U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War II. Dead Japanese on the ground. 4th Marine Infantry Division advances along a beach area. U.S. forces fire at Japanese caves. The captured Japanese. Dead Japanese with sticks in hand.
Depiction of the New York Stock Exchange crash of 1929 in New York City. American traders at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. People trading at the exchange market. A man talks on a telephone. Many people gathered on the floor of NYSE. People discuss, crowd, and shout out orders. People sell their shares. Frenzied selling of shares. Ticker tape machines spitting out sell orders. Traders yelling orders to other traders. Telephone switchboard operators frantically taking orders. A note reads 'Sell 3000 M' , 'Sell 800 GE' , 'Sell 1000 RCA', 'Sell 1000 M' , 'Sell 1000 A', 'Sell 500 EBS' and 'Sell 2000 CN'. The stock market crashes. Stock ticker tape and papers scattered all over the floor of the exchange on Wall Street.
The U.S. 10th Army advances during the Battle of Okinawa in Japan. U.S. Army soldiers gather at a rocky hillside in Okinawa. The soldiers with guns and ammunitions walk along the hillside. The troops attack caves. A Japanese boy watches the army procession. Smoke bombs are used to drive away women and children. Japanese families move to relocation camps. Army tanks carrying Marines move on rocky land to seize a village. U.S. Army soldiers inspect their guns and ammunitions. A Japanese suicide rocket bomb is described and disassembled. Two soldiers inspect a bomb launcher. A bomb is released from the launcher. Explosions and gun fire on the hillside. U.S. troops move ahead as the village is set on fire. Military tanks advance and fire. Explosions in the forest area. One of the Japanese survivors comes out of a cave. U.S. officers order for his clothes to be removed and first aid to be given. A soldier lies down and gets ready with his gun. A corpse on a rocky land. A soldier walks across the corpse. (World War II period).
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs papers and sheep on the White House lawn in Washington DC after World War I. President Woodrow Wilson in his office. The President signing papers on his table. Sheep moves on the White House Lawn. The President watches outside his window. He talks over a telephone. The President works in his office. The President with some officials signing papers.
A man, shown in speeded up motion, running in a zigzag manner on Memorial Bridge in Washington DC. Arlington House visible behind him. Street lamps lining the side of the bridge and a wall on the other side.
The 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Views of car and bus traffic on Broad Street in Philadelphia, with City Hall in the background. A sign hung over the street reads " Welcome, Democratic National Convention." A giant braying donkey head that can move is mounted above an entrance, welcoming Democratic Party delegates. A woman with a sign on her back that reads 'Ike' in support of U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower. Posters and banners in support of General Eisenhower. Next scene shows delegates removing signs for Eisenhower and a group in support of Justice William Douglas holds up their signs. James Roosevelt (son of Franklin D. Roosevelt) gets off a railroad train with his wife and smiles. A group of Douglas supporters walk behind him on the train platform at a station. A large poster shows William Douglas and a a sign in a window reads 'Official headquarters'. Candidate Claude Pepper is seen talking with supporters. Women march with posters of Democratic presidential candidate Harry S. Truman. A man seated in a car. Statesmen including candidate Alben Barkley seen in discussion.
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