Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations at Lafayette Park in Washington DC, United States during World War II. A civilian walks down a sidewalk reading a newspaper. Two army officers walk down a sidewalk in the park. Newspaper headlines 'Japanese Offer to surrender-Mikado can remain'. People read the headlines in the park. Civilians talk and read in the park. Two Japanese Americans read a newspaper. A civilian reads a newspaper. People stand and talk.
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations on F Street in Washington DC, United States during World War 2. Aerial view of F Street and the Capitol Theater at 1328 F Street. Confetti and ticker tape raining down from windows above. The confetti being thrown out of government buildings. A soldier attempts to kiss a girl on a street. Sailors grabbing and kissing women against their will in front of the Fannie May candy store on F Street. People hold up newspapers with headlines that read "The war is over. Japs surrender unconditionally." Crowds in the streets. Crowds under the Capitol Theater marquee. Soldiers and sailors in uniform kiss girls walking by. Stacks of newspapers on the sidewalk are distributed. Citizens, soldiers, and WAC women in uniform pickup and read newspapers.
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations at 14th and F streets in Washington DC, United States during World War 2. People and soldiers on the streets in front of Liggett's drug store on 14th Street side and near Bond's clothing store at 1335 F Street. . A crowd and automobile traffic on the streets. An African American woman waves a small American flag. Drinks are poured from a bottle as people stand in the street. Sailors and women in a convertible car wave at the crowd as they pass a streetcar and the Capitol Theater at 1328 F Street.
Former baseball greats gather for Old-Timers Day at Yankee Stadium in 1957. Announcer says 30 former Yankees on hand, including catchers Joe Glenn and Art Jorgens, outfielder Sam Byrd, and pitchers Red Ruffing and Lefty Gomez. Shot of Joe DiMaggio (right) and Mickey Mantle (left) talking to 1910s player Frank "Home Run" Baker. Dizzy Dean, in white jacket, smiles for the camera. The Yankees are playing a team of 25 former Detroit Tigers. Mickey Cochrane pounds his catcher's mitt. "Wahoo" Sam Crawford shakes hands with current-day Tigers star Al Kaline. All-time great Ty Cobb, in bow tie, smiles as he gets a vigorous pat on the back from a former teammate. Current Yankee manager Casey Stengel chats with former Yankee star Earle Combs in dugout. Game footage: Tigers player drives a ball to right field, takes off down first base line.
An election day in Denmark during World War II. Various pamphlets in Danish. Flags displayed on buildings on the street on the election day. Danish signboards on the buildings. A horse-bus in Copenhagen. A large crowd in front of a building. Carriages moving along a road. People walk into polling booths. Officers at the polling booth. Men and women cast their ballots in enclosed areas in the booth. An officer emptying a ballot box onto a table. Officials sat around tables counting the votes.
United States soldiers in Brest, France during World War I. A U.S. Army officer and a soldier go inside a wooden building. The soldier writes a Mother’s Day letter on a table. 'Mother's Day' written on a sheet of paper on the wall in front of the soldier.
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