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Edgewood Arsenal War plant employees honored during the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland (WW2)

The Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States during World War II. United States Senator from Maryland Millard E. Tydings delivers a speech from a podium. Senator Tydings thanks the people and the workers of the Edgewood Arsenal for their support. Major General William N. Porter Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service delivers a speech. He hands over the Army-Navy flag to Captain Leahy, Naval Liaison Officer at the Edgewood Arsenal. The Army-Navy flag being unfolded on the stage. The flag hoisted on a pole. Captain Leahy announces the names of three oldest employees of the war plant of the Edgewood Arsenal and presents award pins to the employees.

Location: Edgewood Arsenal Maryland USA
Date: 1942, November 23
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066404
People and visitors enjoy recreational facilities in New York Central Park.

A U.S. Army Reorientation film. Recreational facilities in New York City's Central Park. Aerial view of Central Park with skyscrapers of Manhattan and skyline of New York City seen flanking it. View of 59th street and park entrance. View of horse-drawn hansom cabs and the Seal Pool. People feeding pigeons. Children in park. Cart pony rides at the zoo. People watch zoo animals like chimpanzees. Various lakes in park. People on boats in lakes. People fishing including a boy standing on a rock fishing. View of Bethesda Fountain. Various statues. Weather station and Cleopatra's Needle. People enjoy concerts at Central Park Mall. President Harry S Truman makes an address in the park. People enjoy Square dancing with caller, dancing at the Tavern On The Green, playing tennis, softball game with young men or teenage boys, basketball game with teenage boys, football, horseback riding, winter sports including sleds in the snow and horse-drawn sleigh rides, kids making snowmen, warmer weather activities like pitching horseshoes, playing checkers, people laying on the ground and relaxing on benches and grass.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 9 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053058
Military facility landmarks and museums and galleries in the Washington DC area in 1953

View from moving boat on Potomac River as it approaches docks for "Suitland Hall" Air Force facility in Washington DC. Scene then changes to view of Andrews Air Force Base and building for the Headquarters of the Military Air Transport Service. A C-121 Constellation aircraft parked on airfield at Andrews Air Force Base. C-47 Skytrain taxis into parking space. Airman pushes hospital ramp up to C-47 Skytrain. Wounded man on litter carried out of the aircraft into waiting ambulance. View of Bethesda Naval Hospital and then a view of the Walter Reed Army Hospital building. Early 1950s era cars parked in front of the Senate Building in Washington DC. 1950s cars move by on roads and streets of Washington DC in front of Federal buildings. Exerior views of the Museum of Natural History, and of the Mellon Art Gallery and National Museum of Art. Inside the American National Air Museum, a close up view of the Bell X-1, USAF aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022811
U.S. Navy nurse supervise and administers medical care and navy personnel enjoy holidays in the United States.

U.S. Navy nurse recruitment promotional film. U.S. Navy nurse walking amongst patients in beds at hospital. Navy nurse talking to orderly as she prepares surgical instruments. Two nurses converse. A group of young men and women run from beach into the water at Waikiki Beach in Hawaii with Diamond Head in the background. Aerial view of Bethesda Naval Hospital complex.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071367
Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942, during World War II.

Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, in World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins,including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Egyptian women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits riding in a jeep. He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Major General Lloyd Fredendall, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers as he arrives in Tunis in August, 1942 to visit British troops, en route to Moscow for his first meeting with Stalin.

Location: Egypt
Date: 1942, December 25
Duration: 7 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033510
Central park in New York,United States

Central park in New York. People on boats in the central park pond. New York skyline and trees in background. People walk on bridge over the pond in Central park. Bethesda fountain designed by Emma Stebbins with female winged angel on top and four cherubs representing Temperance,Purity,Health and Peace at bottom. People sit in garden banking the pond.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1919
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025405
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