A survey of physical damage from atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, filmed after World War 2. Flash burns on a telephone pole. A damaged machine shop of a commercial school. Burnt out machine shop and the commercial school which was gutted by fire. Stripped roof of the building. Displacement and distortion of a wall as a result of blast. The bowed wall of the machine shop as a result of the force exerted which was transmitted through the frame of the structure. The destruction of the municipal tenement district located in a valley. A view of hills in the valley. Damaged buildings of the Shirayama School and the Nagasaki Hospital in the background. A damaged machine shop and several overturned lathes near it. A wrecked milling machine and a concrete block. Lieutenant Commander A. N. Vardac of the United States Naval Reserve stands near the concrete block. Distortion of steel frame roof of the machine shop. Burnt out casting with the machine shop in the foreground and the commercial school in the background. Cracks in concrete. A steel casement window frame blown out.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. Broken granite column pieces on the ground. The base of a granite lantern whose upper portion was separated by a blast. Debris of granite on the ground. A granite torii at the entrance of the Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in the background.
About a month after the end of World War 2, .Airmen at the 20th Bomber Command Headquarters create a comic movie about a B-29 aircrew. The aircraft windows are blacked out or fogged out. Three "aircrew" are seen sitting in a B-29 aircraft. Two sing while the third plays a harmonica. In the cockpit, the "pilot" holds a silk stocking in hand. He kisses it and places it in his jacket. On "final approach" to land, the "pilot" has placed the silk stocking over his control pedestal. He manipulates the yoke as if controlling the aircraft, then starts to pull back all four throttles, but has difficulty, until he remembers to release the throttle lock, and then pulls them back, pretending to land the B-29.
About a month after the end of World War 2, Airmen at the Headquarters, U.S. 20th Bomber Command, Guam, Marianas Islands, try their hand at movie making for fun. Numerous takes of airman's hand on control stick in cockpit of a P-51. The first is with a glove on. Others are barehanded. He manipulates the control stick and presses weapons firing buttons. In a different scene, a "pilot" sits in cockpit of a dented P-51 and with help of contrived background appears to be flying. He acts somewhat bewildered.
Crown Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein marries Princess Marie Kinsky in Vaduz Cathedral. Aerial view of Vaduz Castle (Bergstrasse 2, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein) in Liechtenstein. Flower girls in white dresses walk into a church. Princess Marie, escorted by her father Count Ferdinand Carl Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, walks into the Vaduz Cathedral (also known as the Cathedral of St. Florin, Dompfarramt, St. Florinsgasse 17, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein). Princess Marie wore an empire-style gown made of white silk and pearl beading by French couturier Jacques Heim. Princess Marie wears the Habsburg Fringe Tiara (became part of the Liechtenstein jewel collection upon the marriage of Habsburg Princess Elisabeth Amalie to Prince Alois of Liechtenstein). Liechtenstein residents in traditional costumes watch the bride from the sidewalk. People in special tents watch the wedding on television. The Bishop of Chur, Johannes Vonderach, conducts the wedding of Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie in Vaduz Cathedral. The Prince presents a ring to the Princess. Noble families such as the Houses of Habsburg-Lorraine, Bavaria and Hesse are gathered at the wedding. Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie wave to the people after the wedding ceremony.
Views from a Tennesee Class Battleship during bombardment of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War 2. The island being bombed by U.S. aircraft. A Broooklyn Class Light Cruiser passes. A Fletcher Class destroyer seen. It passes astern the Battleship. The stern aircraft hoist of the Battleship is visible. View of Battleship's triple 14"/45 caliber guns being turned. Explosions on the island.
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