African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations including war material production at factories and manufacturing. A sign reads ' Prairie View College' (Present day Prairie View A&M University, 100 University Dr, Prairie View, TX 77446) in Prairie View, Waller County, Texas. College campus with students milling about. Students at an agriculture class learn to maintain farm equipment, animal husbandry. African American students work to make machines. They work on machines as they would help to meet manpower requirements. A building at the Howard University (2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059) in Washington DC. Students in a mechanical design class learn to make designs of tanks, guns, and other war equipment. Students in a meteorological class study celestial navigation to guide airplanes. Students in a laboratory study the chemistry of a powder. At Howard University medical school students being taught the use the gravity of blood plasma in the battlefield by noted pioneer in blood plasma, Charles R. Drew. At the Howard University College of Liberal Arts, students learn the economics of war. An African American professor teaches a class on Industrial Accounting.
Buildings on campus of Beria College, Beria, Kentucky, United States. Students exiting a building, and walking across the campus. Students entering brick classroom buildings. View of a chapel. A substantial residential house, with girls playing on lawn. Man and woman coming out of the house. Large house with long porch. Car parked by fence. Trunks of trees in front yard are white-washed to a height of about 5 feet. Working buildings, with smoke coming out of roof. Truck parked in yard of building. The William Goodell Frost Building at Beria College. Residence halls at the college, and students walking to and from.
1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.
Collegiate football game between Notre Dame and the Naval Academy, held in Baltimore, Maryland. A large crowd gathers in a stadium. Players standing in formation on the field. Aerial view of the stadium. The game in progress. People cheering and applauding. The Notre Dame team wins the game over Navy, with a score of 14-0.
Soldiers pose sitting crosslegged in a clearing at Camp Meade, Maryland. Several automobiles are parked at edge of the clearing. A woman sits on front seat of one and a child stands on its running board, as an officer stands next to them. The troops wave their hats for the camera, as it pans around the clearing.
College students on their vacations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Students from all over the country enjoy their Spring Break college vacation. Students dancing and walking on streets and beach areas. Students enjoy on a beach. Cars parked on the street. Two kegs of beer being moved by a hand cart. Group of college students sitting at an outdoor cafe table drinking cans of Budweiser beer and Busch beer.
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