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Flight into Ie Shima Airbase
Aerial view of Okinawa military airbase / The initial surrender of Japan occurred on the Okinawan Island of Ie Shima / The Japanese delegation was flown on a C-54 that would later carry them to the Philippines to meet with General...
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U.S. Marines fight in a battle on an island in the South Pacific.
U.S. Marines fight in a battle on an island in the South Pacific.
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Enormous excited crowds throng New York City's Times Square and San Francisco streets on VJ Day to celebrate Japan's unconditional surrender to end World War II.
Enormous excited crowds throng New York City's Times Square and San Francisco streets on VJ Day to celebrate Japan's unconditional surrender to end World War II.
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Survivors of the Battle of Midway
[Video unstable at times] World War II / Midway Island battle aftermath / propaganda video / odd animal in FG with smoking ships in BG / bird with singed feathers in FG, ruins of building in BG / plane wreckage / seagull / soldier with...
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Seaplane on Midway Island
Title card: "Official United States Navy -The Battle of Midway" introduction continues / Allies propaganda film for United States / Pacific theater map / Navy patrol seaplane in flight / pilot / view from plane of Midway Island /...
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Battle of Midway begins
Military airplanes taxiing / takeoffs / air battle with Japanese fighters / anti-aircraft fire / United States Marine planes take off / Note: exact day not known
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Profile of US Lt. Col. William E. Kinney
View of Midway Island from airplane in flight / airplanes and ground crews / sandbags /flight crews talk and walk to planes / planes being gassed up / flights crew talks under wing / United States Army Air Corps Lt. Col. William E....
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World War II: Japanese Embassy in Washington
Gate outside Japanese Embassy / embassy staff burning papers on the lawn
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British PM Clement Attlee addresses a joint meeting of Congress
MLS British Prime Minister Clement Attlee addresses US Congress from the well of the US House of Representatives chamber as Vice President Alben Barkley and House Speaker Sam Rayburn look on; SOT Attlee: "In the struggle against the...
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US President Harry Truman announcing World War II Allied victory over Germany in Europe
Title card: "RKO Pathe News" superimposed over crowing rooster"/ title card: "Victory in Europe" / two overhead shots of huge cheering crowd in Times Square in New York City / man hanging on lamppost in Times Square waving at camera /...
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur at Yokosuka Airport
A massive group of Japanese trucks; infantry men load up into the vehicles with a damaged airplane hangar beyond / American POWs shake hands with the men at a truck; one is missing a leg and uses a crutch; they drink / The loaded trucks...
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General MacArthur lays wreath on Bataan-Corregidor Bridge in Chicago, Illinois
High angle LS General Douglas MacArthur walks on platform toward Bataan-Corregidor Bridge / MacArthur lays wreath on Bataan-Corregidor Bridge Memorial (named in memory of the American soldiers who fought in the Philippines),...
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur speaks at Malacanang Palace and visits Corregidor Island after the recapture of Manila
MS car pulls into drive next to Malacanang Palace, soldier approach car, Filipino soldiers stand at attention in fgd / MS General Douglas MacArthur and Filipino President Sergio Osmena get out of car / LS MacArthur and Osmena walk to...
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During World War II, US soldiers fight Japanese soldiers in Intramuros district of Manila
Map showing Manila with circle around Intramuros district / WS fires and smoke rising from fires in Intramuros / closer shot of smoke rising from fire / shot from behind of US soldier moving forward cautiously / two soldiers standing...
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Mount Suribachi, 1954
Title card: "Iwo Jima 9 Years After" / WS Mount Suribachi on island of Iwo Jima / United States Marine walks up to monument, with American flag, commemorating World War II battle on island / CU plaque showing Marines raising American...
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USS Arizona memorial
Title card: "To Remember The Fallen… Memorial at Pearl Harbor" / sunrise over Ford Island with sailor / mast and superstructure of USS Arizona above water / monument commemorating the Arizona's dead crew / flag over monument / United...
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Men in Washington, DC, working on Marine Memorial statue of Marines raising flag on Iwo Jima
Title card: "Marine Memorial - Statue depicts Iwo Jima flag raising" / file footage: Marines fighting on Iwo Jima / Marines raising US flag / current footage: two shots of sculptor Felix De Weldon working on small-scale model of statue /...
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The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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The Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II.
The Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II.
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An atomic bomb explodes, leaving Nagasaki in ruins.
An atomic bomb explodes, leaving Nagasaki in ruins.
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US drops atomic bombs in Japan during World War II
[GHOC Episode L-07] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title: "A-Bomb Dropped on Japan" with photo of mushroom cloud from atomic bomb test / VS US B-29s fly / ZI map of Hiroshima, Japan; circle of light shows zero point...
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U.S. President Harry Truman announces the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.
U.S. President Harry Truman announces the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.
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CLEAN : Frances Hollande pays respects to war dead in New Caledonia
CLEAN : Frances Hollande pays respects to war dead in New Caledonia