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African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2

Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077359
A crowd gathers as the Great Lakes Naval Reserve Band under the direction American composer John Philip Sousa marches by.

John Philip Sousa's U.S.Navy Band of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station leading a World War I Liberty Loan parade on a city street (possibly in Chicago, Illinois). Behind them two cars are seen and other marchers carrying signs. One sign reads: "Chip In." Numerous spectators line the sidewalks. View from above of the band in formation for a concert. John Philip Sousa and his wife, Jane, pose in front of a residence. He wears the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. (Note: During World War I, the Navy asked Sousa to train bandsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. On May 31, 1917, at the age of 62, he accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, in the U.S.Naval Reserve and organized a new band at the Great Lakes Center. His fame attracted so many band recruits that he was able to form several Navy bands for other Navy bases and units.)

Date: 1917
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077394
Sailors seated around a boxing ring watch a bout between two boxers in the United States.

Sailors engage in various sports in the United States. Two sailors box in a boxing ring. A referee in the ring along with the boxers. He declares a boxer as the winner. He gives instructions to two new boxers. A bout in progress. Sailors seated around the ring watch the bout. They cheer and wave their hats.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077406
Men work to develop projectiles at Armor and Projectile laboratory at U.S. Naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia.

United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. Armor and Projectile laboratory building at the naval proving grounds. A sign on the building reads 'Armor and Projectile Laboratory' Men at the laboratory work on instruments and machines to determine the hardness pattern of projectiles, to fabricate small number of projectiles and develop new inert loading for rocket heads.

Date: 1951
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077424
Illustrates danger of careless pre-surgical scrubbing. Partly animated clip includes cartoon showing bacteria.

Surgeon is seen scrubbing hands and arms for five minutes before performing surgery. When finished, he sneezes, but does not return to scrub and clean his hands again. Animated cartoon shows bacteria surviving the scrub brush bristles and remaining in place. Animation shows additional streptococcus bacteria descending onto surgeon's hands after doctor sneezes. The bacteria present through the scrubbing, and the new streptococcus bacteria talk to one another (voiced by Mel Blanc). The bacteria are isolated by surgeons rubber gloves before he begins patient surgery operation.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077524
Nike Missile components replaced by soldiers of 178th Ordinance Detachment in Taipei, Taiwan during operation Hurry Up.

American soldiers in Taipei, Taiwan during Operation Hurry Up. Soldiers of the 178th Ordinance Detachment carry a mechanical system for a Nike missile from the missile to table. They carry in a new identical component, and install it into the missile.

Date: 1958, November
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077571