United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. A section on a map of the South Pacific. The islands around Guam on the map.
U.S. sea power in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of landing craft speeding through the water below. Animated map of Pacific Islands including the Solomons, New Britain, and New Guinea. Shows arrows depicting American amphibious assaults on Russell Islands in February, 1943; on New Guinea, and Rendova in June, on New Georgia in July, on Eastern New Georgia in August, on Choiseul, in October, and Bouganvillle in November, 1943. Aerial view of a Pacific Island airfield. Grumman F4F aircraft with engine running on an aircraft carrier. Bow view of an American Essex class Aircraft Carrier making way in heavy seas. A Douglas Dauntless airplane heading away from a carrier (in background). Map showing locations of American North and South Pacific naval forces and arrows pointing to Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and then to the Marshall Islands (Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll). American infantry marching with full field packs, at a port, where they board transport ships. An artillery field piece being loaded on the ship, along with landing vehicles tracked, and army trucks. A convoy of troop ships and supply ships at sea.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. View of a bridge. Displacement of the bridge towards the north. The south side of the bridge shows displacement over concrete support. The displacement on the back side of the bridge measures 2 inches and on the west side measures 6 inches. The pressure side of the bridge shows pylon nearest to zero. The underside of the bridge shows displacement. Displacement of girders on the abutment. Major Dragnet and Major Fletcher of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) physical damage team show flash burns on roof tiles found in a stream bed.
The Rose Bowl game of college football at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) compete in the Rose Bowl Game. The USC team wins the game. Spectators cheer the players.
A documentary film about the people and biblical art in Jerusalem, Palestine. People enter an arched gate. Donkeys loaded with sacks walk past an open market. People sit in the open marketplace. A painting depicting a copy of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. A Franciscan monk walks in the Garden of Gethsemane. A painting of Jesus Christ praying at the Garden of Gethsemane. View of the Temple Mount. Aerial view of the Tower of David (David's Citadel) and the city walls. View of the old city through a window. Minaret of the Omar Mosque located opposite the southern courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at the end of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. Another painting of biblical art depicting Jesus Christ standing before Pontius Pilate.
The North Korean soldiers and American prisoners of war in Korea during the Korean war. Two American prisoners of war seated. Several American and South Korean prisoners of war. Three North Korean soldiers kneel beside a map on the ground. A soldier looks through field glasses and points to the map. A mortar being loaded. Three mortars in operation. A few American prisoners of war sitting and a few of them standing.
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