View of a United States Air Force Military Airlift Command C-141 aircraft in flight overhead. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a C-141 inflight. A flight engineer and navigator at their respective stations in the aircraft. C-141 aircraft from the 437th Military Airlift Wing, at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, taxis on the ramp at RAF Station, Mildenhall, England. A C-130 on final approach, passing thatched roof cottage and stone house nearby. A C-141transport aircraft flying low over a highway as it descends to land at the Rhein Main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany. The C-141 touching down on the runway. View of trams running in the city of Frankfurt. Quick closeup of airport control tower at Torrejon Air Base, near Madrid, Spain and camera pans to a C-130 aircraft parked on the ramp. View from the air of the las ventas bull ring, in Madrid. The Banco Central building as viewed from the Plaza de la Cibeles, in Madrid. A MAC C-141 taxiing to park at the Incirlik Airfield, Adana, Turkey. Flowers in gardens at the Sultanahmet Mosque in Istanbul. Brief sunset view of an unidentified mosque. view of the passenger terminal at Karachi International Airport, Pakistan. Camera pans across a ramp to a MAC C-5 aircraft with its nose loading doors open. View of the Pasig River and buildings, from aircraft flying over Manila, Philippines and ground-level view of a central square. A crowded commercial business and shopping area of Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. Japanese pedestrians on the sidewalks and streets and views of Japanese people in mid 1970s fashions walking on streets of Tokyo. The Sydney Harbour Bridge (and Sydney Opera House in background), in Sydney, Australia. A C-5 inflight departing a coastline. Interior views of C-5 aircraft cockpit, with crew members at work. A navigator with sextant mounted in roof of aircraft.
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.
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