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Translator reads Andrei Gromyko's speech at maybe press conference
Pan seated audience down to speaker at podium, men seated above / CU Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko beside woman translator reading his statements before microphone with letters KTUR, SOT she says that US and allies...
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British PM Clement Attlee concludes speech to US Congress and receives standing ovation
MLS well of the House of Representatives chamber as British Prime Minister Clement Attlee speaks with House Speaker Sam Rayburn before returning to podium with Rayburn and VP Alben Barkley looking on / VS high angle shots of the floor of...
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During World War II, US military assaulting Japanese forces Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands; transport barges head ashore
Shot from US Navy ship of US Navy warplanes flying in formation overhead / wide shot from ship of bombs exploding on Tarawa (Tarawa is now the nation of Kiribati) / wide shot from ship of smoke rising from bomb explosions on Tarawa /...
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The signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender brings the World War II to a close in the Pacific
Atomic bomb explosion – LS huge explosion from atomic bomb, fireball rising up into sky, shaping into a mushroom cloud / flames curl ad wind into hug ball of ire and rest of the screen in darkness // Japanese surrenders aboard the USS...
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Ceremony on 9th Anniversary of V-E Day held in Paris soon after surrender of French military at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina (now Vietnam)
Title card: "Dien Bien Phu - democracy lauds gallant defense" / two shots of military veterans marching under Arc de Triomphe / people in crowd watching / officials approaching Arc / honor guard presenting swords / President Rene Coty...
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Japan's Hirohito visits the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for the first time since the end of World War II
Title: "Emperor Leads Homage to War Dead" superimposed over Empress Nagako and entourage procession / standing crowd waiting for arrival of emperor at the Yasukuni Shrine war memorial / VS crowd seated on ground waiting / LS Empress...
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B/W 1945 George Marshall greeting + shaking hands with men at airport / China / documentary
B/W 1945 George Marshall greeting + shaking hands with men at airport / China / documentary
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Coordination of Military during Guadalcanal Campaign
/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift narrates as an aircraft carrier shoots guns on the ocean / airplane flying overhead. Coordination of Military during Guadalcanal Campaign on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty Images)
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Ishikawa Civilian Area Off Limits
Destruction and poverty in Ishikawa Prefecture during post war US occupation.
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Reporters, cameramen and audio technicians rush into the Oval Office, surrounding President Harry S. Truman before he announces victory in Japan to end World War II.
Reporters, cameramen and audio technicians rush into the Oval Office, surrounding President Harry S. Truman before he announces victory in Japan to end World War II.
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Wide shot of Kanton Island settlement and WWII junk
Kanton Island, also known as Canton Island.
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Shipwreck SS President Taylor with Kanton Island behind
Kanton Island, also known as Canton Island.
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Moving forward over Kanton Island and WWII remains
Kanton Island, also known as Canton Island.
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Pull back over WWII ship wreck SS President Taylor on Kanton Island
Kanton Island, also known as Canton Island.
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This Week In History 5/31- 6/6
This Week In History 5/31 - 6/6 (Footage by Getty Images)
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William & Kate Lay Wreath at Kranji War Memorial
William & Kate Lay Wreath at Kranji War Memorial
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MS PAN Sakaiura beach and Hinkomaru ship at Chichi jima island, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Ogasawara Islands / Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo, Japan
MS PAN Sakaiura beach and Hinkomaru ship at Chichi jima island, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Ogasawara Islands / Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo, Japan
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MS Wreck, Hinkomaru at Sakaiura beach of Chichi jima island, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Ogasawara Islands / Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo, Japan
MS Wreck, Hinkomaru at Sakaiura beach of Chichi jima island, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Ogasawara Islands / Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo, Japan
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The Enola Gay bomber drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.
The Enola Gay bomber drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.