U.S. CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier) off the coast during invasion of Palau Islands in World War II. Formation of U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. TBFs approach and land on flight deck of CVE. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter taxis on flight deck of CVE. TBF warms up on deck of CVE.
U.S. CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier) off the coast during the invasion of Palau Islands in World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bomber warms up on deck of CVE. Island structure in the background. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighters taxi and take off from flight deck of CVE.
Posthumous presentation of U.S. 442nd Infantry Regiment to Japanese-American parents in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Interiors show Japanese-American parents of soldiers of U.S. 442nd Infantry Regiment, who died in the war. Chaplain Spears addresses the group. Japanese-American parents lined up in front of the room. U.S. Colonel Kendall J. Fielder presents medals and shakes with the parents.
Presentation of Italian flag, Italy during World War II. American and British flags on pole. American, British and French soldiers march into ceremonial area. Commanding-General City Administration Secretary, U.S. 5th Army Major General Henry Johnson and Commanding-General of AMG (Allied Military Government), U.S. 5th Army Brigadier General Edgar E. Hume move forward and raise Italian flag on pole. Italian, U.S. and British Flags. Soldiers come to attention as flags are lowered in retreat ceremony.
A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
Rescue of Australian prisoners from Japanese prison ship sunk by U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Australian survivors on raft. Survivors come aboard U.S. submarine from raft alongside. A boat alongside a U.S. ship underway. The boat moves away from the ship. Survivors helped aboard submarine. American crew members give first aid to survivors. Submarine crew members look through binoculars. The crewmen give first aid to survivors.
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