SPX-F Prisoners interrogated in France. A U.S. Army Major with the help of an interpreter interrogates prisoners in compound area. A soldier stands at the back. The German prisoner comes and the Major asks questions about Adolf Hitler, members of Nazi party and views about Japan as an ally. (World War II period).
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War 2. The Battle of the Mediterranean at Malta: Smoke from burning buildings. Explosion due to bombardment. British soldiers look through binoculars, confirm target, take aim and fire antiaircraft guns at Nazi German aircraft in flight. Nazi aircraft drop bombs. Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews Japanese troops. Japanese troops, tanks, artillery and cavalry parade. Japanese bomber aircraft attack Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941. Civilians run for cover. Burning U.S. Navy ships in Pearl Harbor. Debris removed from the Harbor. U.S. troops mobilize for the War. Australia: U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives to take command of the Pacific Theater. New Guinea: The jungle campaign. U.S. troops advance over rough terrain. Natives run for cover as huts burn down. Australian and U.S. soldiers in combat. Smoke due to fire on a hill. Soldiers help wounded comrades through the New Guinea mud. Natives carry war equipment.
Flooding in Morrison, Colorado. Men and women lift furniture to clean up the flood damaged area. A car partially submerged in mud. An eroded riverbank. Men lift a dead body from brush on a muddy riverbank. The rescue team lifts debris. View of cyclone hit a city in Japan. Group of locals walk under umbrellas through destroyed wooden buildings. Japanese rescue workers digging in debris for survivors. Locals prepare balls of rice and eat. Locals repair haystack roofs.
The promise of independence for Indonesia is broadcast throughout the city of Jakarta, following a ceremony at Istana Gambir, or the Gambir Palace (Merdeka Palace, Jawa Timur Jawa, Jawa Timur 65455, Indonesia). Exterior of Gambir Palace in Jakarta Indonesia. Indonesian leader Sukarno, head of the Japanese-created Poesat Tenaga Rakjat (POETERA - Concentration of People's Power) emerges from a car, climbs steps, and enters the Gambir Palace, presently known as Merdeka Palace. He stands together with other Indonesian officials. Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant General Kumakichi Harada addresses the gathering and delivers news of Japanese Prime Minister Koiso's September 7, 1944 promise of future independence for Indonesia (the so-called Koiso Declaration). Large Japanese flag seen on the wall behind speakers. Sukarno approaches General Harada, bows and then speaks into a microphone. Scenes of jubilation in the streets of Jakarta as citizens hear the news that Japan has promised future independence for Indonesia (date undeclared). A man standing atop a truck announces the news over a megaphone. People stand near the truck, listen and cheer. A caravan of loaded trucks rolls slowly through a Jakarta neighborhood spreading the news about the promised independence. Citizens cheering and smiling. People standing at a railway station and at stopped trains hear the news and cheer. Citizens including men, women, and many children wave to the passing caravan. Sign on side of truck includes words "Bangsa Indonesia diperkenankan merdeka" meaning "Indonesia allowed Independence". Clip is from a Japanese newsreel during World War 2, with Japanese narration.
Okinawa Island after its return to Japan. A Japanese couple fish in the sunset. Japanese man fishes with a fish net. American man pays in Japanese Yen to a cashier. The cashier hands a package to the man. Japanese flag in flagpole. American man talks to a Japanese police officer. Sign in Japanese writing in background. American family stand outside Japanese shop. American man plays golf. A Japanese salaryman walking on the street. American and Japanese men play baseball. American crowd watches the baseball game. American Air Force enlisted woman and a Japanese woman come out of a car.
Responsibilities and duties of U.S. military personnel towards United States Kadena Air Base and Japan. Okinawa-The Keystone of the Pacific. Two U.S. military enlisted technicians look through a microscope. A nurse talks to a technician. U.S. Airmen work in an airplane maintenance shop. A female U.S. military NCO works as a clerk. U.S. Airman works on a machine and spray paints a missile. U.S. Airman drives a truck in Air base. Pilot puts on mask in cockpit of his fighter plane. A U.S. transport airplane takes off from the air base. A U.S. fighter jet takes off from air base. View of sunset on Okinawa.
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