U.S. Strategic bombing survey film about the situation in Japan after atomic bombing in World War 2. Film titled 'Effects of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki'. Map of Japan. Location of Hiroshima. City of Hiroshima. Camera pans over view of the city of Hiroshima before the atomic bomb destroyed the city. Buildings and huts in city of Hiroshima pre-destruction. Portrayal of events on August 6, 1945: Sentry standing on a platform. Sentry stands near 'bell' air raid alarm. Sentry in dugout cave. Narrator relates that bomb was dropped. Still image of Hiroshima mushroom cloud explosion seen. Views of destroyed Hiroshima (from September 1945). Bomb damage to large concrete building. Ruins of the city. Damaged street cars in street. Hiroshima station. Hiroshima Prefecture office building damaged by blast. Damaged buildings. Statistics of casualty and damage.
First over the water test flight of a flying saucer shaped hovercraft in England. It is designed to fly on compressed air. The craft floats over the land surface. People watch and look through binoculars. The craft floats over the water in a sea. A ship in the background.
India's Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru being welcomed by U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington DC. U.S. Secretary of Defense Johnson confers with President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of States Dean Acheson and other men. PM Nehru gets off from an air plane. Photographers take photographs of Nehru and other dignitaries. President Truman on speaker stand with mikes as he welcomes Prime Minister Nehru and invites him to make his speech. Nehru makes a speech and talks about east and west coming together. He opes that together they will work for betterment of humanity. Truman and Nehru shakes hands, pose and go off the platform.
U.S. Submarines being decommissioned in San Francisco, California. Us sailors at the San Francisco Navy yard clean and lubricate parts and equipment prior to storage. Bridge over a river. Submarines at a port. Honor flag being brought down during a ceremony. Flag being presented to submarine's oldest man. Sailor plays a trumpet. Seaman looks through a periscope. View of a blast through periscope. Vessel being retired. Submarine being painted to protect it against corrosion. Deck guns being covered with cocoon type plastic sheet. Engines, air compressor and other parts of submarine being cleaned, oiled and left in working a condition. Submarines parked at a port.
U.S. submarine Squalus being raised up by rescuers and it goes down again in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Crew members of submarine rescue ship Falcon work with McCann Rescue Chambers. Seaman push the chamber down and get on to the ship. Air-pumps on ship. A diver wearing scuba helmet and diving suit goes in water with the help of a pulley. The chambers float above the water. Men seated on chambers. Hull of the submarine rises up to the surface of the water and then goes down again. Cables in the water.
Wife of British RAF (Royal Air Force) pilot who was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down an enemy aircraft while his own aircraft was burning. She lifts her baby from a pram in front of her house. She displays her husband's burned shoe and flight gear. She then reads formal letters about award of the Victoria Cross. Her husband pilot is seen with two other RAF fliers relaxing amongst other service personnel at a medical recuperation facility. They sit at a small table and smoke cigarettes. (World War II period).
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