Victory in Europe Day or VE Day during World War II. North facade of the White House with an American flag hoisted at half mast on the building to mourn the death of Franklin D Roosevelt. A building with a sign 'Navy Department'. American flag at half mast on the building. Naval officers and women cross the street in front of the building.
Victory in Europe Day during World War II. Officials enter a building in Washington DC, United States on VE Day during World War II. Naval officers enter the Department of the Interior building.
Victory in Europe Day during World War II. View of street corner as people walk to and fro at intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street Northwest in Washington DC, United States. People walk at the street corner with an American flag at half mast in the background. American citizens in typical dress of 1945. View of the street signs at the instersection '15th St" and "Penn Av" Newspaper headlines declare end of World War II in Europe. The Washington Afro American newspaper headling, "War Ends in Europe". Front page of the the Jewish Journal and Daily News with Hebrew text.
Victory in Europe Day during World War II. A woman looks at the north facade of the White House from across a railing on Victory in Europe Day. Naval officers and civilians cross a street and enter the Department of Navy building. Men walk through a gateway.
Victory in Europe Day during World War II. A pile of newspapers with a headline 'War ends in Europe'. A news stand with a sign that reads 'out of town newspapers'. Newspapers stacked up on the newsstand. Headlines in newspapers about the Victory in Europe. A man reads a newspaper with a similar headline.
Film titled 'Underwater Sentries'. U.S. Coast Artillery troops board a Destroyer Minelayer (DM). Stacked underwater mines in the foreground. DM leaves the dock. Sailors aboard the DM handle mines. Coils of wires on the deck. Sailors on a boat prepare distribution boxes. Cable is connected between the DM and the boat. Mines armed and cables connected from mines to distribution boxes that control firing. Mines are laid by the DM. Animation shows the laying of mines by the DM. (World War II period).
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