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"Hiroshima, Way of Life." MS Japanese male searching through the brick-and-mortar rubble. MLS Japanese male pasting election posters on telephone pole. Dolly shots - vessels, boating and fishing craft in the Hiroshima Harbor. It shows general activity in the harbor. Most scenes static - no action - Scows, barges, fishing boats at anchor. MLS MS CU A series of shots of a small group of Japanese women praying outside a makeshift Buddhist Temple which was built amongst the ruins. A father pulls a heavily loaded cart out from their yard which is surrounded by rubble. A young son follows behind his father. MLS Two Japanese males stand in front of a carpenters and wheelwright shop in Hiroshima. They are talking. MS A country road, on the outskirts of Hiroshima, as traffic travels both to and from the city. Trucks, carts drawn by oxen, people on cycles and on foot. MS A country road, outskirts of Hiroshima travels both into and out of city. Three fertilizer carts drawn by oxen pass down the narrow road. The last cart is drawn by a pony. MS Narrow roadway exit out of Hiroshima - rear end of cart, loaded with logs, moves along road en route out of the city. MC Two Japanese children sit on edge of wall talking. MLS Street scene. Group of three Japanese males chatting. MS Street scene. Medium-sized Japanese truck moves through street. MS Several angles of people, carts and cyclists coming into city. MS Wagonload of household goods enters Hiroshima. MS Young Japanese male, around 14 years old, wears a gunny sack and tattered shirt. MS Group of Japanese people sitting on their haunches waiting in a ration line. Another group stands, close up of faces. MLS Pan R to L establishing shot showing crowds of Japanese citizens of Hiroshima gathered in an open-air market near Hiroshima Station. Pan shot is followed by a series of stationary scenes showing general activity as follows: a. Groups gathered around a stand selling shoes and knickknacks. b. Group gathered around a stall selling Kimonos. c. Group gathered around a stall selling rubber overshoes. MS Japanese woman cooking fish. This is typical of the outdoor restaurant facilities in Hiroshima. CU Pan and fish frying. MC Seed merchant. MS A kimono stand and a salesman using a lot of gestures to the amusement of laughing spectators. MS A woman fishmonger sells her fish while a customer stands by. CU Woman selling fish, shows type of scales used. MS Fish cake merchant and his stand. In foreground a Japanese woman makes a purchase. CU A Japanese woman makes a purchase. Reverse shot shows the customer being handed her purchase. Small child nearby. MS A Japanese butcher at her stand. She cuts meat into small pieces. (Not much meat shown). MS Huge columns of smoke from a burning barracks, formerly a Japanese Army barracks, which caught on fire. (color, unedited, silent) (March-April 1946)

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