Complex sentence: Cinematographer Charles G. Clarke made expansive use of location shooting in Kyoto, a sacred Shinto city which did not have any war industries and, thus, was not bombed in World War II. It retained its Japanese character.
Split into simpler sentences: Cinematographer Charles G. Clarke made expansive use of location shooting in Kyoto. The sacred Shinto city did not have any war industries and, thus, was not bombed in World War II. Thus, it retained its Japanese character.