Bombing of Rekata bay (near Munda and Guadalcanal in the South Pacific) during August 24th 1943. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers of the 13th Army Air Forces in flight at a high altitude over the bay. Bombers drop bombs on Japanese targets at Rekata bay. (World War II period).
Shows United States Army Air Force cadets in formation and getting commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAAF at Mitchel Field, shortly before entry of the United States into World War 2.
Royal Canadian Air Force cadets arriving and in formation at Mitchel Field. Cadets examining P-40C aircrafts.
President of the Philippine Commonwealth Sergio Osmeña poses with four United States Marine pilots on the steps of the Provincial Capitol Building of Leyte (Leyte Provincial Capitol, 34 Senator Enage St, Downtown, Tacloban City, Leyte). The President shakes hand with pilot. He carries a Marine combat helmet. President Osmeña waves his helmet, turns, and climbs the steps of Capitol after the Battle of Leyte in World War II.
Three United States Marines walk down the street in Tacloban City. Civilians on the street. Military ship on the streets. Marines cross the unpaved street. Marines pass in front of a building marked 'Restaurant'. Army MP (Military Police) directs traffic in front of the building. Sightseers bargain for souvenirs. Native men hold up a string of a fish for a Marine's inspection. A Marine draws a cup of water from lister bag.
United States conducts nuclear test shot "Zuni" as part of Operation Redwing nuclear tests at the Pacific Proving Grounds. Bright flash appears due to the Zuni shot bomb blast, the first ever of a three-stage thermonuclear design. Huge fireball boils upward into the sky. Spots of fire in sky as darkness spreads. Zuni was a 3.5 Megaton Hydrogen bomb with 85% of its yield from fusion. This was a companion test to the "dirty" (87% fission) Tewa shot using the same bomb design.
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