Instructional Video0:44
The March of Time

MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MARINES ADVANCE ON MOUNT SURIBACHI

12th - Higher Ed
VS US Marine firing on dead body of Japanese soldier lying on Iwo Jima beach, US soldiers using flamethrowers, dead burning body, various US soldiers moving on beach, shouting directions.
Instructional Video0:30
The March of Time

MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT

12th - Higher Ed
fleet just off shore, including landing crafts w/ US Marines moving / VS Heavy bombing across Iwo Jima, landing crafts w/ US Marines landing on shore, soldiers pouring out of crafts, carrying equipment.
Instructional Video0:27
The March of Time

MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: ARTILLERY FIRING ON SURIBACHI

12th - Higher Ed
VS 12th Marine artillery regiment (unconfirmed) on beach w/ cannons firing on Mount Suribachi, aka Hot Rocks, various explosions & smoke, firing, reloading shells.
Instructional Video0:31
The March of Time

MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MARINES ADVANCE ON MOUNT SURIBACHI

12th - Higher Ed
VS US Marines on beach of Iwo Jima, climbing over hills & ridges, taking fire, explosion, in dugout trenches, one soldier taking supplies from another, US Marines on beach of Iwo Jima, soldier firing shoulder rocket launcher, explosion...
Instructional Video3:56
Mr. Beat

Pearl Harbor Should Not Have Been A Surprise

6th - 12th
Was war between the United States and Japan inevitable? Japan shocked the entire world when it attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. However, those who paid a little closer attention might have seen it coming beforehand.
Stock Footage0:36
Getty Images

Pearl Harbor is bombed

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Battleship Arizona smoking and burning in Pearl Harbor after attack / fireboats trying to put out fire, smoke / wreckage and clean up of aftermath / wounded men put on stretchers. Pearl Harbor is bombed on December 07, 1941 in Pearl...
Stock Footage1:40
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Destruction at Pearl Harbor

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Destruction at Pearl Harbor
Stock Footage0:19
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Removing ID tags from dead, Generals Holland Smith and Julian Smith walk together, Admiral Harry Hill with other officers.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Removing ID tags from dead, Generals Holland Smith and Julian Smith walk together, Admiral Harry Hill with other officers.
Stock Footage0:05
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1945 AERIAL atomic bomb exploding on Nagasaki / documentary

Pre-K - Higher Ed
1945 AERIAL atomic bomb exploding on Nagasaki / documentary
Stock Footage1:13
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Reenactment VS Pearl Harbor just before Japanese attack. VS priest celebrating outdoor mass for US Navy men, CU faces as priest talks about Christmas.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Reenactment VS Pearl Harbor just before Japanese attack. VS priest celebrating outdoor mass for US Navy men, CU faces as priest talks about Christmas.
Stock Footage0:04
Getty Images

B/W 1945 wide shot guns of military ship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay at surrender of Japan / WW II / news.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
B/W 1945 wide shot guns of military ship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay at surrender of Japan / WW II / news.
Stock Footage0:04
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B/W 1945 Japanese Tojo Hideki sitting in courtroom at war crimes trial / Tokyo / newsreel

Pre-K - Higher Ed
B/W 1945 Japanese Tojo Hideki sitting in courtroom at war crimes trial / Tokyo / newsreel
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Story of Bataan Death March Survivor: Coming Home

Pre-K - Higher Ed
/ Story of Corporal Alfred Jolley / boats on the San Francisco Bay / military band plays / thousands crowded onto the docks waiting / ship in the ocean and a blimp in the air / Corporal Alfred Jolley in full uniform standing on a ship /...
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B/W 1944 long shot tilt down fighter plane crashes + explodes in jungle on island in the Pacific / documentary

Pre-K - Higher Ed
B/W 1944 long shot tilt down fighter plane crashes + explodes in jungle on island in the Pacific / documentary
Stock Footage0:25
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Japanese soldiers in American POW camp during WWII

Pre-K - Higher Ed
/ Captured Japanese soldiers walk slowly through the jungle, looking at the camera / Japanese POWs sitting behind the barbed wire walls of a POW camp / soldier performs a search of POW's clothing / bare chested young boys sitting in a...
Stock Footage0:56
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Douglas DC-4

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Shots of Douglas DC-4's taking off and landing. There is one section where a DC-3 takes off / The difference is the DC-4 has two engines on each side and the DC-3 has only one.
Stock Footage0:26
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United States President Harry S. Truman announces Japan's unconditional surrender to end World War II.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
United States President Harry S. Truman announces Japan's unconditional surrender to end World War II.
News Clip0:17
Hearst Metrotone News

A mushroom cloud rises after an atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.

Higher Ed
A mushroom cloud rises after an atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.
News Clip0:09
Hearst Metrotone News

Rubble and debris remain after the atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.

Higher Ed
Rubble and debris remain after the atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.
News Clip1:03
Sherman Grinberg Film Library

Burial of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and funeral for Chief Justice Fred Vinson in Washington, DC

Higher Ed
Title card: "Vinson, Wainwright - A nation's final tribute / close shot of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commander of US troops on Corregidor in World War II / [9/8/1953] soldiers standing in formation next to Wainwright's casket on caisson...
News Clip2:53
Sherman Grinberg Film Library

World War II: action in the Pacific

Higher Ed
[Video unstable at times] World War II / Pacific theater / military ships and aircraft carriers at sea / military planes in flight / American insignia on plane taking off from aircraft carrier / ships firing / anti-aircraft guns firing /...
News Clip0:18
Hearst Metrotone News

President Harry S. Truman gives his famous speech about the imminent attack on Japan.

Higher Ed
President Harry S. Truman gives his famous speech about the imminent attack on Japan.
News Clip0:18
Hearst Metrotone News

Residents of Hiroshima walk through the city in ruins.

Higher Ed
Residents of Hiroshima walk through the city in ruins.
News Clip1:04
Sherman Grinberg Film Library

Street vendors in Mukden, Manchuria, in China after World War II

Higher Ed
Two close ups of people in street / shot of street vendor / people buying items from street vendor / two shots of crowded street and people buying items from street vendors / people in street wearing face masks / four shots of street...