Rare footage shot by the MLIT emergency rescue helicopter “Michinoku”, which had taken off from Sendai Airport 37 minutes after the occurrence of the earthquake, shows the situation of the affected areas from the moment when tsunami engulfed the coast up to the moment before the hydrogen explosion of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

This footage shows the approaching tsunami in the Port of Kuji, Iwate Prefecture.

This footage, shot by a staff of the Kamaishi Port Office, who evacuated to the roof of the office building, shows the tsunami sweeping away houses and buildings in the neighborhood of the office building.

The footage shows the village of Noda in Iwate Prefecture when it was struck by the tsunami. The camera captures the tsunami going upstream and drawing back. The camera also captures the second wave.

This is a collection of footage filmed by the cameras installed over the national highway at three locations along the Iwate coastal area. The cameras clearly capture the tsunami flowing into the city.

The road clearance works open up a space on the road covered with full of debris just wide enough for at least one emergency vehicle to get through. This is a collection of the interviews of the municipality leaders. They talked about how the MLIT contributed to the affected municipalities, by dispatching the MLIT staff as liaisons.

The tsunami footage shot by a staff from a roof of the Tohoku Engineering Office in Tagajo. The office building space was provided as a shelter for the evacuees, who were also provided with food, etc.

This film contains a collection of footage that shows the evacuation process of elementary and junior high school students, called the “Miracle of Kamaishi”; the film traces what children thought and how they evacuated. The film unveils how preparedness in both software and hardware brought about the miracle.

A collection of footage captured by the river monitoring camera shows the approaching tsunami. The camera also captures the tsunami going upstream.