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B-17E and B-29 planes bomb a target area in Utah to review methods of attack against Japanese-type fortifications.

Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. An aerial view of mountains in a target area to be attacked. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-17E Flying Fortress bomber aircraft in flight over the target area which is marked with a white circle on a hillside. The B-17E in flight and drops six 1000 lb GP bombs and three 2000 lb He bombs. The bombs explode in the target area and explosions throw billows of smoke up in the air. Photographs evaluate the result of the attacks. A USAAF B-29 Superfortress bomber plane drops a salvo of bombs on the target area. Formation of six B-29s in flight. A gun crew fires a 105mm howitzer at the hillside. Ground fire controllers at radio equipment. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059996
Bomb attacks to evaluate the results of attacks against Japanese-type fortifications in Utah.

Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. A typewritten report on the subject. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-25H Mitchell bomber aircraft in a 75mm cannon attack. The target on the ground is marked with a white circle. Smoke rises from the attacks on the ground. Ground fire controllers at radio equipment. A USAAF P-38 Lightening plane in a bombing attack. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059998
Scenes of the siege of Bastogne and subsequent advance of Allies into Haguenau and Germany, in WWII

Scenes from the Battle of the Bulge, and siege of Bastogne during World War Two. Large numbers of United States Army Air Force C-47B Skytrain transport planes drop parachute supplies for troops at Bastogne, Belgium. Ruins of the town of Bastogne. A street littered with dead bodies and rubble. U.S. troops advancing into the town of Haguenau on the border with Germany, and further into Germany, itself. American MPs (Military Police) search civilians and check identity cards and check U.S. soldiers in military vehicles to guard against Germans in American uniforms. U.S. M4 Sherman tanks move ahead on the front. Artillery being fired. Troops engage in street fighting. Group of Alsatian women rejoice as they are being released from a prison, where they had been held by Germans. U.S. troops advance through a wooded area. U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes speaks about the sacrifices of U.S. troops who are fighting and dying for their country and appeals to Americans, safe at home, to work for the war effort.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060198
U.S. Army Air Force transport aircraft carry supplies over the Himalayan Mountains to Kunming during World War II.

A film based on getting U.S. supplies to Kunming, China from Chabua, India during World War II. An animated map links Chabua with Kunming. A USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) C-87 Liberator Express in flight over the Hump. An aerial view of the Himalayan Mountains. A USAAF C-54 Skymaster in flight. An animated representation of the content of materials carried by an aircraft over the Hump. USAAF transport planes land at Kunming in China. An animated map depicts the transportation condition over the Burma Road in January 1941 and by air over the Hump in January 1944. Dispersal of cargo and U.S. troops to various fighting fronts from Kunming. A transport aircraft takes off from Kunming. Chinese troops march. U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell with U.S. Lieutenant General Claire Chennault in Kunming. A formation of transport planes.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060491
A group of American soldiers talk to a few Japanese maidens at the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, Japan.

United States soldiers at the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, Japan. A view from a seventh-floor window of the Meiji Building. A group of American soldiers talks to a few Japanese maidens. An American soldier and a Japanese girl playfully tease each other. The soldiers sit with Japanese girls near the outer most wall of the Imperial Palace grounds (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) in Tokyo. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, November
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060709
American, Australian, New Zealand and Chinese troops participate in victory parade in Rangoon, Burma.

Allied troops participate in a victory parade in Rangoon, Burma towards the end of World War II. The troops of the United States, British forces of Australia, New Zealand and China are gathered on a grassy field. They stand in formation and parade on the field. An artillery gun is fired in honor. Dignitaries review the parade.

Date: 1945, June 15
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060850