https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/9a09f7b8-4be8-4e1c-9c46-c5fe61681c3d Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com One of a series of extraordinary home movies shot in Occupied Japan immediately after WWII, this film shows scenes of the long trip back towards the United States via both civilian and military airplanes. It was probably filmed in 1953, based on the fact that an early jet airliner appears in the footage. The man who filmed these was a Harvard graduate ('43) and U.S. Army Intelligence Officer named Robert Ryan. Ryan may have very well worked for the OSS, although it's not clear. He definitely worked as an instructor at the U.S. Army's AFFE Intelligence School, and toured Vietnam in the early 1960s to conduct strategic vulnerability surveys. These films dates to the period July 1947-May 1951, when Ryan served in the Department of Defense in the Geographic Branch, Theater Intelligence Division, Far East Command. During this time he served in Occupied Japan and in the Korean theater. The film begins at the Haneda Air Field / Haneda Army Air Base, now known as the Tokyo International Airport aka Tokyo Haneda Airport, or Haneda International Airport. Footage includes shots of hangars and impressive views from the control tower (:32). At (:50) the Alaska Airlines DC-6 "Starliner Aleutian" is shown on the runway. At (:59) the props are rotated prior to engine start. At (2:10), overexposed footage from inside another aircraft as it leaves Japan. At (2:21) servicemen peer out the window at what appears to be an active volcano off the coast. (This might be the Myojin Knoll volcano, which erupted in 1952.) At (3:39), point of view shots as the plane lands at an airport. At (4:09) are point of view shots, shot from an observer's position in the bubble nose of an aircraft -- possibly an RB-29 reconnaissance airplane. At 5:00, a military aircraft lands at an island airport -- followed by another POV shot of landing at an airport, from the cockpit. At 5:41, a BOAC jet -- a de Havilland DH.106 Comet (the world's first commercial jet airliner) lands. At 6:03, a Douglas A-20 Havoc with yellow markings on its engine nacelles sits on the tarmac. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GaDeA0K4kE Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:18:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/9a09f7b8-4be8-4e1c-9c46-c5fe61681c3d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.