Retrospective view inside a former German submarine pen in France, as narrator mentions its former use in World War 2. View from outside the structure. An American Airlines Douglas DC-4 passenger plane flying over Manhattan Island, New York City, with Empire State Building visible among other skyscrapers below. Aerial view of New York harbor, with ocean-going ships docked at terminals below. Traffic moving in the harbor, including barges, tugboats, and ships, displaying various national flags.
War time conditions and life in New York City during World War II. Automobile traffic on streets before war time. Cars and other vehicles move on road. Sign: 'Sorry No Gas, Don't Blame Us, Blame Hitler'. Cars are stored because of the gas shortage. Views of road showing no traffic. Skyscrapers of the city. Neon signs and lights on buildings with war time blackout conditions. Consumers buy food from stores. Sign: 'only one to a customer'. Booklet of 'United States of America, War ration Book One'. Women prepare list of required food items and receive ration books. Consumers use ration books for food. Carton are loaded onto ship.
An F7U-3 Cutlass aircraft in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A Unites Stats Navy F7U-3 Cutlass in flight. A Unites Stats Navy HUP-2 Retriever helicopter hover over trees. Smoke rising from behind the trees. Firemen put out fire. Debris of crashed F7U-3 burning.
Air-to-air refueling in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Unites Stats Navy AJ-2 Savage bomber fueling Unites Stats Navy Grumman F9F-6. Unites Stats Navy F2H-2 and F2H-3 Banshees in flight.
Air-to-air refueling in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Refueling section of a Unites Stats Navy AJ-2 Savage bomber. The AJ-2 bomber in flight. Blades of an engine rotate.
U.S. Navy sailors return to civil life in Long Beach, New York after as soldiers and sailors are discharged at end of World War II. The sailors are among the first groups to be released in Long Beach on a point system. Sailors at a separation center stand in line a pay windows to receive paychecks and then attend group ceremonies to receive honorable discharge papers. Workers leave war production plants at the end of a shift. Civilians line up in cities for new jobs in post-war industries. Clothes iron presses, washing machines, and new 1946 Ford cars on assembly lines being built in peacetime economy.
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