Messina railway station and port in Sicily after bombings done by U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group during World War II. Damage caused to harbor area with debris outside a building. A painting shows Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Interiors of a building. Bombed building and harbor facilities. U.S. soldier stands next to Nazi German NSV sign (National Socialist People's Welfare Organization) identifying a service station. He looks at a booklet, perhaps to translate the sign (bahnhofsdienst). More views of destruction from the bombing.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler waves from his car during a motorcade in Germany during World War II. Large crowds gathered on side of street to view parade of Nazi officials. Nazi officials outside a large building. Hitler's motorcade moves past a crowd as they cheer him. Lead car holds a film camera operator standing high on vehicle and using camera on tripod to follow and film Hitler. Crowds and police greet Hitler with the Nazi salute. Hitler stands in the car and gives a Nazi salute to the cheering crowd.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. Demonstration on U.S. Army life as U.S. army officers talk outside a building and soldiers salute a Navy officer as he arrives. A soldier gets first aid from a medic. A captured U.S. soldier is being interviewed by Nazi German officials. U.S. soldiers enter a room and find a booby trap device set up by enemy to be triggered by an unsuspecting victim. U.S. soldier places the same booby trap device on an enemy motorbike. Motorbike explodes as enemy troops stand around the motorbike. (World War II period).
The Mitsubishi-Urakami Ordnance Plant shows the effects of atomic blasts of World War II on its light steel frame structure in Nagasaki. While the structurally stronger east wall and the center section of the building withstood the blast comparatively well, the entire section has been displaced. The wall of the building was afforded some protection by the boiler house. Structural collapse of the light steel frame building.
Aerial views of the Philippines coastline prior to World War II in the Pacific. Ships in a harbor. Views of U.S. military aircraft parked an airfield, including Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft; Boeing P-26 Peashooters; and Seversky P-35 aircraft. Many ships are seen in waters off shore.
A film shows the Burma China Road as vital link between China and Burma during World War II. Chinese Chairman of Foreign Trade Commission Kwang Pu Chen, also known as K.P. Chen, with other Chinese officials walk out of a building. The Chairman's car moves along the Burma Road. He inspects tung oil storage dump. Oil drums in the area. K.P. Chen and other Chinese officials walk over drums. Chinese workers load the oil drums on a truck. Trucks loaded with the drums leave the dump.
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