Tokyo Today 1948 (1948)

Unissued / unused material. Australian newsreel item. Title reads: “Tokyo Today - from Geoffrey Thompson, Cinesound’s Special Representative in Japan“. Tokyo, Japan. Aerial view of Tokyo. Various shots of modern buildings, panning to street scenes. M/S building damaged by bombing, only the shell left standing. Various shots of carpenters working on the reconstruction of buildings. Various shots of Japanese men wielding pickaxes, building a tram track. Various shots of modern blocks of flats. C/U sign: “Military personnel ride military cars only“. M/S train moving out of the main station, there is a compartment for military personnel only. M/S Tokyo citizens outside the station. C/U tram passing the camera. M/S passengers alighting from a tram. C/U women carrying babies on their backs. M/S man pulling a heavily-laden cart through the streets. M/S taxi-cycle, Tokyo’s only form of hired car. C/U another heavily-laden cart is pushed past camera. C/U man pulling a rickshaw. C/U bullo