U.S. Military Police check point in Haversin, Belgium. Military Police of the 83rd Infantry Division, Fifth United States Army at entrance to small village. Military Policemen check identification of U.S. soldiers and vehicle drivers. Belgium civilian presents identification papers to the Military Policemen. (World War II period).
Paratroopers and German tanks burning in Hotton, Belgium Soldiers inspect burnt tanks. Several burning German tanks. Bodies of dead U.S. soldiers lying on street. Troops inspect burnt jeep. Troops dig. Two soldiers of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion patrol village streets. (World War II period).
Paratroopers and German tanks burning in Hotton, Belgium. Two soldiers of the U.S. 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion patrol village streets. A burnt jeep on roadside. A burning tank. They dig in ruins. They pass a burning equipment. A cow on road. (World War II period).
A film titled 'Victory' about the first ever atomic bomb test in New Mexico, United States. Exteriors of some of the secure manufacturing and factory buildings that were part of the Manhattan Project production efforts. Military guards watch over the factory. View of the desert in New Mexico. Cactus in the desert. Views of the nighttime first atomic bomb test explosion in history, known as the Trinity test, seen from different distances and camera positions. Smoke cloud rises up from the first ever atomic bomb explosion. (World War II period).
Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) as the Japanese surrender is signed in Tokyo Bay. Sailors stand in attention. U.S. Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. greets U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz. Sailors sit and watch the ceremony. General of the U.S. Army Douglas MacArthur leads his party aboard and to their place. Uniform representatives of the Allied powers stand in attention. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamoru Shigemitsu leads his party aboard and to their place. Douglas MacArthur opens the ceremony with a speech. Documents of surrender on table. General MacArthur,Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey leave. (World War II period).
Repatriation of Japanese soldiers and civilians to Japan from Korea after conclusion of World War 2. Wide elevated view of buildings in Seoul, Korea. A long bridge spanning over a river. Electrified street car moving on street in Seoul. People walk on a road in a busy market place area. People buy from shops. Various shops in the market. Japanese people are being processed and checked for contraband before returning to Japan. Soldiers use DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane ) to spray on people, including a young child, as a de-lousing measure. People wait at the port of Busan. People organizing luggage and belongings at port while awaiting travel. U.S. Army soldier inspecting baggage of Japanese civilians. Japanese men, women, and children carrying their belongings walk in a line to board ships. A man gives tickets to Japanese people boarding the ships. Japanese people crowded on the deck of a ship as it prepares to leave port.
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