Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library NTSC Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) NTSC $349.00 PAL Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) PAL $399.00 DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) DVD-R Preview Disc (NTSC) $35.00 AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION HD - CALL FOR DETAILS! keywords: wwii, world war ii, final days of japan, air ace major richard bong, 10th armored division Synopsis: Atomic Bomb And Reds Declaring War Dooms Japan, Air Ace Major Richard Bong Is Killed, 10th Armored Division Celebrates Anniversary... (read more) Information: 1945 BW 7 min Show All Newsreels 1940s Titles Newsreels: 1945 - August 9 Germany Atomic Bomb And Reds Declaring War Dooms Japan In a series of meetings in Potsdam Germany the final doom of Japan is settled. Shows Truman, Attlee, and Stalin seated. Japanese port cities feel the full destructive force of Allied air power as the final assault on Japan begins. Shows b-29's in flight and a carrier task force. As Hiroshima and Nahasaki, Japanese port cities, feel the full destructive force of the lethal Atom Bomb weapon, some of the startling details of its production are revealed. Shows Great Britain’s “Grand Slam” bomb being dropped and a comparison to the destructive power of the two bombs is illustrated. Dr. E. O. Lawrence inventor of the atom smashing cyclotron is shown. General Groves, in charge of the entire program; and the two scientists, Dr. Vannevar Bush and Dr. Richard Tolman. Quantities of uranium is mined and shipped from Alberta, Canada and used in the secret bomb because of the mineral’s atomic structure. Two giant properties were created for building the Atomic Bomb—a 600,000 acre project at Richland, Wash., and a gigantic manufacturing area of Oak Park, Tenn., which has boomed into the 6th largest city in that state. Shows defense workers arriving and entering these facilities. Shows Col. Mathias, Commander of the Richland, Washington facility. Scenes of Oak Ridge Tennessee, manufacturing buildings, workers and their families, prefab housing, trailers, and stores for the workers and their families. At the insistence of the United States and Britain, Russia declares war on Japan, as an enemy of civilization. A stirring parade in Red Square of Russia’s armed might foreshadows the doom that awaits Japan. President Truman warns Japan that its war-making capacity will be totally destroyed and that it will be completely engulfed by sea and land forces. United States Air Ace Major Richard Bong Is Killed Major Richard Bong, America’s top air ace, is killed while testing a P-80 jet fighter plane. Germany 10th Armored Division Celebrates Anniversary The 10th Armored Division of the 3rd U. S. Army celebrates its 3rd anniversary. Hot dogs and a circus provide barrels of fun, but the grizzly bear riding the motor bike runs away with the show. --Contemporary Royalty Free Stock Footage Library: --Business ---- Celebrations ---- Concepts ---- Education ---- Generations ---- Health and Medical ---- Lifestyles --Modern Military ---- Nature Scenic ---- Nature Wildlife ---- Environmental Education ---- On Location ---- Sports Today --U.S. Presidents ---- Weather Watch ---- Contemporary Tragedies And Disasters ---- Motion Graphics - Special Effects --Historical Public Domain Stock Footage Library: --Historic Military And Nuclear Films ---- Newsreels: Events At Home And Around The World ---- Flashback In Time --NASA Space Exploration ---- Classic Cartoons ---- Christmas Programming ---- Religious Programming --Hollywood Films, Television And Trailers ---- Classic Cuts: Single Clip Downloads --Buyout Footage Company Links: --Buyout Footage Homepage ---- About Buyout Footage ---- Stock Footage License Info ---- Submitting Footage To Us --Buyout Footage Site Search ---- Buyout Footage Sitemap ---- Buyout Footage Return Policy --Email Us - Stock Footage Request