Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations at Lafayette Park (Pennsylvania Ave NW &, 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, United States) in Washington DC, United States during World War II. Civilians walk down the sidewalk. Some of the civilians stand on the sidewalk. Soldiers near a vehicle. People sitting in a garden. Cars parked in the background. People sit near the statue of Lieutenant General Comte de Rochambeau. A man and a woman sitting. People gathered in Lafayette Park.
The division of psychiatry treats soldiers suffering from psychological trauma at camps in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dramatization : A doctor asks one of the patients about his injured shoulder. He walks up to patients and talks to them. The psychiatrist announces some of the recovered men to resume duty. Trucks loaded with soldiers being driven to the battle field. Men in a bunker. Men bend down as a bomb explodes near the bunker. A man plays harmonica. The soldiers listen and smile.
The featherweight boxing championship in France. The French Featherweight Boxing Champion Ray Famechon fights against the Percy Bassett a featherweight professional boxer from Pennsylvania. Two-time featherweight world champion Joseph Saddler watches the match. Percy Bassett being presented the belt as he wins the match
This training film highlights activities inside U.S. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) crime laboratory. Dramatization shows a criminal firing a pistol and killing a man in a room.Seal of FBI. View of Washington DC streets, U.S. Capitol building and J. Edgar Hoover Building, Headquarters of FBI located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. Evidence brought in from site of crime showing collection of pistols and ammunition. Ballistics specialist agent fires a pistol and examines the fired cartridge. He labels and preserves the spent cartridge in laboratory. The agent examines cartridge in laboratory. The agent looks through the microscope and inspects bullets as evidence.
A film on contributions of African American soldiers in various wars, but mostly focusing on World War I era. African American workers at an oil field with oil derricks talk to each other. Depiction of African Americans serving in the Spanish-American War and advancing towards a battlefield. African American man speaks about his experience of the war. Scenes of excavation and construction of the Panama Canal. Huge earth moving equipment at work and a man triggers an explosive detonation during the dig. A U.S. Navy ship underway in the newly completed Panama Canal. World War I scene of a U.S. Army unit including African American soldiers marching through a town in France, in formation, with a military band leading the march. African American soldiers of the 813th Pioneer Regiment near Marseilles France work to build a railroad. Also scenes with soldiers from the 332nd Labor Battalion, and the 808th Pioneer Regiment clearing an area near Verdun. African American soldiers of the 8th Illinois infantry (later the 370th infantry) running with the rifles as they mobilize for battle in France. African American soldiers of 371st Regiment and 372nd regiment crossing battlefield during World War I. Members of the 369th regiment in battle. Railroad guns and heavy artillery firing during World War I. American soldiers leaping from a trench and running across no mans land during battle. African American soldiers of the 369th infantry ("Harlem Hellfighters") receiving awards, medals, and citations at an awards ceremony in France during World War 1. Henry Johnson and other African Americna soldiers marching in New York City victory parade soon after the armistice ending World War I. Graves of soldiers at Arlington Cemetery as seen from a moving vehicle. Images of grave markers for several African American soldiers and officers. Two African American soldiers approaching the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Close-up view of the memorial and plaque on the memorial. Several other memorials in the U.S. showing African American soldiers. View of a facsimile of the 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division (colored) memorial in France, near the towns of Ardeuil and Séchault. Dramatized depiction of the memorial being destroyed by the invading German Army on June 15, 1941. African American preacher speaks in a church.
Amphibious operation by U.S. Marines and Army Troops at Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War II. Film taken from onboard the attack transport USS Neville, APA-9. Starboard side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Starboard side view of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, CA-35, 1943 measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Pennsylvania, BB-38, in measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Stern view of hospital ship USS Solace, AH-5. Smoke rises from the coast of the atoll from bombardment. Marines of the 22nd Marine Regiment on the deck of USS Neville preparing to board landing craft. LCV being lowered along side the ship into the sea. LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) loaded with troops pulls away. Landing Crafts Personnel underway as they circle. Other attack transport ships in the background. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) comes up on a beach at Eniwetok Atoll.