D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Beach area of Iwo Jima. U.S. destroyer pulls away from USS Bayfield. A convoy of ships in the background. Destroyer pulls alongside USS Bayfield. Beach activity on the island. A caterpillar underway. Landing Ship Tanks (LST) on beach.
Japanese attack and occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Map shows Japanese positions and Manila, the capital of the Philippines, in Luzon Island. Japanese tanks and infantry wade river and march past wrecked bridge and ruined homes in Luzon. Soldiers cross river on bridge to Manila. Soldiers move forward. Trucks and artillery. Wrecked U.S. plane left by retreating forces. Smoke column from fire. Soldiers march in the foreground. Buildings in city. Vehicles of Japanese troops enter the city of Manila. They march past the United States consulate. Ruins of Manila after Japanese bombardment. Smoke rises from city. Civilians stand and talk. Japanese forces enter Manila. Car driving past San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Royal Tru Orange softdrink billboard in Quiapo. Quezon Bridge in Quiapo (TULAY NG QUEZON MANILA, Quezon Bridge, Quiapo, Manila, Metro Manila). People stand with the Japanese flag in hand. Soldiers enter city on tank. Women wave Japanese flag.
Allied Conference in Yalta, Crimea in Ukraine on coast of the Black Sea. The British, Russian and United States representatives meet to plan the political future of Europe after World War II. Livadia Palace, the summer residence of former Czar Nicolas II. Special communication lines are strung. Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov waits at air base for the British and U.S. delegations. Soldiers march in a field. Flags of Russia, Britain and U.S. Plane arrives at base. British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Adviser to President Roosevelt Harry Hopkins and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, W.Averell Harriman arrive. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive by plane. Lavadia Castle at the island. Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill arrives by car with President Roosevelt's daughter Anna Roosevelt. Prime Minister of Soviet Union Marshal Joseph Stalin arrives. They discuss military and political postwar plans. They make decisions regarding postwar Germany. Family members of Allied officers visit the Palace. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin seated for a photograph.
Dropping of a Mark 25 Aerial mine in Japan. 21st Bomber Command base at an island in the United States. The Mark 25 mine at the base. Hydro static devices, an extender and a clock delay mechanism. Mines loaded onto B-29 planes. They are dumped on trailers and a parachute is attached to after end. Explosive charge, the extender and the clock mechanism are put in a safety lock. A water soluble washer is attached. An officer specify an enemy area on a map. Group commanders are briefed. A B-29 plane takes off. The bombing door opens on the target. The mine is dropped. The parachute opens. The mine drops in water. (World War II period).
One hundredth anniversary of the great sea fighter's school held at Whale Island, Portsmouth in England. Men march in ethnic dresses. Sailors pull a rope. Men stand on a boat. They sail the boat on the ground. Women and men in traditional dresses.
USS Valley Forge (CV-45) comes into San Diego channel in California. A saluting battery off North Island in the foreground. Helicopters hover over the ship. Valley Forge in the channel framed by a gunner and the saluting battery.
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