Activities of African American U.S. Army 332d Fighter Group, "Tuskegee Airmen," at Ramitelli Airfield, Termoli , Italy during World War 2. Ground crewmen perform maintenance and rearm P-51 aircraft with belt ammunition. One of the P-51s carries the name "Little Deanna" and another the name "Stinky." P-51 taxiing with a ground crewman sitting on its wing. Ground crew, in a flat bed jeep, bring a 75 gallon under-wing auxiliary fuel tank for a P-51. They carry the fuel tank to the airplane and fasten it in place.. A P-51B with Red Tail takes off from the airfield.
'So's Your Old Man' depicts activities of older American men in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Recruitment of older men in coast guard service. A doctor examines an old man. The man seated with his wife in his house listening to a radio. He arrives at a building. 'US Coast Guard Volunteer Security Force' written on the top of a cabin. The man talks to other man seated in the cabin. Training being given to the older men. They march. Buildings along a side. The men seated in a class room. An officer explains a model to them. They practice drilling. They hit target boards with pistols. The men in coast guard uniforms stand in formation. An officer reviews them. Auxiliary Coast Guard patrol vessels. Men guard Liberty ships and warehouses. Women give them coffee and doughnuts.
Training of United States troops in Italy during World War II. United States troops train with Italian Alpine Troops. Men march on a street. Mountains in the background. Houses along a side of the street. The men load supplies on mules. They advance in a mountainous terrain. A heavy mortar is swung across a chasm by a rope. A casualty is brought down the chasm by the rope. The troops watch the man.
Activities of U.S. 8th Army Air Forces in the European Theater during World War II. An airplane takes off from an airfield. Airplanes lined up on the airfield. They take off from the field and fly in formation overhead. Men load a bomb in the bomb bay of an airplane. A pilot in the cockpit of the airplane. Airplanes fly in formation. Airplanes parked on the airfield.
A film titled: 'Army Photographer' depicts activities of army cameramen during World War II. Soldiers fire guns during a war in the European Theater. Smoke rises from bursting of shells on a battlefield. Firing of a cannon. Other soldiers fire rifles and advance on the field. Airplanes fly in formation overhead. An army officer views reconnaissance photographs. Army personnel receive medals. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt seated with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Cameramen take photographs.
A film titled: 'Joe learns the hard way' depicts a training of army photographers in the United States during World War II. A group of U.S. Army photographers carry photographic gear on backs. Joe, an army photographer, walks along with them. They walk inside the building of Signal Corps Photographic Center. Army men put down their gear. They take out their still photograph cameras from the gear and walk over to an instructor. The instructor explains various uses of the still camera equipment. Joe watches the camera. A B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight. Joe takes picture of the aircraft. Interior of a classroom. An instructor gives lessons. Students take notes in the classroom. Students load film in the still cameras both in classroom and in the field. Joe does not pay attention and sleeps in the class. The instructor gives a demonstration with a camera. A blackboard in the background. Interior of the classroom during a test. Joe cheats in the test. He stands near the door of a dark room for developing photographs. A sign near the door reads: 'School Darkroom'. He enters the room. He comes out of the room with pictures in hand. He enters his room and sits on a bed. Joe looks at pictures he took which are not very good.
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