. Japanese labourers work on emergency trestle across washed out section of road. Damaged area partly under water, rubble - wrecked houses & beached large boats. Views of destruction. Post-WWII; Occupied Japan; Occupation; Natural Disaster;