A film titled 'Bridge over Salween River' shows Chinese laborers constructing a suspension bridge for the Stilwell Road, over the Salween River in Burma, during World War 2. Workers lay the bridge floor under supervision of engineers. Blasting crew places dynamite to widen the road and an explosion occurs. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over the area. An unexploded bomb is discovered and detonated. First traffic crosses the bridge.
General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña address the members of the legislature at Malacañang Palace in Manila, Philippines during World War II. On the rebirth of Philippine Commonwealth Government General MacArthur criticizes Japanese attacks on the country whereas President Osmeña talks about the problems of reconstructing the country in post war times. After coming out from the Malacañang Palace, the president salutes a Filipino honor guard and drives into Manila.
U.S. paratroopers of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (511th PIR), 11th Airborne Division, conduct a combat parachute drop to reinforce American troops engaging Japanese forces at Tagayatay Ridge, on Luzon, the Philippines, in World War 2. View from inside a C-47 transport aircraft, looking through its open rear door, at another C-47 taxiing on an airfield ramp. It displays "X44" stenciled below its cockpit. Brief aerial view of the airfield from an airplane overhead. Several C-47s seen flying in formation. Closeups of some C-47s. Next, paratroopers of the U.S. 11th Airborne Division are seen jumping from C-47s. Their chutes open rapidly after leaving the aircraft. Some of the chutes of troopers, jumping from aircraft forward of the camera plane, pass very near as they descend. Aerial view looking upward at parachutes descending with clouds behind them. Glimpse from cockpit of camera plane shows numerous parachutes deployed from C-47s some distance ahead. Closer view from below and left of three C-47s shows paratroopers exiting open aircraft doors. More parachutes seen from above, as they descend. View from C-47 cockpit of five others in formation, at the same altitude,ahead. Below them, dozens of parachutes are seen descending toward the ground. Inside a C-47, several troopers stand at the open rear door and one helps another jump from the plane. Several paratroopers passing the right wing of the camera plane as they descend.
After effects of atomic bombing in Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. A wrecked steel frame structure and torpedo compression chambers are seen. The interior of the building shows floor covered with debris,broken corrugated asbestos roofing,pieces of chairs,blueprints and an upturned drafting table. A Japanese farmer carries 'Honey Buckets' and tightens the caps to prevent leakage. A metal steel room is seen. Floor covered with debris.
After effects of atomic bombing in Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. Wooden truss structure that served as a fire station for the building. Japanese men and women at the wrecked building site.
After effects of atomic bombing in Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. Steel beam bent to its maximum extent and completely destroyed. Debris is seen in the foreground. A bent steel column as a result of the blast. Demolished concrete columns are seen. Japanese clear the debris.
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