Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu, Hawaii. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. Marine holds a small child as the child waves. Small child in arms of a parent. Sailors celebrate with their girlfriends, waving American flags. Chinese Dragon paraded through the streets in celebration. Soldiers puts a lei on a WAC and kisses her while she holds a newspaper with headline, 'EXTRA! IT'S PEACE!' Car filled with sailors and a woman wearing a Hawaiian skirt and leis parades through the streets in front of the Max Cohn uniform store. Sailor kisses a Red Cross nurse. Marine kisses and waves. (World War II period).
Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu, Hawaii at the end of World War II. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. Planes fly in formation. Old woman celebrates with other people. Woman carries a child in her arms. A board reads: 'Russian Antique shop' near a building. Sailors and civilians on vehicles on the street.
USAF General Henry Arnold meets crew of U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super Fortress at Bolling Field, Washington, DC during World War II. C-47s lined up on the flight line. General Arnold, Lieutenant General Barney Giles and Brigadier General Lauris Norstad walk on the field. Crew members lined up in front of B-29. General Arnold in the foreground. General Norstad introduces the Aircraft Commander, Lt. DO Horsfall of Kalamazoo, Michigan, who salutes and shake hands with General Arnold. Lt. Horsfall introduces members of his crew who step forward, salute and shake General Arnold's hand. General Arnold tells the crew that U.S. bombers from China bases had been unable to reach the Japanese heartland. But B-29s from the Marianas would now be able to strike places like Hokkaido and Kyushu. He dictates a message for Horsfall and crew to write on a bomb. Crew members gather around bombs as the pilot writes the message, reading: 'To the war lords of Japan we have not forgotten. The B-29s will remind you again, again and again!'
U.S. Army Air Forces officials in Washington D.C. Office of General Henry Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Colonel Trubee Davison, Colonel Thomas J. Hanley, Colonel Karl L. Naiden, Lieutenant General Arnold, Brigadier General Carl Spaatz and Brigadier General Martin F. Scanlon discuss a wall map and a globe. General Arnol points at places on the map and talks to the other officials. Spaatz, Davison and Scanlon looks at the globe.
The meeting of the War Plans Division in Washington D.C during World War II. Officials seated at a desk. They discuss some documents. Colonel Harrison, Colonel Garson, Brigadier General Crawford, Brigadier General Dwight Eisenhower, Brigadier General Leonard Gerow, Colonel Handy, Colonel Sherrill, Colonel McKee and Colonel Mc Kelvie seated at the desk. Colonel WP Schobey stands nearby and gives a document to the officials. Staff stands by a globe and discusses.
The War Plans Division in Washington D.C during World War II. A sign on the doorway reads: 'War Plans Division General Staff' with a sign in the background: 'Time is short'. Staff members enter and come out of the door.
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