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Sailors work to extinguish fire on Allied ships at the Tunis Port following aerial attack in North Africa Campaign.
Allied ships on fire in Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. View on shore as a U.S. Navy sailor and a camera man operating a moving image camera view the fire blazing in the harbor on a sunny day. Black and white smoke clouds arise from the ships. Flames leap upward on the ships. Sunken ships in the water. U.S. Navy sailors use water hoses to extinguish the fires at the bow of a ship. Charred gun on the bow of the ship. Sailors survey remains of burned ships and damage at harbor. Men extinguish the fire with water hoses. (This is possibly footage of the surprise day time raid by German Luftwaffe aircraft attacking Allied ships at Tunis harbor on May 19, 1943, six days after the Axis surrender in North Africa.)
Allies demand the unconditional surrender of Japan in World War II. Entry of Soviets and use of atomic bomb ends the war.
Representatives of three nations, seated around table at Potsdam Conference held at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany. British prime minister, Clement Attlee; President of United States, Harry Truman; and representative of Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, July 1945. They deliver an ultimatum of unconditional surrender to Japan. Swarms of B-29 bombers and Aircraft Carrier Task Forces destroy Japanese homeland. Planes on carrier decks.Navy Grumman carrier-based TBF aircraft dropping bombs.. Destruction of ships at sea. Mushroom cloud due to atomic bombing. Chart depicts the power of one atomic bomb. Britain's 'grand slam' bomb, most destructive conventional bomb ever produced. Doctor Ernest Orlando Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron (atom smashing machine). A man works at the Cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley. General Leslie Groves, head of the project speaks. He is seated with Dr Vannevar Bush, government director of science and research, and Dr Richard Tolman, technical expert. Quantities of uranium shipped from Alberta, Canada are used in bombs. The atomic bomb process (Manhattan Project) is developed in widely separated areas; scenes from Hanford Project plant in Richmond, Washington. Project personnel exit cars and enter into the search area before starting their work day. Lieutenant colonel Franklin T Matthias with the army corps of engineers, appointed to the Hanford Project. Sign of 'Oak Ridge' in Tennessee. Largest of the three atomic bomb plants located near the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dam. Employed personnel in atomic bomb plants are seen going to work. Man and woman employees at the plan read and smile at a Knoxville Journal newspaper in August 1945 with news headline "Power of Oak Ridge Atomic Bomb hits Japs" after the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. View of dense prefabricated home communities to house large number of Oak Ridge plant workers. View of families setting up their houses in trailer towns after the prefabricated homes were full. People come out from the Henebry's Jewelers and supermarket, among stores setup to meet the needs of the quickly built city. Scenes changes to show view of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at conference. Russian artillery and troops in a parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia (these parade scenes are from the May 1, 1945 May Day parade, just days before Germany's surrender). President Harry Truman reports on the latest developments regarding the war with Japan. He states that the United States is prepared to destroy every productive enterprise in Japan and the U.S. shall completely destroy its power to make war. He warns of an attack by the U.S. due to the rejection of the July 26th ultimatum at Potsdam. He warns that Japan "should expect a rain of ruin from the air; the like of which has never been seen on this earth." Truman notes that it will be followed by an unprecedented sea and land invasion of Japan.
Children roller skating, playing, and people walking in 1950s street scenes in the United States.
Children roller skating on sidewalk past a volkswagen and a 1957 Buick Roadmaster car, parked at the curb. A little girl in a dress skipping along the sidewalk with an extremely rare 1956 Hudson Hornet (with an open trunk) in the background. A man helps a small child in a red snowsuit walk on snowy sidewalk. A woman and small child, both in red slickers and hats, walk along street on rainy day. Children play in a sandbox on a sunny day. A man and boy are passed by two young girls walking at an amusement area. Sign on building beind them advertises "Nate Eagles Midgets." A large tent ahead ot the girls displays sign reading:"Operated by East Bridgwater, Class of -- (unreadable). A mother and two little girls in dresses and bonnets on a sunny day. Two boys playing marbles on pavement. Man cleaning a delivery bicycle. A woman checking personal appearance in mirror outside a store. Buildings are reflected in the same mirror. Mother and daughter talk with man at a crosswalk. A red and blue mailbox is behind him. The girl wears a red coat, black boots, and carries a large leather schoolbag. Views of girl's and women's feet in motion, wearing sneakers; wearing high heels and boots (on rainy pavement); and wearing rubber boots in snow and slush.
President Harry S. Truman announces the surrender of Germany, ending World War II hostilities in Europe.
President Harry S. Truman broadcasts to the nation from a desk in the White House, Washington, DC. on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, announcing that Germany has surrendered to end World War 2, in Europe. He expresses his regret that the late President Franklin Roosevelt had not lived to see the day. Truman calls it a "solemn but glorious hour" and offers thanks to the "providence that has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light."
Marshals seize produce with high amount of pesticide; farmers treat fields and orchards with pesticides in the United States
A combine harvesting wheat in the United States. Workers picking peaches from an orchard. A ‘Fruit Growers Express’ railroad train transporting produce by rail. Trucks carrying fruits driving on highway during day and at night. A Union Pacific railroad train leaves a train station with many train cars carrying produce. Grain is processed by a machine and piped into a storage hold for shipment. A barge sails past a flour milling plant. A Western Fruit Express wagon stands beside rail tracks. Sign in car front window reads “Deputy U.S. Marshal”. Marshal attaches a “Monition” notice to the seized Western Fruit Express wagon due to a pesticide violation. Film subject introduced as "The safe use of pesticides...Follow the Label." A man offloads crates of produce seized by the United States Marshal. Two farmers discover an infestation of caterpillars in their fields. The farmers inspect leaves from their infested crops. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspector examines produce from a seized rail car due to presence of excessive pesticide residue applied by the farmer to get rid of caterpillars discovered late in the harvest. The FDA inspector carries samples taken from seized produce. The FDA inspector writes on the paper bag containing samples and seals the bag with tape. An African American scientist examines samples of produce for illegal pesticide content. A syringe is inserted into a machine for chemical analysis. An FDA District Director makes a call from his office. A General Counsel speaks to an FDA District Director over the phone. A United States District Court arrest warrant against seized illegal produce. A judge signs the arrest warrant and hands it over to a marshal. A farmer drives a tractor and parks in front of a shed. A farmer looks at pesticides inside the shed. The farmer grabs a pack of pesticide and placed it at the back of the tractor. Farmer drives a tractor sprayer to treat pesticide on a field. Sacks of pesticide inside a shed. Camera zooms into a pesticide sack to show warning that reads “DO NOT USE WITHIN 10-DAYS OF HARVEST’ which the farmer violated. United States marshals seize produce from a Great Northern Railway cargo. The seized cargo is buried in a landfill. United States Marshals oversees the destruction of seized produce. A bulldozer covers the produced with rubble and soil. Animation depicting a caterpillar and various bugs superimposed over farm pests and crops. A praying mantis feeds on a bug. A farmer wearing protective gear including goggles and gas mask or respirator drives a tractor sprayer in orchard as he applies pesticide, herbicide, or insecticide. Boy and girls exiting a school house. Children running out from school at the end of day. Farmers harvesting carrots. Tractor plowing to expose pests. A farmer releases wasps to control pests. A farmer breeding resistant variety crops. A farmer prepares pesticide inside a shed. An old weighing scale tilting. Farmer opens hose to fill water into the tank of a sprayer. The farmer pours pesticide powder into sprayer. Sprayer treats orchard with pesticide.
End of World War II and signing of UN charter in San Francisco, United States
United States and Soviet Union soldiers celebrate their victory as world War 2 comes to an end in Germany. "Elbe Day": Soviet and American soldiers meet at the River Elbe on 25-26 April, 1945. View of Nazi swastika being blown up at Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg Germany in 1945. Scenes of celebration in the streets of Paris with French civilians cheering American and French soldiers and celebrating the end of World War 2. French women kiss soldiers. Crowd gathered in Times Square in New York celebrating VE-Day (Victory in Europe Day). Foreign Ministers of fifty nations arrive at San Francisco to sign the United Nations Charter. United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the delegates at the closing ceremony of the conference on June 26, 1946. Ships bring American soldiers back home, including some wounded, after World War 2. Women and families on dock at harbor wave and smile at arriving troop ship with American soldiers returning home. Also seen are soldiers of other countries including Soviet Russian soldiers returning to their families at a train station, with smiling and tearful family reunions. Cemeteries with headstones honoring soldiers who died in the war. Military hardware being scrapped to make peacetime goods. Views of explosive charges being set and military aircraft being blown up for scrap. Piles of scrapped military vehicles. A woman in a factory organizes newly manufactured clothes irons. Workers in a factory perform final assembly on newly manufactured ovens and stoves for homes.
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