At the beginning an African American pastor is seen speaking to his congregation during World War II. Scene shifts to Morton Field,where the "Tuskegee Airmen" were trained. They are seen receiving their pilot's wings in a graduation ceremony. A band plays. North American T-6 training aircraft are parked in the background. Next, the pilots in flight gear, and wearing seat-pack parachutes, walk toward Curtiss P-40 fighter airplanes parked on a flight line. A pair of P-40s take off. Two groups of four planes, each, is seen in formation high above. Closeup of a Tuskagee Airman pilot at the controls of his airplane, in flight. Several views of their P-40 aircraft in various formations flying above clouds. Scene shifts to a snowy Northern location where Army troops board jeeps and trucks and maneuver through the snow. A large battery of M1918 155mm howitzers is lined up in the snow. The soldiers fire them simultaneously on an officer's command. Scene shifts to a desert setting, where African American soldiers are seen closeup, in turrets of tanks. Others who are gathered on a field run to their respective tanks, that begin moving out. Views of M3 Stuart Light Tanks in training maneuvers over terrain where explosives are being detonated. African American Army engineers building a pontoon bridge across a river. Army quartermaster vehicles moving troops and supplies along dirt roads. A soldier silhouetted against light sky signals to others who are installing telephone and telegraph lines on poles. Mounted cavalrymen on maneuvers. Half track M3 Gun Motor Carriage tank destroyers operating on a snowy field. Closeup of one with an African American Officer manning a heavy machine gun. Numerous M3 tank destroyers firing their guns as they move across a training field. Anti-aircraft gun crews racing to their respective gun emplacements, in the snow, as a large barrage balloon is sent aloft behind them. An African American crew manning a 37mm anti-aircraft gun. The gun sight is raised in front of the primary gunner. The position is sandbagged. Infantrymen, crawling through sandy terrain in a training course as live machine gun fire is directed above them. Glimpse of troops running through water and starting to scale a bluff. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Skiing equipment for ski troopers in extreme temperatures in the United States. A ski trooper shows a light waterproof rucksack in an equipment room. Padded shoulder straps, a webbed backrest and a light weight metallic frame are displayed on a table. The equipment is carefully rolled before being placed in the rucksack. A stove placed in a case and then into a bowl, a map case placed at the back of the rucksack. The extra clothing is put in the main compartment and the fuel is placed separately to avoid contamination. Small equipment is placed in a canteen cup and put inside the outer case of the rucksack. Socks, mittens and a white gun cover are packed in the side pockets. A pan is placed in the main compartment. A canteen in the sleeping bag. The sleeping bag, a white rucksack cover and a patrol kit are put inside the rucksack. The top flap and the side compartments are closed. An ax is hooked outside the rucksack.
Skiing equipment for ski troopers in extreme temperatures in the United States. A ski trooper shows a packed rucksack in an equipment room. He places it on a weighing scale. The recommended weight is 45 pounds. The ski trooper wears the rucksack and adjusts the straps. A rifle belt and a bayonet displayed on a table. Ammunition distributed to other troopers.
Skiing equipment for ski troopers in extreme temperatures in the United States. Ski troopers in an equipment room place ammunition inside belts strapped at waists. They apply a sun burn lotion on the face. They carry camouflaged rucksacks with rifles attached to it. The troopers remove skis from a stand and leave the room.
Activity in a Ford Motor Company built hospital in Brazil, likely in region of Ford Belterra rubber facility. People seated on benches in corridors. Men converse with each other inside the hospital. Equipment and scales in the office. A doctor unwraps a bandage from a patient's thumb. The doctor debriding the end of thumb with a pair of scissors. A cabinet full of chemicals. A technician works in a laboratory. A man writes in a large register. A doctor bandages a boy's arm. Another doctor writes prescriptions while two women attendants stand next to him.
Activity in a hospital in Brazil built by Ford Motor Company to support Ford rubber production. This is possibly part of the Ford facility at Belterra, after the closure of the Fordlandia facility. A dentists examines a patient's teeth. A woman seated in a chair in the background. A technician looks through a microscope. A doctor checks heart beat with a stethoscope. A man with a tag on his shirt being photographed. Small houses on a hillside with a car parked in front of one of them.
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