U.S. Army Air Forces planes in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force P-39 Airacobra fighter lands on airstrip with a damaged front landing gear at Henderson Field. Ambulance pulls away in the foreground. A truck mounted crane in front of a P-39.
Presentation ceremonies at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Army vehicles being lined up. Army band plays. Army band marches. U.S. Major General Oscar W. Griswold talks to another General. EM (Enlisted Man) throws package into group in front of palm grove. Major General John Reed Hodge wearing dark glasses. U.S. officers of 25th Infantry Division stand at attention. Major General Griswold presents and pins medal on Commander of U.S. 25 Infantry Division Major General Joseph Lawton Collins. Officers pin on DSCs (Distinguished Service Medals) on officers. An officer holds medal board.
View of Royal Yacht Britania in water. Queen Elizabeth arrives at bay of islands in Britania accompanied by Price Philip. Queen is greeted and welcomed by the huge crowd and she attends Waitangi celebrations where dance is performed by tribal people. Then Queen Elizabeth reaches Auckland and visits beaches. View of sailboats at beach and in water. Queen Elizabeth leaving the beach.
U.S. personnel during the Pacific Campaign on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War 2. Interiors of damaged steel frame hangar building showing the men as they set up beds with mosquito netting over them inside the building for temporary shelter. Men taking showers in improvised wash rooms. Men cleaning up their living area. U.S. troops looking at dead Japanese sniper.
Hydrogen bomb exploded in open air test at 15000 feet over the Pacific. Weather airplane circles the disaster area. In preparation for the explosion, skiffs carrying radiation detection devices are lowered and anchored at strategic points in blast area. Trace rockets ready to be launched that will capture samples of radioactive clouds. Admiral B Haw Hamlin inspects the area. B-52 Commander, Major Dave Crichlor briefs the crew members. The Crew of B-52 Bomber drops thermonuclear hydrogen bomb from fifty five thousand feet to explode fifteen thousand feet over the target area where these instruments will measure heat and radiation. View of the target island of Namu in Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, outlined with a cross of lights and its radar installations. View of the large nuclear bomb explosion as it spreads in the area. Observers close their eyes as the light is very strong.
Tourists visit Enoshima Island, Kamakura County, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Western tourists at bridge over Enoshima Seashore between Enoshima Beach and Enoshima Island and look at boats. Boats are moored at the jetty of Enoshima Island. Tourists walk down the bridge. View of Enoshima East Beach and hills in the background. Traditional wooden inns (called ryokan) at both sides of the narrow entrance path to Enoshima Shinto Shrine (2 Chome-3-8 Enoshima, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-0036, Japan) at the hilltop of Enoshima Island. A man fanning his daughter inside a ryokan inn.
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