U.S. ships being attacked by submarines underway off the coast of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during army tests conducted by the United States. Aerial view of LST (Lading Ship, Tank) underway. Smoke billows up from LST after being attacked by submarine. LST sinks.
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan by United States during World War II. Aerial view of the mushroom cloud resulting from atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. Beginning at TC: 00:23, in the lower left frame of the clip, the Urakami river can be seen where it flows into the Nagasaki harbor. Clouds around the smoke. (Filmed by Harold Agnew from the B-29 "The Great Artiste," which flew as observer aircraft on both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.)
Area inhabited by Germans in New York City, United States. German newspapers at a news stand or book stall. The exterior of a bookstore showing German signs. People pass in the foreground. Theatre marquee sign in German say “ZWEI LUSTIGE ABENTEUER. H RUEHMANN H KNOTECK. EXTRA PANAY BOMBING EXTRA” (“TWO FUN ADVENTURES. H RUEHMANN H KNOTECK. EXTRA PANAY BOMBING EXTRA “ IN English) at the 86th St Garden Theatre, and “DIE UFA FILMOPERETTE DER BETTELSTUDENT F KAMPERS IDA WUEST” at the Europe Theatre. A person buys a ticket from a movie theater box office. Movie theater admission price in German “Erwachsene 20 Kinder 15” (“Adults 20 Children 15” in English). German sign boards in front of shops, including at address 242 for the Yorkville Camera Exchange and the Yorkville Clothes Shop in Upper Manhattan.
Syrian and Armenian stores and shops along Washington Street, New York City, United States in late 1939. "Little Syria" area between Battery Park and Rector Street. Exterior of Syrian stores and restaurant. Sign reads 'Delicious Syrian Luncheon'. Banner advertising the 1939 New York Worlds Fair hangs in front of the restaurant. Traffic and pedestrians along street. Cars parked along side of street. Exterior of "Markarian Bros" Armenian wholesale grocers. Sign for "The well known Son of the Sheik Syrian Cooking" restaurant.
African American neighborhood Harlem in New York City, United States. Exteriors of various shops and stores. Traffic passes along busy street in the foreground. Sign reads 'Harlem Seafood'. African American people walk along street. African American woman sells ice cream cones.
Harlem River Houses in New York City, United States. An African American woman pulls a stroller along street. New residential apartment buildings in the background. Sign on new housing buildings reads 'Harlem River Houses' and name of President Franklin Roosevelt is also seen on sign. African American children playing in a fountain of the neighborhood apartment community.
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