Crane used by search team to clear debris so scuba divers can search for remains, after flood in Rapid City, South Dakota. Debris in woods. Crane in operation. A diver and State trooper with search team in area. View of water hole. Basketball in woods. The U.S. flag.
The Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. U.S. Secretary of State, James F Byrnes, Ernest J Bevin, and Vyacheslav M Molotov at the conference table. President Harry S Truman, PM on UK Clement Attlee, Joseph Stalin and their staffs at the conference table. Truman and Byrnes talk together at table. Stalin and Molotov looks over papers. Truman, Byrnes and Admiral William D Leahy at the conference table.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman warns Japanese Militarists in World War II. President Truman speaks from his desk. He states that Japan will face the same complete destruction that was visited upon Germany. Millions of troops and their implements of war are transferred more than half way around the earth. The President adds that though many key industries have already been leveled by U.S. air attack, all of Japan's industries will be completely destroyed unless Japan surrenders in World War II.
U.S. 3rd Battalion 22nd Marines on Okinawa island during World War 2. Two Marines carry elderly woman out of hut and lay her down. They gently lift the aged woman onto door which is used as a stretcher. Woman is carried away. Marines set down stretcher holding two women, one suffering from malnutrition. View of legs of other young woman, whose right leg is bent and cut off at ankle by the Japanese when she refused to fall back with the retreating Japanese soldiers. Cameraman slate at end of clip states "Okinawa: Civilians taken from hiding places - When the Japs told them the oncoming Marines would kill them."
Training film for U.S. Navy titled 'Our Enemy - The Japanese'. U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Joseph S Grew states that Japan's logic is incomprehensible by Western standards and that they are 2000 years behind in ethical, social thinking. Wall charts in the background. Grew further talks about Japanese weapons. Hirohito's tomb in Hachioji. Emperor Hirohito on horseback followed by other Japanese officials on horseback. Japanese Army officials stand in formation. Troops lined up. Troops parade on streets. Japanese monks pass along road. (World War II period).
Arrival of German Chancellor and führer Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germany during World War 2. Large crowd cheering lined up in Marienplatz (Marienplatz 1, München, Bayern 80331), the Bavarian State Opera (Bayerische Staatsoper Max-Joseph-Platz 2 D-80539 Munich) and other major streets at the center of Munich, as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini pass in car. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini give Nazi salute on balcony. Crowd greet Hitler and Mussolini with Nazi salute. Children performs the Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini walk into building after giving salute. View of gloves and hat. Guard with rifle stands at attention. Hats belonging to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini shake hands on steps of building. Italian Foreign Minister, Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano, is with Benito Mussolini. Benito Mussolini gives salute to crowd.
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