Gutted Koba iron foundry after bombing of Tokyo city. Crane used in iron foundry. Burnt building at iron foundry . Men hand cranking crane at iron foundry. Ansska casting factory. Barge used to transport raw material to the iron foundry. Demolished building.19 September 1945. (World War II period).
Damaged hangars of Tokyo municipal airport. Operations building near hangars. Night wind indicator and tower. Entire area of Tokyo municipal airport.19 September 1945.
Picture of Benjamin Franklin, Photo of President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Abraham Lincoln, President Harry S Truman, Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill and Premiere of Soviet Union Joseph Stalin. GI quiz question on the famous speech by President Harry S Truman. President Harry S Truman addresses United Nations Council on April 25, 1945 at the group's opening conference in San Francisco, California. Truman says, "If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace."
March 6, 1945 A bulldozer drives toward an overturned tank truck as a jeep speeds past in front of it. The dozer slowly moves past the wrecked tank truck. A tracked vehicle (weasel) drives down a hill, pulling a trailer. Closeup of Japanese mortar shell with fins, laying in some straw. Closeup from rear, of U.S. marine firing a weapon (possibly a "grease gun") from a protected position. Another marine holding an M1 Garand rifle.
On January 31, 1945, during World War 2, elements of the 11th Airborne Division attached to the U.S. Eighth Army, are seen in landing craft approaching the shore of Nasugbu, Batangas. They hit the beach in an unopposed landing, but one of their vehicles stalls near the shoreline. A DUKW Military Amphibious Vehicle moves along the shore as soldiers board the stalled vehicle and head toward the beach pulled by a bulldozer using a towline. Another vehicle is also seen, being pulled by a bulldozer.
February 17, 1945, Minesweepers move across the beaches of Iwo Jima, where U.S. amphibious landings are to be made. Diagram shows their positions and paths. Minesweepers are seen running parallel to the shore and then with Mount Suribachi behind them. Diagram illustrates Japanese shore batteries pattern of fire at U.S. gunboats. Actual scenes of the gunboats being destroyed and damaged by Japanese fire. At the same time, American reconnaissance swimmers jump from fast patrol boats. U.S. Navy ships begin firing white phosphorus shells to set up smoke screens. U.S. swimmers are recovered, after reconnoitering the beach areas. Gunboat 474 (USS LCI(G)-474) is seen severely damaged. Stretcher bearers seen on deck of a U.S. ship. Diagram shows the plan to employ naval gunfire from the battleships, Idaho, Nevada, New York, and Tennessee, at close range, against Japanese shore batteries. Numerous views of gunfire from those battleships.
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