A paratrooper of the United States 101st Airborne paratrooper adjusts the propeller engine of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain “Mary Louise” in England during World War II. Nose art is seen on the plane. Paratroopers in camouflage war paint walk across field on way to planes. Some of the paratroopers rest and smoke cigarettes on the field. A group of paratroopers make their way to the plane.
United States 101st Airborne paratroopers board the Douglas C-47 Skytrain 9X (315087) “Lady Lillian” aircraft in England during World War II. Paratroopers adjust their straps and equipment. Nose art of “Lady Lillian” behind two paratroopers. One of the paratroopers grabs his rifle. Another paratrooper helps him adjust his chute.
United States Army paratroopers stand near Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport planes and gliders on an airstrip in England during World War II. Paratroopers help each other board a transport plane. Soldiers turn the propellers of a plane. “ALL HOURS II” beer nose art. Paratroopers adjusting their packs and equipment before boarding.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A family view the landmark Minnehaha Falls at Minnehaha Park. A stone fence in the foreground. Students stroll on campus at the University of Minnesota. A well-dressed man stands beside a column. A car drives past the University of Minnesota. A man walks past trees on campus. The statue of Hiawatha and Minnehaha by Jacob Fjelde in Minnehaha Park.
Film begins showing a map off Japan highlighting notable places including Mount Fuji, Tokyo Bay, cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimoda, and Oshima. View from a ship in Tokyo Bay, heading toward tall island in the distance. Scene shifts to a dozen women in traditional kimona dress singing and dancing on a bluff overlooking the water. A colorful horse circles about in the background as the women dance. Next, two women dressed in traditional kimona, carry large trays on their heads. Glimpse of three farmers with a horse. Views of heavy waves and clouds at waterfront. Strong wind blowing snow off a mountain peak. A speeding steam locomotive pulling a train along the shore of Tokyo Bay. Mount Fuji in the near background.
Segment of orientation film for American troops occupying Japan after World War 2. First scene shows Japanese troops marching shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets. Viewed from more distance they are seen marching past the Japanese Imperial Palace on a hill in the background. Slate is superimposed over the scene reading: "Created to Rule the Whole Earth." Japanese soldiers rising from trenches to charge their enemy. Shells bursting all around them. Views of some huge explosions. Dead Chinese woman and child lying in rubble. Japanese soldier holding Rising Sun flag, charging past building. More dead women and children. Japanese troops advancing against wooden houses. Dead soldier lying on ground, with pistol held in his upraised hand. Japanese troops advancing past burning rural dwellings. Dead Chinese civilians in wreckage. Japanese troops holding Japanese flags celebrate a battlefield victory. Views of wounded Allied soldiers being transported on litters by American soldiers, interwoven with views of Japanese troops celebrating. Japanese civilians celebrating en masse. View of a human brain superimposed over scenes of celebrating Japanese soldiers and people. A slate superimposed at this point reading: "This is Japan's Last War." Views of Japanese workers busy in war production plants and factories, with Japanese war production workers building armament, war planes, and tanks; Japanese military officers walking in full dress uniforms ; Japanese warships; and Mitsubishi Ki-21 bombers in formation ("Type 97 Heavy Bombers") . All these views of war machinery are symbolically ended by intervening views of explosions. View of crashed Japanese warplane. Several American soldiers are seen among many Japanese people. Several American soldiers check identification of a Japanese man. U.S. soldiers standing guard in a roadway, as many Japanese stand in background. American soldier searching an unarmed Japanese soldier. Two American soldiers use a phrase book as they ask directions from a Japanese woman and her daughter. Japanese youth clapping hands and holding a homemade American flag. U.S. military officers accepting Chrysanthemum flowers from girls in traditional Japanese attire. A U.S. soldier reads a comic book to a Japanese boy. Other American GIs talk with a Japanese soldier. American troops in a chow line at a dining hall. U.S. soldiers with Japanese children at the Great Buddha of Kamakura at the Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. American soldier riding a bucking bronco in a Western Rodeo put on by U.S. forces. U.S. soldier and Japanese police sentries standing side by side.
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