Various views of the Japanese shore defense gun turrets, wreckage of pillbox nests and Japanese shore defense, and the coast of Okinawa Island in the Battle of Okinawa during World War 2, all seen from a moving boat. United States Hospital Ship, USS Solace (AH-5), sails close to coast of Okinawa Island as part of the invasion fleet for the Okinawa Gunto. As the USS Solace sails near the coast of Okinawa, an APA ship can be seen sailing from a distance.
Captured Nazi German prisoners-of-war are being made to march with their hands raised on the streets of Halle, Germany by United States soldiers after the liberation of Halle, Germany during World War 2. German soldier, wearing round glasses, marches with his hands raised.
Communist youth rally in Warsaw during the Cold War. Participants carry two large posters bearing the images of Joseph Stalin and Polish President Dr. Boleslaw Bierut. Polish drummers march. Polish flags are being waved. Polish people clap in unison as they watch the youth rally. Polish official wave with rose bouquet. North Korean youth delegates, wearing the North Korean Pioneer uniform, march in Warsaw Youth Rally with the North Korean flag and posters of Supreme Leader of North Korea and President Kim Il-Sung and Chinese Communist Leader Mao Zedong. North Korean youth delegates waving flowers and flags in the air during Youth Rally. Polish Youth Rally participants marching. Polish President Dr. Boleslaw Bierut claps during rally. Polish spectators clap in unison from building. Youth rally marching with Stalin’s poster in Warsaw. Polish youth rally participants carry large letters spelling “WROCLAW” and the coat of arms of Wroclaw, Poland. Polish youth rally participants carry letters spelling cities in Poland. Female polish youth carry flags during youth rally. Youth rally participants carry posters of communist figures and a model of the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science. Polish couple, the woman wearing a floral headscarf and the man with sunglasses, watch the rally. An political effigy of United States President Harry Truman, depicted holding a Nazi Swastika wand, is being paraded during the youth rally. Effigies of rats with top hats, skeletons and Nazi Swastikas, are being paraded around Warsaw by Polish youth during rally. Polish officials watch from review platform. Polish youth rally marching.
Opening title "The Old Home Town". A young woman opens the front door of a house with a Service Flag in the window during World War 2. Service Flag displayed in house window showing one star, meaning 1 person in the household is serving in the military. Camera pans inside living room, displaying photographs of relatives serving in the military. Woman writes a letter to her son. Hand writing out letter with pen. View of the First National Bank of Springfield on Main Street, Springfield New Jersey. Woman buying ticket at movie theater box office. Movie theater displays sign that reads “Buy War Bonds and Stamps Here”. A woman enters Hoffman Drugstore Luncheonette with her child. High School students drink soda while sitting at drugstore counter while soda clerk fills soda from soda fountain. View of downtown Springfield, New Jersey. Women out shopping and eating ice cream in downtown Springfield, New Jersey. Children exit the James Caldwell Elementary School at 36 Caldwell Pl, Springfield Township, NJ 07081 and line up in front of the police crossing guard. Mailman walking down residential street and delivering mail to a woman at a house. Smiling woman closes door with Service Flag displayed. Woman shares letter with neighbor. Women read a V-Mail from abroad. Paperboy riding bike throws evening newspaper to porch. Man gets newspaper from porch. Man reads newspaper while sitting in living chair. Wife and daughter read from behind the man reading newspaper. The family reads the newspaper together. A Lions Club Honor Roll signage containing every person fighting abroad in Springfield, New Jersey. View of Springfield Township military Honor Roll. A Lions Club member adds a star beside the name Howard Lott, a soldier who died fighting in the Mediterranean. Two Lions Club members look mournfully at sign. A “Handy-Man Association” meets together near the Lions Club Honor Roll signage. Old man sawing wood while wife watches. Old man fixes bureau drawer. Man cleans window while on ladder. Old man climbs ladder to remove window screen. Woman gives doorknob to a man and he re-attaches it to a door. Man paints a porch while a woman sweeps. Townspeople enter the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, New Jersey (37 Church Mall, Springfield Township, NJ 07081, United States). Townspeople attend church service. Pastor delivering his sermon. Women lower their heads in prayer during church service. View of bell tower of the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, New Jersey.
J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, works from his desk in the FBI Headquarters in Washington DC. A teletype machine printer prints out data of crimes being reported real-time in the United States. A man shoots at a mechanic with a handgun. Body of mechanic falling into vehicle inspection pit in garage. Burglars attempt to open a vault using blowtorch. A young man opens a locker and steals a wallet.
Newscaster reads the news about the crew members of the USS Pueblo, a United States intelligence vessel captured by North Koreans off the coast of Wonsan, North Korea. Journalists preparing for interview with crew members of the USS Pueblo. Korean spokesmen in front of camera. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher, Lieutenant Murphy and other crew members stand up as they were being introduced. Lt. Commander Bucher speaks about his experience, saying, "we were hopeful of finding anything new that would be of military value to the U.S. Navy."
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