United States 8th Cavalry and 5th Cavalry Regiment troops enter Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. 8th Cavalry Regiment troops file past dead Japanese lying in a street. Major General Verne D. Mudge, commander, U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, and Regimental officers study a map at a street intersection.
Admiral Chester William Nimitz , Commander in Chief of Pacific Ocean Areas, visits flagship USS Rocky Mount and Kwajalein Island during World War 2. View from the USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) as a U.S. Navy PB2Y Coronado seaplane approaches, lands in the water. and taxis toward it. An officer stands above steps leading aboard the ship. An unidentified small transport ship and small boat are in the background. two small launches are tied to the Rocky Mount. Admiral Chester Nimitz, Pacific fleet commander, is seen from the Rocky Mount as he ascends ladder to the ship's deck. View is looking downward from behind a Navy cinematographer. Admiral Nimitz is greeted by officers aboard the ship. Boarding the USS Rocky Mount, immediately behind Admiral Nimitz, is Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr., Commanding General of all Army personnel in the Pacific. He is also greeted by the officers on deck. Next, Rear Admiral Richmond Turner is seen boarding the Rocky Mount. (The Rocky Mount served as his flagship when he directed operations against Kwajalein.) Various views of the officers mingling and conversing on the deck. Scene shifts to Admiral Nimitz and accompanying officers posing for a photograph on the Kwajalein Island. He and members of his party are all wearing steel helmets. In one scene they are surrounded by military photographers as Admiral Turner (in garrison cap) points out areas of interest to Admiral Nimitz. Ensuing scenes show the officers examining the remains of Japanese fortifications and weapons on the island. Admiral Nimitz converses with three soldiers who have been bathing on the shore. More views of the group amidst debris on the island. They board three waiting jeeps
Clip shows several still images extracted from moving images of the USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) burning in the Sulu Sea off the shore of Luzon, Philippines, following a strike by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft during World War 2. The moving film from which the stills were extracted can be seen at clips 65675072050 and 65675072051. Several stills of the USS Ommaney Bay burning. Stills of navy sailors watching through binoculars and additional destroyer and support ships in the background.
Civilian alien enemy detention facility in Crystal City, Texas, during World War 2, for relocation and internment. Train arrives in Crystal city. Japanese-American and German-American women and children disembark from train at Crystal city facility, to voluntarily join their husbands and fathers who were detained at the facility during World War 2. They board a bus. A bus is driven to the camp facility. Children and women at detention facility of Crystal city. Bags are examines as detainees arrive. They receive food in cafeteria. Views of utility and recreation buildings including housing units, hospitals and maintenance buildings.
Alien enemy detention facility in Crystal City, Texas,during World War 2, for relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans. A car is driven down on road along housing amenities. Views of tower. Hanging clothes on string outside housing unit. Houses for detainees. View of Central Administration building. Internal Security unit supervise and investigate the units. Rations are supplied by truck for canteen and stores. A man works on typewriter. Men work in canteen. Building of general store as detainees enter into it. Detainees in medical store.
Alien enemy detention facility in Crystal City, Texas. Truck loaded with cartons of supplies. A man delivers milk bottles outside the gate of housing units. Ice are unloaded from truck. Ice is delivered for use by internees. The facility is for relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War 2.
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