Allied campaign against the Axis in 1944 during World War II. Exteriors of a building in Tehran, Iran where the Tehran Conference took place in 1943. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated outside the building after the conference. A map depicts United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater. U.S. troops land at the Marshal Islands. Troops fire and advance in Palau islands. Soldiers wade through water. Flakes burst and explosions occur at sea near Saipan. U.S. troops advance inland in Guam. A blind soldier walks.
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations at Lafayette Park in Washington DC, United States during World War II. A civilian walks down a sidewalk reading a newspaper. Two army officers walk down a sidewalk in the park. Newspaper headlines 'Japanese Offer to surrender-Mikado can remain'. People read the headlines in the park. Civilians talk and read in the park. Two Japanese Americans read a newspaper. A civilian reads a newspaper. People stand and talk.
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations on F Street in Washington DC, United States during World War 2. Aerial view of F Street and the Capitol Theater at 1328 F Street. Confetti and ticker tape raining down from windows above. The confetti being thrown out of government buildings. A soldier attempts to kiss a girl on a street. Sailors grabbing and kissing women against their will in front of the Fannie May candy store on F Street. People hold up newspapers with headlines that read "The war is over. Japs surrender unconditionally." Crowds in the streets. Crowds under the Capitol Theater marquee. Soldiers and sailors in uniform kiss girls walking by. Stacks of newspapers on the sidewalk are distributed. Citizens, soldiers, and WAC women in uniform pickup and read newspapers.
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations at 14th and F streets in Washington DC, United States during World War 2. People and soldiers on the streets in front of Liggett's drug store on 14th Street side and near Bond's clothing store at 1335 F Street. . A crowd and automobile traffic on the streets. An African American woman waves a small American flag. Drinks are poured from a bottle as people stand in the street. Sailors and women in a convertible car wave at the crowd as they pass a streetcar and the Capitol Theater at 1328 F Street.
A film titled 'Victory' about the first ever atomic bomb test in New Mexico, United States. Exteriors of some of the secure manufacturing and factory buildings that were part of the Manhattan Project production efforts. Military guards watch over the factory. View of the desert in New Mexico. Cactus in the desert. Views of the nighttime first atomic bomb test explosion in history, known as the Trinity test, seen from different distances and camera positions. Smoke cloud rises up from the first ever atomic bomb explosion. (World War II period).
79th United States Congress opens in Washington DC. The U.S. Capitol building and cars parked in the background. Several House of Representatives legislators are greeted at the Capitol steps. Men take pictures. The Congress convenes at the Capitol. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn taking his position. The Representatives seated inside the Capitol during session. Two dignitaries talk on the stairs of the building. Men take pictures. U.S. Senator from Idaho Glen Taylor and his family sing a song as Senator Taylor plays a banjo.