This film created by the Air Force covers USAF assistance to citizens of Niigata following an earthquake which caused widespread damage including an oil refinery fire.
It shows: Reel 1: USAF technical sergeant inspecting oamage at Niigata Airport terminal; scenes of road damage; an oil refinery fire and Japanese firemen fighting the fire; scenes of vehicles and people moving through flooded and damaged streets; Japanese personnel receiving water rations, gathering personal belongings, cleaning, and repairing communication lines; fire damage at a refinery; street scenes in Niigata and debris in streets; and a collapsed bridge over the Shinano-gawa River.
Reel 2 shows Lt. Col. Robert R. Dyberg and Capt. Carpenter in cockpit of an HH-43B looking at a map; a parked HH-43B and rotors starting; an HH-43B being fueled by Japanese military personnel; AMSs of HH-43B in flight; AVs of Niigata and an oil refinery fire; palleted containers of fire-fighting chemicals and JP-4 fuel being laoded into a C-130A; and AVs INT C-130A showing a paradrop of palleted supplies.
Reel 3 shows paradrop of supplies from a C-130A and JASDF C-46; scenes of damage at Niigata Airport; AVs of HH-43B in flight; and an oil refinery fire.
You can also watch it in our main National Archives online catalog.
