The Dachau concentration camp in Germany towards the end of World War II shows atrocities committed by the Nazis. German civilians view a pile of emaciated corpses through an open doorway at the camp. U.S. Army Major General Wilton B. Persons and Congressmen C Wayland Brooks and John V. Vorys view the bodies.
Meeting of Dr. Conant and Dr. Vannevar Bush in Harvard University regarding development of atom bomb during World War II. Entrance to Harvard University. Statue of John Harvard. Office of Dr. James Conant shows Dr. Conant talking with Dr. Vannevar Bush. Bush says he has talked with President Franklin Roosevelt about development of atomic bomb and that he has given permission to go ahead. Conant then says a real all out effort should be made with expansion, reorganization and to really get going.
A film based on mission of USS Hornet (CV-8) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Members of U.S. Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) who are to participate in Battle of Midway, pose aboard deck of USS Hornet underway. Radioman George Field, Radioman Hollis Martin, Lieutenant Commander John Waldron, pose who would be killed in action later. Only survivor of the mission Ensign George Gay poses on deck with Radioman Hollis Martin. U.S. TBD Devastator torpedo bombers take off from flight deck of USS Hornet on 4th June, 1942. Men at work in the radio room. Church service for the dead men in the Battle of Midway.
Street views in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Cars move along a street in the town. Views of various homes and streets in a neighborhood. House at 0:37 with covered porch and dormer windows is possibly the Governor John Langdon House.
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.
South Korean laborers in U.S. 2nd Signal CP (Command Post) site near Nakdong River, Korea during Korean War. South Korean laborers on side of hill. Laborers stand around open hole. Laborers dig on side of hill. Army tanks and other vehicles at U.S. 72nd Tank Battalion motor park. U.S. 2nd Infantry soldiers repair a tank motor. Pfc (Private First Class) Walter L. Brown cuts M/Sgt (Master Sergeant) John Logel's hair while others look on.
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