Gun camera views from U.S. Army Air Forces airplane strafing lines of communication in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Pilot strafes target on rural road. Remainder of film is somewhat hazy.
Group of U.S. servicemen gather in clearing near tents, on Okinawa, on May 8, 1945, (V-E Day) to give thanks for the end of World War 2 in Europe. One sits at improvised organ. Officers and a Chaplain enter the clearing. The Chaplain distributes song sheets and conducts the group in singing, accompanied by organist. At conclusion, all turn and face the American flag flying nearby.
First day of duty of the United States Air Force personnel in Vietnam. A briefing session to the Air Force officials at the Central Base Personnel Processing Office (CBPPO) in South Vietnam. An official addresses by a suspended microphone set. Personnel move to their barracks. A2C Gerald A. Fielder removes his clothes. (Vietnam War period).
Nearly 150,000 new citizens being administered an oath of allegiance at Central Park on 'I am an American Day.' Military Service heroes from World War 2 being greeted at the stage by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Judge Learned Hand administers the oath to new citizens in New York City.
Orville Wright and others commemorate the day of first aircraft flight by Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, twenty-two years ago. Orville Wright places a wreath at Wilbur Wright's grave at the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum (2 Glencoe Ave, Dayton, OH 45410) in Dayton, Ohio.
May day celebration in Leningrad, Russia near end of World War 2. Masses of Russian troops parade before Russian dignitaries. Troops in Palace Square of Winter Palace, with Arch of the General Headquarters in background. Photographs of Lenin and another dignitary on a wall. Troops march, while dignitaries watch. View of marching Soviet troops, some from stationary elevated position and some from moving camera. General Georgy Zhukov on mausoleum. Troops salute and dignitary salutes back. Naval troops march. Russian trucks and artillery parade. People carry a photo of Lenin during a rally. Balloons being released as they head for the sky.
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