Carrier planes of U.S. Navy 3rd fleet strike Japan. Torpedo planes bomb Japanese fleet in a sea. Carrier planes strafe ships, airbases, railroads and factories in Japan. (World War II period).
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).
The first atomic bomb is detonated during Manhattan Project testing at Alamogordo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. Atomic bomb explodes. Fire and a smoke cloud rises. (World War II period).
May day celebration in Leningrad, Russia near end of World War 2. Masses of Russian troops parade before Russian dignitaries. Troops in Palace Square of Winter Palace, with Arch of the General Headquarters in background. Photographs of Lenin and another dignitary on a wall. Troops march, while dignitaries watch. View of marching Soviet troops, some from stationary elevated position and some from moving camera. General Georgy Zhukov on mausoleum. Troops salute and dignitary salutes back. Naval troops march. Russian trucks and artillery parade. People carry a photo of Lenin during a rally. Balloons being released as they head for the sky.
Syrian President meets the foreign Minister in Syria. Entrance of the palace of the Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli. The President arrives at the palace. Armed guards line up outside the building. The President seated with the Foreign Minister Jamil Mardam Bey inside the building. They discuss amongst themselves. President signs a decree. President of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies arrives. President stands up. The officials discuss amongst themselves. Entrance of the Government Palace. The session of cabinet. Official reads a report. Minister of Interior Sabri al Assali asks for instructions. Other ministers listen.
The Baalbek ruins in Lebanon. The plain of Bekaa between mounts of Lebanon and Syria. Vehicles passing on the street. The ruined buildings in Baalbek. The temple of Bacchus. The columns of temple of Jupiter. Mounts of Lebanon in the background. A soldier and a man walk through the ruins. (World War II period).
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