A B-29 combat crew is briefed on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War 2. Several aircraft parked on an airfield. Few baggages in front of an aircraft. United States Army Air Force Generals Henry H Arnold and Lauris Norstad and another officers walking up to B-29 crew standing on the airfield. General Norstad introduces General Henry Arnold to the combat crew of B-29 Superfortress and the commandants who are on their way to Tokyo, Japan after joining the 21st Bomber Command. General Henry Arnold shakes hands with the commandants. The crew standing in a row beside a USAAF heavy bomber B-29 Super Fortress. General Arnold briefs the crew. The General says the 21st Bomber Command has been operating out of China and the crew has the best of the aircraft which could carry the heaviest of loads. The General tells the crew that the message which is to be conveyed to Japan, is to be written on bombs. A few members of the crew wheel a cart loaded with bombs beside the aircraft. One of the crew members writes a message on a bomb as the General dictates. The Generals, the commandants and the crew members beside the cart of the bombs. The General wishes the crew good luck and shakes hands with the commandants. The message on the bomb for the enemy reads 'To the Warlords of Japan, We have not forgotten - The B-29s will remind you again and again and again'.
Tokyo bombings during World War II. A map shows a flight path from Saipan island, Mariana Islands to Tokyo, Japan. Several United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers in flight on their way to Tokyo. Aerial view of buildings in Tokyo. A B-29 drops bombs over target areas in the city. Aerial view of the city shows explosions occurring and smoke rising. The B-29s in flight. View of the sun on the horizon.
Tokyo bombings during World War II. Flames rise from a target area in Tokyo, Japan after bombings by U.S. aircraft. A truck on fire. A burning aircraft. A field with a few trees. Thick smoke rises into the air in the background. Smoke rising from bombed areas. A road in view. Smoke rising from areas on one side of the road. A burning aircraft on an airstrip and thick black smoke rising into the air. Parts of the aflame aircraft strewn on the airstrip.
The Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany after the conclusion of World War 2. Official cars passing on roads guarded by policemen. A signboard on a barricade on a road reads 'Stop, Halt'. A court building with Allied flags displayed on the fence of the building. A few men and women entering through the gate to the court. Guards at the entrance gate. A motorcyclist is stopped at the entrance by a guard. The guard standing with a gun. The defendants, Nazi officials, climbing up the steps to the court room. Russian, French and British officials seated in the courtroom during the trial. A judge lists the inhuman activities and atrocities of the Nazi leaders for which they are being tried. Flashback views from concentration camps: An emaciated prisoner at a camp. Bodies of exterminated prisoners laid on the ground in a camp. Bodies of tortured prisoners lying on the ground. Nazi officials seated in the courtroom listening to the proceedings. Guards standing behind the Nazi chiefs seated in a cubicle. The judge, seated with other officials, reading from a document. Other officials seated in the courtroom. Piles of paper strewn on the floor of the courtroom after the end of a day's proceedings. The people in the courtroom listen to Sir Geoffrey Lawrence as he pronounces sentences including death by hanging for Goering, life imprisonment for Hess, death by hanging for Joachim von Ribbentrop and for Streicher. Nazi officials listen to the verdict, 11 of them would be hanged till death, 6 of them would be jailed and 3 would be acquitted. Other Nazi officials listen to the verdict. Guards standing behind them. Men on a platform prepare for a Nazi official's hanging. Brief gallows scene at end of clip of an unidentified war criminal being hanged.
Inauguration of the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge -- known today as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge -- in Maryland, United States. A large number of people gathered for the opening of the world's third longest bridge, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A few policemen among the crowd. Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin and former Governor William Preston Lane, Jr. during the inauguration of the bridge. Several men and women around the officials. Governor McKeldin cuts tape declaring the bridge fit for travel. Cars passing through toll booths. Men beside the booths. A girl holding Francis, the Talking Mule, among the crowd. Starlet Jean Cambron during the inauguration. A motorcade passes across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A ferry moving on water making the last trip. A motorcade moving on the bridge.
Mourning for Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A large crowd gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor Building to mourn the death of Eva Peron. The civilians and the military leaders arrive for mourning. Men and women emerge out of the building after offering prayers. Flowers inside the building. Military officers leave the building. Bouquets laid in rows. A huge photograph of Eva Peron inside the building. People waiting in a line outside the building.
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