American and Japanese diplomats, Naval officers, sailors, and local officials mark the centennial of Commodore Perry's expedition at Shiroyama Park in Shimoda, Japan. The Japanese flag is slowly raised by an American sailor. Then the American flag is slowly raised by a sailor of the Japanese Naval Self-Defense Force. A small Japanese boy unveils a new memorial for Commodore Perry and Consul Harris. Admiral Robert Briscoe, commander of U.S. naval forces in the Far East, lays wreaths at the new monuments. Japanese officials also place wreaths, and a Japanese official gives a speech. view of the bay from the memorial. Japanese school girls in traditional costume pose with a model of a "black ship" from Commodore Perry's Squadron.
Japanese money captured by U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Marine officers check cases of Japanese money. Officers take out money from cases and hand it to checking officer. Money being counted. Marines officers count coins. Money in a case.
Marchers parade on the streets of Manhattan, New York City, to promote support for continuation and expansion of the WPA (Works Progress Administration), part of the New Deal Federal programs enacted in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The parade is led by a group of well-dressed men in business suits. It includes a brass band and many marchers carrying banners and signs. (A boy is knickers, on roller skates moves about near the front of the parade.) A woman walking alongside the marchers, carrying a canister, solicits contributions from spectators on sidewalks. The following are among the many banners and signs seen: "Workers Alliance-Greater New York"; "Yorkville Workers Alliance"; "On to Washington, January 15th, for the Continuation and Expansion of W.P.A. (Furriers Joint Council)"; "Stop! Mass Lay-offs on WPA (Fur Floor Boys and Shipping Clerks Union)" A big part of the march takes place on 8th Avenue. (A Department of Sanitation worker with broom and barrel on wheels is seen cleaning the edge of street near curb.) A float with popup figures of WPA worker, housewife, and farmer, is seen with another figure holding an ax over the WPA workers head. Writing on the float reads: "A blow to WPA is a blow to all" Finally, view towards backs of marchers is shown, near end of the parade.
Remains of USAAF B-29 number 42-65283 from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron, that crashed, 30 March 1945, in World War 2, on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. All crew members were immediately killed in the crash, except tail gunner, Sgt. Joseph C. Trullo, Jr., who initially survived but died of his injuries, five days later, and the sole survivor, Radio Operator, Sgt. James Langraf who was injured but eventually recovered. Air Force personnel inspect debris that is scattered across the crash site in sand dunes close to the ocean in the background.
Group of Women's Army Corps (WAC) personnel work at their desks in England during World War 2. The African American women WAC staff sort postal mail. They stamp the mail and re-address the mail.
German soldiers on the move near Caen after the Normandy invasion, France. They guard and march a group of U.S. Prisoners of War captured during and after Normandy invasion operations. German soldiers walk beside the U.S. forces. Prisoners of war sit. Trees in the background. Close views of some of the prisoner soldiers resting and marching. Some prisoners are held up by fellow soldiers helping them to walk.
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