American bombers being shot down over Kansai, Japan during World War II. Japanese antiaircraft gun fire against American bombers in flight. Flak bursts in sky. American bombers are shot down. Wreckage of American bombers on ground. Japanese soldiers clear wreckage of American planes in Kansai area, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Shiba prefectures. Japanese soldiers inspect a bomb. They carry wrecked parts of planes. Piece of material, with words: "Life Raft Sail Fabric.Navy Aeronautical Specification M-551." Japanese soldiers hold part of aircraft as officer circles bullet and flak holes on it. Formation of American bombers. An American aircraft comes down in smoke. Smoke rises from a burning building after bombing. Japanese fire fighters hose down the building. Japanese soldiers around wreckage of American planes. Smoke rises from burning planes.
U.S. ski patrol in Hurtgen Forest, Vossenack during World War II. Three-men patrol wear snow capes on skis move through snow-covered forest. Interiors show church steeple as observation post. Soldiers use BC scope and telephone. Patrol dons skis and snow capes. Soldiers on skis move through forest.
U.S. soldiers in Japan during American occupation after World War II. U.S. soldiers arrive in a jeep and assist Japanese civilians repairing a truck parked on a road. The soldiers repair the truck, wave goodbye and drive away. Japanese shoe shine boys shining the shoes of U.S. soldiers. The soldiers take pictures of Japanese women. A Japanese and an American MP (Military Police),standing on wooden pillars, jointly direct traffic at a busy intersection. Streetcars and vehicles pass, including a military jeep with two women passengers.
U.S. soldiers in Japan during American occupation after World War II. Japanese crowd outside around Ginza-District, Tokyo. Buildings at a busy Center of Ginza-Districts, Chuo-Ward, Tokyo. View in the vinicity of Intersection of "Ginza" Ave. and Ave."Z" (current Harumi Ave.) from the rooftop of high building (current Matsuzakaya Department Store). Many sidewalk vendors line along "Ginza" Ave.. Soldiers stand near pedicabs. U.S. Army vehicles move through the intersection of the center of "Ginza-District" along Ave."Z" from "Harumi" towards "Hibiya" direction. A Japanese man stands with a child along the side walk on Ave."Z". A Japanese woman and boy shine shoes of U.S. soldiers. U.S. soldiers of First Cavalry Division buy unit badges, for their uniform hats, from a Japanese woman street vendor.
Four U.S. soldiers visit a small military cemetery in Pacific Theater. Wood crosses and a Star of David are seen. A soldier, with shoulder patch of the U.S. 33rd Division. kneels down and places something at one cross. The soldiers look at a monument with sign on it reading: "Lest we Forget! Every liberty we enjoy has been bought at the cost of martyr's blood." (World War II period).
U.S. President Harry S. Truman and W. Averell Harriman, U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, at the White House in Washington DC. President Truman and Averell Harriman walk out of the White House. They pose at the edge of the grass, as newsmen photograph them. They shake hands with each other. Averell Harriman leaves the White House in a car.
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