Aerial view of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, in Arlington, Virginia. The United States flag waves from the memorial statue. Parked cars in front of the Pentagon (Washington, DC 22202, United States). Aerial view of the Pentagon, the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, and S Washington Boulevard in Arlington County. Multitude of cars parked on the grounds of the Pentagon as seen from aerial view. Aerial shot of the Pentagon from the Potomac River. View of the Potomac River, with the Washington Monument obelisk is seen across the river.
Enola Gay atomic bomb mission over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. The Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, prepares to leave for the Hiroshima mission. Army Armed Forces maintenance men and Enola Gay crew prepare the Enola Gay in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, checking their watches as the glance at the horizon. Maintenance men check bomb bay doors before closing. Pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets looks out of cockpit window of Enola Gay. Nose art of Enola Gay is seen. Close up of controls with hand show "starter" and "engine primer." Enola Gay engine starts and one of it propellers turns. The Enola Gay takes off from North Field, in the Northern Mariana Islands. Point of view through B-29 cockpit window as plane speeds down runway. Motion picture cameraman films the take off. The Enola Gay seen overhead as it leaves for Japan. Aerial View of Iwo Jima Island in Japan. The Enola Gay begins slow climb to bombing altitude over Iwo Jima. Crew member, possibly Tibbets, uses a pair of binoculars. Aerial view of Hiroshima. Enola Gay crew check instruments last time before dropping. The Enola Gay begins its bomb run. Crew bombardier turning a dial on a bomb site. View of Enola Gay with bomb bay doors open. Moving gauge pointer as bomb is dropped and seen exiting bomb bay. The Enola Gay banks away from Hiroshima at high speed. Aerial view in color of mushroom cloud forming over Hiroshima after the atomic bomb detonates in the city. (This actually shows the Nagasaki bomb blast from August 9, 1945, not the Hiroshima blast, despite the statements of the narrator in this edited film). Gigantic mushroom cloud from atomic bombing.
Japanese propaganda during the Sino-Japanese War. Pro-Japanese banners and flags on display in a building in Japan. People in windows waving Japanese flags and cheering. Pro-Japanese supporters in truck during a procession. A military band plays plays on a moving truck during celebration parade. Japanese women and children cheering from sidewalk. Japanese women and schoolgirls (wearing seifuku uniforms) refilling canteens for troops. Japanese children packing care packages for Japanese troops. Japanese women stitching support banners. A woman in kimono and her child arrives at an office. A man serves a girl with a cup. Japanese pilgrims visit a Shinto shrine. Japanese woman and her children bow with soldiers.
The Chinese community in Japan at the onset of the Sino-Japanese War. Chinese shops in Japan. The Nationalist Chinese flag waving on top of flagpole at the Yokohama Chinese Primary School. Chinese students playing in the school yard. A boy reading a Chinese book on desk. Chinese teacher teaches students.
Japanese propaganda during the Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese Rising Sun Flag on a ship sailing in the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Warships sail in the Huangpu River. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) Soldiers unload supplies and provisions from ships. Soldiers climb down ship gang plank. A crane lowers a bucking horse onto the dock. Japanese soldiers approach a horse on the dock. A Sumida M.2593 (Type 91) armored car being lowered from a ship. Japanese troops disembark in Shanghai. Soldiers feed a horse. A Japanese soldier with bayonet rifle on guard. Japanese soldiers distribute rice to Chinese children. Chinese civilians with Japanese soldiers. A Japanese soldier giving candies to children. Chinese boys holding baskets. A Japanese soldier lights a cigarette for an Chinese woman. Japanese soldier stands at edge of field. Chinese farmers harvest in fields. A girl with braided pigtails carries a basket of vegetables. A farmer wearing a Japanese red sun symbol on his sleeve threshes hay in the countryside. Japanese soldier offers flowers to a memorial for dead Chinese soldiers.
United States plane airdrops cargo during Vietnam War. Cargo with olive green parachutes. The cargo parachutes are seen descending and blowing after landing. Marines emerging from foxhole ringed with small ammunition crates. Marines inspect crates. An African American Marine pulls a strap from cargo container. Marines removing shipping straps from pallets and checking contents labels. A deflated parachute lying on the ground. A Marine inspects a shipping label from a crate. Close up of a shipping label for ammunition addressed to Lung Binh, Vietnam.
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