Japanese Navy battleships in column underway at sea after Pearl Harbor attack in World War II. Ships sailing in rough waters. Japanese ships approaching an island in the Pacific. Japanese battleships firing its main batteries. Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean. An aerial formation over a Japanese flag.
U.S. Navy ship USS Indiana (BB-1) at the Dry Tortugas islands, west of Key West, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico during the Spanish- American War. The USS Indiana is seen from a moving yacht. The USS Indiana lies at anchor taking on coal. Marines and sailors are seen on the decks. Workers hustling “King coal” into the battleship, with coal passers running back and forth on the deck.
Animated earth revolving. A massive crowd gathering. World leaders speaking at lecterns, such as Nikita Khrushchev speaking and pointing forcefully, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson II addressing the UN, Fidel Castro making a speech during the Cold War. Two Soviet politicians standing on a stage with one speaking into microphones. Palmiro Togliatti, the Secretary-General of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), addressing a crowd. Unidentified man in round glasses addresses crowd. A Chinese or North Vietnamese communist man reads a speech in front of a microphone, a Soviet flag is seen behind him. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev shaking his fist and speaking forcefully to a group. “U.S. WANTS COLONIES” written on explosive speech bubble with a newspaper in the background. Anti-United States propaganda in various newspapers around the world. A Soviet political cartoon showing a U.S. police officer barring an African American child from entering an American school and the officer holds a sign that reads, «Только для белых» ("Only for Whites"), referencing Jim Crow laws and racial segregation in the United States. Another Soviet cartoon shows a helmet-wearing U.S. man in a tuxedo. The helmet has the word "espionage" (translated) on the mouth. In front of it he holds a mask with olive branches for peace and text translated to "Control without disarmament." A third cartoon shows a sea monster wearing a U.S. with a dollar symbol on it opening its jaws to consume an island with the flag of Cuba on it. Frank McGee, the narrator of the film, is seen sitting on an armchair. He places his newspaper aside and addresses the viewers urging them not to ignore the charges which he says are lies. Muskets in the forest in a dramatization of the American Revolutionary War. Feet of British soldiers walking on paths. Rifle barrels of Revolutionary soldiers appearing through trees, partially hidden. A rifle butt hits the ground. Musket barrels moves closer. A man blows into a barrel. Flintlock rifles at the ready. Rifle trigger pulling. A musket falls to the ground.
United States Army 8th Air Force bombers lined at an airstrip in England the night before D-Day in World War II. U.S. General Brereton gives a signal for take-off. The bombers take off one by one in the night. Soldiers wave to bid them good luck. 8th Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. A formation of bombers flying towards France. Gun turret inside a bomber. Allied invasion fleet sails closer to the coast of France at dawn. 8th Air Force fighters fly over the Channel Islands and the French shoreline. Allied bombers bombing the coast of Normandy prior to the ground forces landing there. Bombers release bombs over enemy shore batteries. Bombs hitting German controlled targets and smoke rising from bomb sites.
View across Pearl Harbor. Black smoke rising from U.S. Navy ships in battelship row in the distance. Black smoke across the harbor. Cranes and an American flag flying in the foreground. Closeup of sailor with a distressed look on his face who steps right in front of the camera. Smaller ships move across the harbor towards the smoke. Views from a large ship moving out of the harbor. The USS Oklahoma(BB-37) is seen capsized beside the USS Maryland (BB-46). Another large battleship is seen listing to one side. USS Maryland sends a signal light message from it's bridge. Wreckage is shown of aircraft, hangars, and runways at Ford Island Naval Air Station following Japanese air attack. A damaged cruiser, still afloat but smoking from two points, one on the main deck and another from it's smokestack.
U.S. Army Air Forces bombardment group return to West Field, Tinian after bombing missions over Nagoya, Japan during World War II. U.S. 58th Bomb Wing, 468th Bombardment Group B-29 Superfortress bombers land on runways 1 and 2, West Field. B-29s taxi after landing.
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