Activities of residents in Hawaii during World War II. A utility pole and an air raid siren situated on two cross poles. A man climbs up a palm tree. He slips and falls. Quonset and barracks type buildings seen. Laundry hung out to dry between buildings across an alley. A man walks past.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech following the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman seated at desk in cabin of a ship. He reads prepared speech stating that a single American aircraft dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. He reminds listeners that the Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. He speaks about the U.S. Armed Forces and the production of atomic bombs in the United States. The President states that the U.S. is now prepared to completely destroy every productive enterprise of Japan, by bombing Japanese docks, factories, and communications. Truman states that the U.S. shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war. President Truman notes that acceptance of the Ultimatum of July 26th issued at Potsdam, could have saved the Japanese people much suffering. But it was rejected by Japan's leaders. He states that the U.S. have spent more than two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history and have won. This is due to the greatest achievement of organized science in history.
Francis Cardinal Spellman Alaska en route to the East to visit United States troops. Cardinal Spellman visits various Air Force bases including Ladd Army Airfield in Fairbanks, Alaska. United States soldiers greet and receive him. The Cardinal visits Alaskan school children to convey holiday greetings.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in Hawaii, United States during World War II. U.S. soldier patients on balcony watch President. Three patients in beds on balcony wave. President's motorcade passes along street in hospital area. Convalescents, soldiers, a nurse standing in front of hospital salute passing car.
A convoy of U.S. Army vehicles moves along the newly built Alcan Highway during World War II. Animated map connecting Alaska and the United States. A convoy of trucks along a road and over a bridge. Army personnel repair the trucks. A bear on a road. Soldiers play with the bear. The trucks are refueled. Troops gathered outside a building.
U.S. Army installation Fort Richardson in Alaska, United States. A sign reads 'US Army Headquarters, Fort Richardson'. Vehicles move along a snow-covered road in front of a warehouse. View of a snow covered area.
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