Poor children in China. Two small girls with children tied on to their backs playing on a road. The children on the girls' backs are secured with cloth. Small girls walking about with little children tied on their backs. A boy with a small child on his shoulder in a market place. A small girl with a small child tied on her back beside a water body. A man and two children standing beside her.
An F-86F of the 8th Fighter-bomber Wing, at Suwon Air Base (K13), South Korea during the Korean War. A USAF F-86 Sabre parked on pierced steel plank apron. One of the wings of the aircraft in view. A few airmen wheeling a 1000-pound bomb under the wing of the aircraft. The men seated under the wing of the aircraft mounting the bomb on to the bomb rack under the wing. The bomb being secured by the airmen.
U.S. Navy ship USS Upshur in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. A U.S. Army officer and a press man goes up a gangway to USS Upshur at a dock. View of the lines securing the ship to the dock. American soldiers of the Delta Force lined beside the rail of the ship. The U.S. flag on a pole beside the rail. The soldiers standing in a row at the rail.
A swearing in ceremony in the United States. New Secretary of State James F. Byrnes being sworn into office by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. The oath of office being administered to Secretary Byrnes. President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Byrnes. U.S. representative in the United Nations Edward Stettinius greets Secretary Byrnes. Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull signs the World Security Charter. Signatures of representatives of different nations on the charter.
Japanese submarines in action in the Indian Ocean during World War II. Many wooden plates hang underneath a miniature shrine. A bearded man worships in a shrine. Crewmen push a torpedo in a launcher aboard the submarine. The door of the launcher being closed. A chief speaks to men around the launcher. A vessel on the horizon as seen through a periscope. A merchant ship underway. Men fire the torpedo launcher at the ship. The merchant ship breaks in half as a result of the explosion. Various circular water tight doors being secured. A depth indicator and a hand moves in a circle towards greater depth. A man wearing earphone SONAR shouts into the sound phone. Two men also wear earphones as they watch sound indicators. Crewmen seated in berthing space as they listen to explosions of depth charges.
A picture of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito in a Japanese newspaper. Two periscopes come above the water. A Japanese submarine surfaces in the center of a bay and abruptly turns to port. Officers stand on conning tower. Two men converse below deck in a lounge area.A launch comes alongside a floating dock. A crewman jumps down to secure the launch. Several Japanese officers leave the launch and ascend a ramp from the dock.
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