Various buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exteriors of Arabic designed Lu Lu Temple with pedestrians and traffic along road in Philadelphia. Second section of the clip shows the Walnut Street Theater, built in 1806 and claimed to be the oldest in America.
Image of test atomic bomb explosion in New Mexico during World War 2. View of the Oak Ridge Tennessee bomb fabrication plant and various other buildings of the Manhattan Project. Post Office erected for employees in the Oak Ridge community. Men and women scientists and war worders enter the plant, passing after security check. A citizen looks at a Knoxville Courier newspaper headline about the atomic bomb drops in Japan, seen on the bulletin board. Exterior view of the 184-inch cyclotron laboratory building at the University of California. Professor Ernest Lawrence at a panel board in his laboratory. Clouds of smoke from a atomic bomb explosion.
U.S. marines ot the 9th Marine Regiment, operating from the 4th Marine Division's zone of action, during later phase of the battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. (Their mission is to sweep the last hostile troops from the ridge in the southeast corner of the 3rd Marine Division's zone of operation.) They move cautiously along extremely rough terrain on the ridge, to flush out any remaining pockets of Japanese resistance. A marine carefully scouts an area of large boulders and potential Japanese hiding places. Another marine is seen silhouetted atop the ridgeline. A marine hurries down from the ridge after placing a demolition charge. He hunkers down with several other marines sheltered just below the ridge as the demolition charge explodes raising brown smoke followed by white smoke. The marines then stand and cautiously approach the ridge.
Marines of 'B' Company, 1st Regiment advance toward and into Naha. Marines on ridge fire 30cal machine gun. Marines advance at double time through a section of the jungle. Marines lying in prone position firing over top of ridge. Marines carry wounded from over ridge in the background. 30Cal air cooled light machine gun set up on ridge firing. Ammunition belt fed into machine gun. Marines advance over brow of ridge. Marines carry casualty back to shelter position. Marines double timing across open area of jungle. M4A3 tank fires on enemy positions. Marine fired machine gun from turret. (World War II period).
The Holloman Air Force Base, site for the first atomic bomb test, known as the Trinity test, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. White sand with little vegetation. The test site surrounded by mountains. Mountain ridges and peaks. Wild horses move across the ground. (World War II period).
U.S. President Richard Nixon is among the spectators (but not seen) watching a football match between Texas and Arkansas at Fayetteville in Arkansas. Cheerleaders and team bands of Arkansas perform half time ceremonies. Cheerleaders twirl and lead cheers as the band plays. Various musical instruments of the Arkansas team band. Excited spectators cheer and raise banners.
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