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B-29 Superfortresses of the 314th Bomb Wing at North Field Guam, during World War II.

U.S. B-29s of the 314th Bomb Wing parked and taxiing at North Field, Guam, Marianas Islands during World War 2. Among those seen are two displaying tail code, Square M, of the 19th Bomb Group; one without tail code, displaying tail number: 42-93967, of the 19th Bomb Group ("City of Lansford"); and five displaying Square P tail code, of the 39th Bomb Group. One of the parked B-29s displays tail code Square K and, on its forward fuselage, what looks like the logo of the "City of San Francisco" (K-29) of the 330th Bomb Group.

Date: 1945, July 9
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023211
The end of WWII and U.S. President Harry Truman's role in immediate postwar actions

Opening scene shows some German infantry surrendering with hands raised. Next scene shows people thronging Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, celebrating VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, on May 8, 1945, when Germany surrendered to end World War II, in Europe. Image of the first atomic explosion (Trinity) on ‎July 16, 1945, in New Mexico, United States. Scene shifts to deck of the U.S. Battleship, USS Missouri, where Japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, is seated and signing the instrument of surrender., on September 2, 1945. Closeup profile of General Douglas MacArthur. Another glimpse of Mamoru Shigemitsu signing. Next, MacArthur is seen signing the document. He turns and presents the pen to Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright , who is standing behind him alongside British Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival. Brief glimpse of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center with flag appearing to be at half staff and a long awning extending from its entrance to the sidewalk. View of representatives at the first United Nations meeting there . Views of audience in auditorium shows many notables. Closeups of Soviet Ambassador, Andrey Gromyko and Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov.. Next, President Harry S. Truman is seen broadcasting a greeting to the delegates, from the Capitol, Washington, DC, on April 25, 1945. The delegates are seen listening to the broadcast and then applauding.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023233
President Harry S Truman reads Japanese surrender announcement in Washington DC, and scenes of worldwide celebrations.

Narrated in German. President Harry S Truman reads Japanese surrender announcement. Woman holds a poster that reads 'Victory Japan Surrenders'. News correspondents run in White House corridors. People celebrate VJ Day or Victory over Japan Day on streets in Chicago, San Francisco, Frisco Chinatown, and in New York City Times Square. Crowd gathers near Hotel Astor. Celebration in London with the King and Queen in horse drawn carriage leaves Buckingham Palace. Opening of British Parliament, shows Lord Edward Halifax, Lord John Allsebrook Simon, U.S. Ambassador John C Winant, Admiral Harold R Stark and a representative from Saudi Arabia arrive in a car. Crowd runs towards Buckingham Palace. The Royal family waves to the crowd from Palace balcony.

Date: 1945, August 15
Duration: 4 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675023237
Crew men aboard SS Hannibal Victory paint parts of the ship underway in the Pacific Ocean.

A film depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory deliver a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. Crew men painting the ship. Several views of men painting the ship. Two men attaching rope to a block. A man puts a nail and hits it with a hammer. Two men chipping old paint. A man aboard a lifeboat checks the parts and paints a rope on the lifeboat. A man with a peg leg climbs up a ladder for painting the ship. A close up of the man having peg leg. Men painting black color on a conning tower. Men working on the wire ropes. The wire ropes on the deck. A man on a ladder paints the rigging.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069918
Two men aboard SS Hannibal Victory take a tour of the ship underway in the Pacific Ocean.

A film depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory deliver a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A man stands at a deck. He looks at the bird flying. A crew man wearing a hat walks up to him and talks to him. Both of them go for a tour of the ship. They both climb up a ladder. The man points out his finger towards the main mast. He shows him the cargo boom. The man wearing hat shows hatch number 1 and climbs down a ladder. They both move towards the bridge. They both head towards the flying bridge aboard the ship. The man wearing hat steers a navigation wheel and other man looks at him. The man at controls. They both move towards the life boat. The man points out at the porthole. Both of them taking the tour of the ship. They both talk.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069919
A Columbus Day Parade in the United States prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

A film based on events held in different nations prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 16, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A Columbus Day Parade in the United States prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis shows girls dancing along a street and a band playing. A crowd lining up a street. Flags of the U.S. held by marching men. A crowd cheers at a baseball game between the Yankees and the San Francisco Giants. A little girl in calipers becomes the poster girl for March of Dimes (polio charity). The First Lady of the United States Jackie Kennedy with children of foreign diplomats. Fireworks in Uganda celebrating independence. A torchlight vigil held in Vatican.

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070165