Japanese and Americans at the Omura Air Field in Nagasaki, Japan after the end of World War 2. U.S. Navy and Marine aviators and other personnel stand around a Navy PBY Catalina at the airfield. Several of the Americans stand with three Japanese soldiers. Japanese civilian and military persons seen under a tent erected nearby. Dark view of Japanese aircraft parked in a hangar. A Japanese officer and soldier are photographed from inside, as they approach the darkened hangar.
Activities of United States Army Air Force 354th Figher Group at an airfield in Ansbach Germany after Victory in Europe during World War 2. United States airmen stand around a damaged German FW-190 aircraft at airfield in Ansbach Germany. The aircraft has just been belly landed without landing gear by U.S. Lt. Bruce Carr who had taken it from a German airfield near Linz, Austria. American pilot Bruce Carr is seen beside the damaged aircraft talking with fellow airmen who have gathered. He is seen shrugging his shoulders. View shifts to another FW-190 taxiing. In the cockpit is 1st Lt. Fred Fehsenfeld of the 353rd FS. He taxis on the airstrip and parks the aircraft. U.S. airmen crowd around the airplane as Fehsenfeld climbs out of the cockpit, onto the wing. American airmen examine several German FW-190 fighter airplanes, reviewing the aircraft in detail. They are seen looking in cockpits, examining pitot tube, looking at damaged tail wheel, and trying to turn the propeller of one. A U.S. P-47 fighter airplane lands at the airfield. Mountains seen in the background.
View of Icebreaker USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway in Antarctic waters. View of ice breaking in front of the ship and penquins swimming. View of cargo ship, USS Arneb (AKA-56), with heavy smoke pouring from stack. Penquins waddling about on the ice. Explorers disembarking from ship via long gangway to the ice. Group digging hole in ice. Views of Little America buildings and supplies left from previous expeditions. Admiral Byrd arrives by helicopter and presides over flag-raising ceremony for Little America II. Admiral Richard E. Byrd,Paul Siple, Major Murray Wiener USAF, and IGY representative Edward Goodall salute the flag.
Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) of Great Britain, attends services at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, Canada. Exterior view and interior views of the Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St., Ottawa, ON K1R 0B2, Canada). Sign on the stone wall of Cathedral reads: "Christ Church Cathedral." The Queen Mother arrives in a Cadillac automobile and walks past a group of Girl Scouts assembled on the lawn. She pauses to speak with some of the Girl Scouts. Photographers line the walkway and Royal Canadian Mounted Police hold open the doors of the Cathedral. The Rector greets the Queen Mother, who turns and waves to spectators, who mill about, many putting on their coats, after she enters the Cathedral. Front of the 1954 Cadillac car showing the British Royal Standard on the left front bumper.
Activities of German citizens on streets in Wiesbaden, Germany. People lined up in front of a food store during time of shortages and rationing a year after World War 2 ended. German children sit on a footpath. View of buildings near the streets. Some young boys and girls sit and others play on the streets.
Activities of children on the streets in Germany soon after the end of World War 2. The children play on the streets. Boys and girls hold hands in a circle and play a game with one other child crouched in the middle of the moving circle. Buildings seen in the background. A baby in a pram. A lamppost nearby.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.