Scenes of Manhattan streets, on a Saturday morning, right after a U.S. Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York City. Smoke billows from the building. At the site of the crash, firemen are dousing the smoldering ruins with water.
U.S. Army Air Force Major General Curtis Lemay, a civilian, and a four-star Air Force General (Barney McKinney Giles?) check their watches as they wait to formally accept the one thousandth B-29 aircraft from the Boeing Wichita, Kansas manufacturing plant during World War 2. Many persons from news media are seen with microphones set up at edge of ramp. Large crowd is gathered but only the edge of crowd is seen. The awaited B-29 taxis slowly toward the assembly after production completion and parks with engines running.
Views from an aircraft flying over Japan after the end of World War Two. Scenes include rivers, bridges, towns, industrial sites, harbors, and rural mountain regions with hillside terraced cultivation.
Aerial coverage of Japanese mainland immediately following the end of World War II. views cover broad landscape features, including harbors, villages, towns, farms, and industrial sites.
Post World War II aerial reconnaissance over Japan, by U.S. Army Air Force aircraft immediately following cessation of hostilities. Wide areas of devastation are seen resulting from incendiary bombing. Views of Cities, towns, an airport (with aircraft parked on them), bomb-damaged industrial sites, and rivers and railroads.
United States soldiers in Koga, Japan during World War 2. Pedestrians in a street in Koga. United States Army jeeps move through the street. Children follow the Army jeeps. Children look on as jeep comes to a stop. A young American soldier with a box of candies climb on top of a jeep. Children clamor to the young American soldier as he distributes candies. Children crowded around the jeep and stretch out their hands for a candy.
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