Activities on the streets in Nagasaki, Japan after the end of World War 2. Large partially fire-blackened and windowless building in downtown Nagasaki, Japan, after World War 2. Local citizens going about their normal activities, on sidewalks and streets. U.S. sailors in whites, walking in the crowd. A tram with passengers. A wagon pulled by an ox. War-damaged and destroyed buildings. Smiling Japanese soldiers and police, walking on sidewalk in commercial strip. An American sailor walks past a Japanese woman carrying a baby on her back. The sailor joins a large group of sailors standing by a sign, in English, pointing to bus stop for trips to Tokyo. American flag flying from tall flag pole.
U.S. Military Mission visits Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in Yenan, Shensi province, China during World War II. Chinese soldiers with their mules in boats. Some soldiers watch standing on shores of Yellow River. The boats cross Yellow River. Japanese soldiers emerge from trenches of a hill and open fire against the Chinese soldiers. Chinese soldiers quickly climb the steep hill. Ruined houses at the Japanese outpost.
United States soldiers move inwards during the Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf in World War II. They inspect a wrecked Japanese Air Force plane in a field. American soldiers climb on the wings of the airplane. The burnt fuselage and destroyed engine of the plane. Symbol of Imperial Japanese Air Services on the fuselage of the plane. Trucks loaded with troops driven away from the field.
Japanese Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and Empress Kojun (Nagako Kuni) meet U.S. Presidnet Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Workers arrange a red carpet as a Japan Air Lines plane taxies on the runway. Japanese emperor and Empress disembark from the plane. Pat and Richard Nixon welcome them and shake hands. The dignitaries review honor guard. A military band plays and marches at the runway.
Japanese Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun meeting with U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon in Alaska, United States. The dignitaries walk at a garden during night and then move inside a guest house. The U.S. and Japanese national flags at the building. Soldiers on alert outside the building.
Bombing and defense of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea during World War II. Allied ships in the harbor. Sailors offload supplies from Allied shipos. An Allied aircraft circles over the ships at low height. Sailors with rifles standing on the deck of a ship firing at Japanese aircraft as they attack the port. The harbor of Port Moresby. Japanese aircraft bomb the ships and harbor. Dramatic scenes of bombs exploding all around an Allied ship as seen from a high ridge above the port.
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