American servicemen are kept informed by newspapers and radio telecasts. In Guam, Mariana Islands : a serviceman seated at a table in a room listens to a radio and writes a letter to his wife. A radio disc jockey hosts a musical show and plays songs for listeners from a studio. In Korea : a soldier reads Stars and Stripes newspaper while getting a haircut. In South Vietnam: mechanics read a newspaper. Newspapermen work and write for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes newspaper. In Thailand : American servicemen watch a sports program at USO Club. A video taping technician works with recording devices at a television station. American soldiers watch a television show. A television engineer controls a program on air at the American Forces Korea Network. A man works on a typewriter.
Japanese surrender in Southeast Asia during World War II. Airplanes in formation flight. Two Japanese Mitsubishi G4M-1 'Betty' twin-engine bombers painted white with green crosses on their wings, fuselage and tail land at Ie Shima Ryukyu Islands near Okinawa carrying Japanese delegates. The planes land at Nichols Field at 1813 hours. The planes are dubbed 'Bataan number 1' and 'Bataan number 2.' Lt. Gen. Torasirou Kawabe, the vice chief of the Japanese Army's General Staff and his surrender party disembark from the airplanes. Members of the surrender party include Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama Representative, Imperial Japanese Navy Staff., Colonel Yashima Terai General Staff, Colonel Orato Yamoto General Staff, Mr. Morio Yakawa Secretary, Japanese foreign office. Kawabe leads the surrender party. Army C-54 transport airplanes parked. Japanese surrender delegates board the airplanes which take off for Manila, Philippines. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur speaks to his troops from a balcony at the war damaged Manila City Hall (Padre Burgos Ave, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) on 20 August 1945. He notes that he is hopeful that they will all be able to return home soon.
Generalissimo of the Nationalist Government of Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia Theater Louis Mountbatten in India during World War II. Group of officers review formation of Chinese troops. Chiang Kai-shek's wife Soong Mei-ling talks to Lord Mountbatten. Chiang Kai-shek and Lord Mountbatten look through binoculars. Chinese soldiers stand in formation. Chiang Kai-shek delivers a speech before the microphone. Chinese troops march along field.
United States Air Force ( USAF) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia to Pleiku Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In Boung Long, Cambodia: A C-7A aircraft lands and taxis. Cambodian refugees board the C-7A. It takes off. Another C-7A lands and taxis. Refugees in the background. A man directs a USAF C-47 Skytrain . The C-47 taxis. Refugees board the C-47 with their belongings. At Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam: Refugees leave the air base. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops load belongings into trucks and the trucks leave the area.
United States Air Force ( USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia to Pleiku AB in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. At Boung Long, Cambodia: Cambodian refugees wait to board an aircraft. They board a C-7A. A pilot at the controls and the control panel. At Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam: The C-7A taxis in. The engine of the aircraft stops. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops and refugees unload the aircraft. The refugees leave the aircraft.
Propaganda piece about living conditions in the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, with images photographed by Indians visiting the country. Delegates from all over the world at an international conference. Representatives from Iraq, Canada, Romania, Australia, and Pakistan among others. Elderly Chinese communist revolutionaries pose. Mao Zedong's views (according to a narrator) are presented: He believes that war in inevitable between capitalist and socialist nations. View of a rally and military parade in China. Explosions during the Korean War in 1951 with Chinese troops in action. In Tibet, homeless, displaced Tibetan children and families after the Chinese take over in 1959 as part of Communist China expansion. Indian Army soldiers return after China's attack on India during the Sino-Indian War in 1962. View of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Map of Asia depicts Chinese aggression towards its neighbors. Explosions during the Chinese aggression in Vietnam and Laos. Mao Zedong intent on risking a war with the West.
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