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People gather at the rail road station to greet the French actress Danielle Darrieux in New York, United States..
French actress Danielle Darrieux arrives in New York city. People gather at the rail road station to greet her. The actress gets off the train holding a bouquet in her hand. She stands with a man at the station and poses. She arrives in America to to begin her contract in motion pictures with the New Universal.
V-J Day: New Yorkers celebrate as President Harry Truman announces Japanese surrender during World War II.
Events surrounding the surrender of Japan during World War II. Scene from the Potsdam Conference meeting. Group of dignitaries together including Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, in discussion. A parade in Moscow showing Soviet military might (these scenes are from the May 1, 1945 May Day parade just before Germany's surrender). Scene changes to Japanese Emperor Hirohito riding on a white horse in a procession. Next scene shows dignitaries arriving for meeting at the White House in Washington D.C. U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State James Byrnes and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal meet at the White House. Close up view of Secretary Forrestal. View of President Truman with his cabinet in a meeting. Scenes from prior months showing dignitaries involved in the war: Close up of the late President Franklin Roosevelt. A scene of President Roosevelt shaking hands with several Soviet military officers. General Douglas MacArthur seated and talking to President Roosevelt. Close up view of Chairman of Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek. View of U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz shaking hands with a sailor. Views of President Truman meeting in emergency session with his cabinet, and his announcement of the Japanese surrender. View of former Secretary Hull at that meeting. President Truman standing as he reads from a bulletin confirming the Japanese acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Agreement and their agreement to unconditional surrender. View of media, press, and newsmen running from the White House to file the happy news story. New Yorkers rejoice at the end of war. Daytime scenes of happy, jubilant celebrations on Victory over Japan day, or V-J Day, in the Times Square area of New York City. Crowds cheering, people dancing, soldiers, sailors, and citizens waving hands and American flags. A neon sign with message "Japs Surrender". View of night time celebrations at Times Square as the crowd continues to celebrate VJ Day.
The Israeli and Egyptian troops fight along the Negev front in Palestine.
Troops of Arab and Israeli forces fight in Palestine. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Egyptian forces fight along the Negeb front. Damaged vehicle on the street. Arab soldiers fire guns from the patio of a building. Israeli soldiers in prone position fire machine guns. Arab soldiers in a jeep race through a city with a wounded soldier lying across the back. Arab prisoners of war walk on a street under guard in Beersheba.
Japanese girls make insignia and sew clothes for the soldiers in Japan (WW2)
Japanese people work to help the soldiers during World War II. Many Japanese girls hand sew army insignia in class. Japanese schoolgirls use sewing machines to make insignias. A teacher demonstrates insignia making in class. Sewing pattern for diagram is drawn on the blackboard. Other girls, wearing white aprons, sew some clothes and belts for the soldiers. Girls folding handmade parachutes and stacking them on a pile. View of the Imperial Diet building in Tokyo, Japan (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). Sign in Japanese reads “Section Committee”. Japanese office workers working inside a small office. Piles of paper on desks. Men seated at desk as they work on the documents.
U.S. Air Force tests effectiveness of incendiary bombs on a test village built at Eglin Field, Florida, in World War II
Tests before incendiary bombing of Japanese cities during World War 2. The tests being conducted at the Eglin air field in Florida. A plane in flight. The plane drops numerous small indendiary bombs on the huts in the test area. High altitude view of the bombing. Smoke arises due to the bombardment. A conflagration ensues. Air Force personnel put out the fires with hoses.
Optimum mix of fragmentation and incendiary bombs is determined during tests at Eglin Field, Florida, during World War II
Conclusions of tests conducted by U.S. Army Air Forces, at Eglin Field, Florida, seeking best way to attack Japanese homeland during World War 2. Actor Lee J. Cobb, portraying an Air Force Captain, smoking a pipe in his "office." Views of M-41 fragmentation bomb and a bundle of M-69 incendiary bombs. The Captain holds a model of a B-17 bomber and uses it to discuss bombing techniques. B-17 in flight. Views of effects of fragmentation bomb, showing numerous small holes produced by it. Aerial view of the test area houses. Mixture of M-69 incendiary bombs and M-41 frag bombs being dropped by the plane on the test area. Various views of resulting damage and effects. Test report is shown, concluding that demolition bombs are not effective against congested wooden structures; that M-41 frag bombs deter early firefighting efforts; and that a mix of 80 percent M-69 incendiaries and 20 percent M-41 frag bombs is optimum. Views of Japanese cities burning, from such bombing, during the war.
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