Item title reads: "Japanese earthquake havoc. Thousands of buildings collapsed when the earth shuddered: 3,000 lives were lost and 36 towns and villages affected."

Japan

M/S of rescuers who stand on the wreckage of collapsed houses. M/S of people carrying umbrellas, as they walk through wreckage, cutting channels in the mud. People standing in running water. There are people in 'coolie' hats, mackintoshes and capes in the rain. M/S of makeshift tents and houses.