Film opens showing aerial view of a United States B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft in flight, then scenes of numerous U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes and bombing (partially obscured by on screen newsreel text). Next, crowds are seen jamming Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, celebrating victory over Japan in World War 2. (Known as V-J Day or Victory over Japan day, marking the end of World War 2, on 14 August, 1945.) A facsimile of the Statue of Liberty has been set up in the square. Moving lights on Times Building motograph news zipper or ticker announce Japanese surrender. Jubilant celebrations and smiling Americans wave American flags. Closeup of the Statue of Liberty facsimile. A woman dances the Lindy Hop with a U.S. Navy sailor, as others (including many servicemen in uniform) watch.
Relentless bombing of Germany by Allied Forces in World War 2. Bombing on important roads and buildings in German cities by the bombers of the United States Army Air Force. B-17 bombers of the 306th Bomb Group,out of Thurleigh, England (Triangle H tail code) seen in formation. They drop bombs from high altitude on a German city. Black flak clouds and contrails are seen. Immense explosions and destruction on ground from saturation bombing. Serial blasts at a railway marshaling yard, on a road. Bombs gliding towards target leaving a smoke trail behind. Buildings bombed by Allied bombers.
Atomic bombing mission in Japan by the United States Army Air Force, during World War II. A U.S. military base in North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific. A group of U.S. Navy and Army Air Force officers stand in front of a B-29 bomber and talk to each other. The name of the B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay' painted on the nose of the bomber.
Atomic bombing mission in Japan by the United States Army Air Force, during World War II. U.S. military base in North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific. Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell, Deputy Commander, Atom Bomb Project thanks all people who contributed in the manufacturing of the bomb. He hopes that future use of the atomic power will be for peaceful purposes only.
Crew members of the B-29 Enola Gay are interviewed about their atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima Japan by the United States Army Air Force, during World War II. In this interview at North Field, Tinian Island in Marianas Islands, Public Relations Officer, Major John F. Moynahan (not seen) interviews Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Pilot of the Enola Gay Among things Colonel Tibbets mentions, he recounts that he took a steep turn to avoid radiation from the explosion. When he saw the explosion he was surprised about its intensity. The cloud from explosion covered the whole city of Hiroshima.
An El Al airlines Lockheed Constellation passenger plane lands at U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport (2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Rd, Arlington, VA 22202, United States) in Arlington Virginia. From the airplane descends the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, and his wife Paula Ben-Gurion. Security guards keep a vigil. Crowd cheers for him at the terminal building. Ben-Gurion and other dignitaries greeted and welcomed by officials. He shakes hands with officials and moves towards the terminal building.
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