United States troops fight the Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. Filipino civilians and American troops convene outside Palo Cathedral (Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration in Leyte. Palo Cathedral is converted into a makeshift hospital. Rows of dozens of wounded soldiers on beds inside the church. Faces of Filipino men and women...tired faces due to living under the tyranny of Japanese occupation. Radiomen with headphones typing. Typewriter writes important information from Filipino guerrilla fighters about the conditions of Japanese occupation. Paper in typewriter reads “Guerillas dispatching authentic photos Jap atrocities”. A man shows photos of badly injured Filipino civilians under the harsh treatment of the Japanese. Destroyed church in the Philippines. A wooden crucifix of Jesus Christ on the floor surrounded by debris. Japanese occupation sign reads “1. Salute to the Japanese Army Sentries. 2. Show your residence certificate and pass. 3. Don’t miss your way.”. Shadow of a Japanese soldier holding a bayonet pass by the sign. A truck passes by a walking Japanese sentry. A Filipino man sits on top of the rice sacks. Starving Filipino farmers sweep the floor for grains of rice. “Death rate American prisoners Bilibid increasing” reads the narrator. Graves of deceased American prisoners outside the walls of Bilibid Prison, a prisoner of war and civilian internee camp in Manila. Incarcerated United States soldiers stand behind prison bars inside Bilibid Prison. Face of an American man looking up, partially obscured by shadow. Far East Air Forces General George Kenney speaking to soldiers in the airfield. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber takes off from an airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the Far East Air Forces bomb targets in Luzon. Bombers strafing Japanese aircraft in airfield near Manila. Aerial view of Manila Bay.
More than a million people attend the “I Am An American Day” citizenship ceremony in Central Park in New York City, during World War 2. Over 150,000 people attended the ceremony as newly naturalized American citizens. Native American Indians in traditional dress and women and men in military uniform attend the ceremony. Flags of various nations are flown. Wounded Army soldiers and wounded Navy sailors arrive as guests of honor. New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia shakes hands with servicemen, giving tribute to their heroism during World War II. Immigrants stand up to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America as part of the naturalization ceremony. Speaker recites the Pledge of Allegiance, which predates the inclusion of "under God" which was added later in the 1950s.
The United States Army tests new weapons during World War II. United States Army Air Force bombers drop 100-pound bombs in a huge concentrated salvo over a field. Shells explode simultaneously. A medium bomber drops an aerial torpedo. Anti-personnel bombs burst in the air shortly after being dropped from a flying bomber. Fighter planes diving and dropping auxiliary gasoline tanks used as incendiaries. This is a WW2 example of napalm use. Gasoline tanks explode and burst into flames upon hitting the ground. Artillery officers fire phosphorus shells from mortars. Explosion from phosphorus shells. Soldiers testing flamethrowers on a tank. A group of soldiers use flamethrowers simultaneously, covering the screen with thick smoke and flames.
World War II (WW2) Chemical Warfare Service logo and words, "Incendiaries over the Axis." An M76 incendiary bomb explosion. The United States officers in meeting room in front of wall map of Europe. A man puts a pin into “Berlin” on the map. A pillar of smoke rises from a bombed Nazi German war plant. Allied trucks carry chemical bombs on the road to a chemical park. A man carries a bomb, stacking it on a neat pile of incendiary bombs. Men unload wooden crates with incendiary bombs. Bomb warning reads “Do not assemble fuze to cluster until loaded into airplane”. The chemical officer at the headquarters of the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe signs a document from his desk before handing it over. The chemical officer reads a chart showing the increased use of incendiary bombs by Allied forces from January to March 1944.
Incendiary bomb storage in Allied bomb dumps during World War II. Incendiary bombs are neatly stacked in a bomb dump. A truck backing on the right of the pile. Men unload wooden crates and large incendiary bombs from trucks. Man unloads crates containing 100-pound M47A2 bombs. Men unpack bomb from its wooden protective crate. 500-pound PT-1 Pyrogel-filled AN-M76 bomb is rolled off from the truck. The AN-M76 is also called "Blockburner" or "Goop". Technicians remove the shipping bands off the AN-M76. Truck crane carries an AN-M76 bomb. Stacks of AN-M76 bombs are stacked in the bomb dump. Men carefully place the bomb in the stack. Men flip the crate containing an M17 Aimable Cluster bomb. Men unpacking the M17 500lb Aimable Incendiary Cluster Bomb. Technicians remove the tape and cuts the wires securing the incendiary bomb. A man removes the protective frame of a bomb. The men roll an M17 Aimable Cluster bomb to a stack. Two men stand in front of a shed with a door sign “Bursters”. Man opens a crate, inspects bursters. A Chemical Warfare officer shows a sky marker (made from a converted M47 bomb casing filled with FM smoke producing solution) while other soldiers look on. The Chemical Warfare officer demonstrates the method of arming the sky marker with a modified US 101 fuse. A sky marker is sealed with a rubber washer and a plastic disc. A threaded aluminum fuse adapter and another fuze are inserted. A flange is bolted down. Men marking sky markers prior to storage in bomb dumps. Wooden sign reads “DANGER ACID”.
Allied armies advance to break the Gustav Line in Italy during World War II. Medium tank (likely Sherman M4A2 Medium Tank) advances through foggy weather. Allied tanks advance through forested terrain. Troops advance in Jeeps, trucks and M3 half-tracks. M3 half-tracks towing artillery.
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