Allied troops participate in a victory parade in Rangoon, Burma towards the end of World War II. The troops of the United States, British forces of Australia, New Zealand and China are gathered on a grassy field. They stand in formation and parade on the field. An artillery gun is fired in honor. Dignitaries review the parade.
Under the direction of City Manager George W. Welsh a new civic plan is introduced for unemployed men in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during the Great Depression. George W. Welsh poses. Unemployed men are employed on the Highway and Street Improvement projects for which they receive food and fuel as supplies from the municipal relief stations. Men work on road with shovels and use wheel carts. Exteriors of the Social Welfare Store. Supply bags in the store. Bottles of milk and bread are distributed to children in a bread line.
Robert C. Weaver announced as the new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in Washington D.C. Exterior of the White House. Dignitaries gather in the White House as the announcement is made. President Lyndon Johnson makes the announcement. People applaud after the announcement.
The United States sailors at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States. Sailor sells newspapers announcing Japanese surrender ending World War 2. Newspaper headline says 'Truman receives Japanese surrender'. Sailor buys newspaper and reads the news.
Excerpts from "The War at Sea From Hawaii to Malaya," a 1942 Japanese film that purports to present naval aspect of World War 2 from Japanese perspective. A Japanese radioman reports message about casualties to high ranking Japanese naval officer aboard a warship. The officer stands as the list of casualties is read. A photograph wrapped in black, of a young Japanese Naval Officer. Scene shifts to Japan, where members of a Japanese family listen to a radio news broadcast, about their son's honorable death. Another family listening to radio, his school teacher also listening. Girl in Kimono goes into an art room, kneels near the picture of a flaming ship and prays for the dead. View of a high torii (gate).
U.S. battleships underway in Hampton Roads, United States. The battleships underway in a column formation include USS Idaho, USS Mississippi and USS New Mexico. Troopship Henderson underway at sea.
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