Damage caused due to Allied aerial bombings in Nagasaki, Japan. Manner in which a machine was torn from its base. An uprooted concrete base and the point at which the failure occurred. A telephone and power line and the effect of explosion on public utilities. A group of Japanese laborers, men and women load a coal car with coal using shovels and baskets.
American Naval Submarine Officers posing at the new Submarine Base, Yokosuka, Japan, about two weeks after the Japanese surrender, ending World War 2. Officers in group posing outside a building. A sign on the building reads: "Yokosuka Submarine Base." In the most formal group photo, Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet is seen seated in front row, near center, as he poses with officers in his command.
The celebration of the Victory over Japan Day (VJ day) at the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Aerial view of the naval base. Large naval base. Amphibious ships in the background. Harbor installations. Various submarines moored to piers.
Activities of the Seabees in the Aleutians, during World War II. Units of Seabees are ordered to the Aleutians. An animated map shows the Dutch Harbor. Ship carrying Seabees in a bay, with snow capped mountains in the background. The Seabee Battalions at the base construction site : Surveyers at work. Huge explosion demolishes a cliff. Steam shovels work on cliff face. Bulldozer creating a road. Concrete bucket being loaded. Seabees work on reinforced concrete wall, with frame of reinforcing bar visible. A huge yard filled with construction materials. Carpenters build a structure with lumber, using hand saw and hammer. View of the completed major U.S. Navy base. Seabees work to repair a damaged U.S. destroyer. The USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) seen at sea. Views of other ships in the region.
Footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". A high altitude view of an area in England near the B-17 base. A view of the B-17 base from a B-17 in flight. Final approach and view through front of plane as it is about to land on runway.
Dog sleds being used to bring supplies from West Base to the ship, USMS Northstar, in Bay of Whales, Antarctica, as West Base is being abandoned, during the 3rd Byrd Antarctic Expedition. The Barkentine, USS Bear, is seen at the shore, as well. One of the expedition seen skiing down the hill.
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