Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover in his office in Washington D.C., United States. Interiors of office of John Edgar Hoover (J Edgar Hoover). Hoover at his desk talks to Mrs. Robinson, a social worker, about local agencies regarding problems on juvenile delinquency. Hoover talks. Mrs. Robinson speaks. Shield of Department of Justice - F.B.I.
Workers work for production of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-29 Superfortress bomber in an American aircraft factory during World War II. A woman operates a lathe, she stops and smiles. An elderly woman worker operates a machine which drives in rivets. She looks up and grins.
U.S. Navy Seabees on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Opening scene shows U.S.Seabees raising a formed steel sheet into position for riveting as part of a fuel tank. Next, native workers are seen digging a trench with picks and shovels. A sailor driving a truck looks out his side window as he moves along in the jungle. Several Seabees are riding in the back of the open truck. Closeup of a Seabee Chief Petty Officer in a combat helmet looking over the progress of the ditch diggers. Glimpse of a pier at water's edge. Lines of fuel pipe being laid out on the ground. Sections of pipe being welded by a Seabee using an acetylene torch. Several Seabees work together to lift a section of pipe into place. Two USAAF B-17 bombers fly overhead above palm trees. A truck drives past the camera, pulling a series of bomb laden trailers, with men riding atop some of the bombs. Jeeps drive along a path in a shady camp site under palm trees.
Several U.S. Navy planes experience landing mishaps on USS Enterprise (CV-6) while she is underway in the Pacific as part if the Task Force to launch the Dolittle B-25 bombing raid against Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Flight deck crew gather around SBD light bomber that fell partway off the side of flight deck. One U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter goes over the side of deck. Other aircraft going around because of landing mishaps on the deck.
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan by United States during World War II. Aerial view of the mushroom cloud resulting from atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. Beginning at TC: 00:23, in the lower left frame of the clip, the Urakami river can be seen where it flows into the Nagasaki harbor. Clouds around the smoke. (Filmed by Harold Agnew from the B-29 "The Great Artiste," which flew as observer aircraft on both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.)
A Japanese prison camp at Urawa in Saitama, Japan towards the end of World War II. A Japanese military personnel near a muddy street in a village. U.S. officers and the Japanese military personnel enter the main gates of a prison building. American prisoners wave from the balcony of a building as they see U.S. officers arriving. A Japanese prison guard. Interiors of a washroom in the prison camp. A hole in the building where a U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber dropped a food package. A Japanese police guard. A flag flies from the top of the building. Police officers getting prison bundles together.
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