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Aerial view of B-25 Mitchell air raid; also scenes from an American combat air field and supply operations for the field in the Pacific.

Film titled "Service group" on the workings of the United States Army Air Force Service Group in World War II, and their role in keeping remote air force landing strips supplied and in good repair during World War 2. Aerial view of United States Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell medium bombers in formation over an enemy target area. Bombs away view as the B-25 aircraft release bombs over the coastal target area and explosions are seen on the ground. Aerial view of a partially sunken ship off of a Pacific island. A P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft landing at a Pacific combat air field. Closeup of pilot as aircraft finishes taxi, and lettering on plane identifies him as Lieutenant R. McHale. Scenes on the ground at the air field, jeeps arriving at the airfield, pilots and crews in meetings and discussions, tents and quarters, meal operations, a soldier gets a shave, medical facilities, religious services, and watch towers. Pilots scramble to their waiting P-40 aircraft after tower spots enemy aircraft in the distance. Animated map depicts operations of the Air Service Center and logistics for supporting multiple Combat Air Fields. Scenes from the Air Service Center as new planes (P-38 Lightning) arrive and bombs are unloaded. Repair work and provisioning of supplies for the air fields.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076664
Prisoners of war remake and repair shoes for U.S. soldiers in the European Theater.

Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. An African American U.S. Army soldier in a camp stands beside a large pile of old shoes and boots. Scenes inside a reclamation facility where German prisoners of war remake the shoes. POWs salvage usable parts of the shoes and sew and manufacture new shoes and boots for American soldiers using various machines.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076667
Soldiers and POWs engaged in repairing and reclamation of tires, inner tubes, shoes, and coats during World War 2.

Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Trucks parked in a tire servicing area. Tires of vehicles stacked. Men unloading tires from a truck. They are repaired by men inside a building. Techniques and machinery for tire salvage, repair, and reclamation are shown. Completely worn out tires are stacked to be used for other purposes including shoes for soldiers. German prisoners of war are shown making new shoes using reclaimed rubber. German POWs are also shown processing old coats and repairing them for reuse by American soldiers in World War 2. Narrator explains that unusable coats become typewriter covers.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076668
Men working on reclamation of storage batteries in the European Theater.

Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Men working on damaged storage batteries. Battery cells are replaced. Buildings in the background. Dead cells are lifted from cases. Dead elements are removed from the cells. New elements are prepared and reinserted in the batteries. Totally unusable batteries are sold for scrap. Some of the parts are melted down and reused in other things.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076671
U.S. Army personnel and women greet, dance, and enjoy the American Theatre Stage Door Canteen in Washington DC.

Entrance to an American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen in Washington DC during World War 2. Army personnel dancing with women war workers. A soldier meeting a woman named Phyllis Hood. The man and the woman seated at a desk and talking. They dance. Men seated at tables in a canteen. They are being served food. Cars passing on streets of Washington. Several new, temporary office buildings along the side of the street, built for wartime demand. A filled, busy Washington DC restaurant. A hotel lobby where the hotel desk turns away a client, pointing at some people seated in lobby chairs asleep who cold not get a room. U.S. Capitol building in the background in one shot, and the Executive Office Building in another shot, with a newer temporary building in the foreground.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076688
Men taking measurements of recruits for uniforms and shoes at a training camp in the United States.

A training film in the United States depicts training of soldiers in the army. A U.S. flag on a building. New army recruits seated in the hall. An officer addressing them. The army recruits taking the oath of the army. They arrive at a training camp. The recruits standing outside buses and officers instructing them. They march towards camp buildings. A board outside a building reads: 'Infirmary'. The recruits enter the building. Their physical examination is conducted. The recruits march towards another building after their physical examination. A board outside the building reads: 'Insurance and Allotments'. The recruits seated in chairs outside the building. An officer instructing them. They are given papers. The recruits reading the papers. Men taking fingerprints of the recruits for their routine records. The recruits lined up outside a building. Men taking measurements for their uniforms inside the building. Measurements for shoes are also taken. A board reads: 'Here Stands the Best Dressed Soldier in the World'. A recruit putting on his uniform. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076754