A survey of physical damage from atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, filmed after World War 2. Flash burns on a telephone pole. A damaged machine shop of a commercial school. Burnt out machine shop and the commercial school which was gutted by fire. Stripped roof of the building. Displacement and distortion of a wall as a result of blast. The bowed wall of the machine shop as a result of the force exerted which was transmitted through the frame of the structure. The destruction of the municipal tenement district located in a valley. A view of hills in the valley. Damaged buildings of the Shirayama School and the Nagasaki Hospital in the background. A damaged machine shop and several overturned lathes near it. A wrecked milling machine and a concrete block. Lieutenant Commander A. N. Vardac of the United States Naval Reserve stands near the concrete block. Distortion of steel frame roof of the machine shop. Burnt out casting with the machine shop in the foreground and the commercial school in the background. Cracks in concrete. A steel casement window frame blown out.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft of the 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z") seen on Saipan. A B-29 aircraft taxis and turns on a runway. A rainbow in the sky. A B-29 being moved with a tug. Ground handling of a B-29 aircraft. An airman direct a pilot to the parking spot. A group of airmen stands near the parked aircraft. On its fuselage below the cockpit, it displays a black bird's wing on top of a black globe and a long yellow paint stripe underneath. The airmen take equipment out of the aircraft and haul it away in a cart. Three B-29 aircraft parked.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft, and activities of airmen on North Field, Guam, immediately after World War II. Parked B-29 aircraft warm up. Aircraft of the 314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O"), 330th BG (Tail Code "K) and several of the 19th Bomb Group (Tail Code "M") are seen. B-29s taxi and maneuver on the ground as they are moved to different parking places.
Weightlifting competition during the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Bob Bednarski, a weightlifter for the United States, dislocates his elbow while attempting snatch of barbell loaded with weight plates. Joseph Dube fails at the first attempt. Judges at a desk. Joseph Dube makes a second successful attempt and completes the snatch. The winners at the victory stand are presented with medals.
Leaflets drop over a village in the Dominican Republic. A United States Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft in flight over the village. People work in fields in front of a building. The aircraft drops leaflets over the building. People holding leaflets walk.
The White House in Washington DC. A cameraman click pictures in the foreground. The President of the United States Harry S. Truman with his wife Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman and an official stand near a table. A table clock and other things kept on the table. Interiors of a hall in the White House. A dining table in the hall. A painting on a wall. A show case with articles including crockery and souvenirs. A dressing table in a room. A sofa and chairs arranged near a fire place. A portrait of Thomas Woodrow Wilson on a wall. A book shelf in a room. An office table. A bed in a room. A study table. A bed in another room. The exteriors of the White House seen through a window pane. Sofas arranged in a room. Exteriors of the White House.
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