Activities aboard United States Ship Wasp in Pacific Ocean. Plane Captain stencils a Japanese flag (the second one) on fuselage of F6F-5 aircraft from VF-81, aboard the USS Wasp (CV-18) during World War 2. The pilot, Executive officer of the Wasp, Commander Joseph C. Clifton, sits in the cockpit, watching with satisfaction.
Allied air force and navy raid Japanese targets in the Pacific Theater and German positions on the European Front, during World War II. British aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean. Airmen and sailors aboard attach bombs and prepare planes for a raid on Japan. Planes take off from the strip of carrier one after the other. Navigator makes plans for returning the planes. The planes land on the strip after completing the mission. Large guns on the ships. British 8th Air Force raids Nazi supply lines on the European Front. Immense smoke rises by the bombs dropped on Nazi positions. A German fighter plane shot in air by Allied warplane.
A parade by the Soviet armed forces during May Day celebrations at the Red Square in Moscow during World War II. Posters and cutouts of Joseph Stalin, Lenin, and other Russian leaders. Large marching troops of the Soviet Military. Marshal Stalin reviews the parade. American Army officers at the venue watch the parade. Grim Japanese Military Generals watch Stalin's power display. World's heaviest artillery and tanks move on during the parade.
A U.S. Aircraft Carrier under attack by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft during World War 2 in the Pacific Ocean. US Navy Ship's gun crews fire anti aircraft guns. Kamikaze planes falling from the sky in flames. Dramatic footage as Kamikaze aircraft is struck and on fire, and passes just beside the ship and crashes into the water very close to the ship.
Japanese Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and Empress Kojun meet U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, United States. The dignitaries walk towards a platform near the terminal building and address the press and gathered audience. Nixon speaks at the platform. Pat Nixon and Emperor Showa stand by him. President Nixon invites Emperor Showa who takes a paper out and addresses the press. The dignitaries step down from the platform.
Japanese Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun meeting with U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon in Anchorage Alaska, United States. The dignitaries sit and talk in a conference room. Press reporters take photographs and video recording of the meeting. Empress Kojun (Nagako Kuni) smiles during the meeting and is wearing a hat.
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