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U.S. soldiers depart army after getting points needed for discharge at Fort McPherson in East Point, Georgia.

First U.S. soldiers discharged from U.S. Army at a separation center toward end of World War 2. The soldiers exit a bus and enter a army facility at Fort McPherson in East Point, Georgia. They confirm their earned service points after 5 years of service, and and prepare to leave. Sergeant Ronald Stroud with 132 service points hands over papers to an officer as he leaves the army. He returns his uniform and gear to quartermasters. Stroud being given a pay check worth 1400 dollars. (World War II period).

Location: East Point Georgia USA
Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059048
Robert Maxwell and Private Fryar are presented the Congressional Medal of Honor in Denver, Colorado.

Congressional Medal of Honor being presented in Denver, Colorado. Corporal Robert Maxwell being presented the Congressional Medal of Honor at a ceremony. Parents of Private Elmer Fryar receive the posthumous Congressional Medal from an officer. A picture of Private Fryar. His mother looks at the medal.

Location: Denver Colorado USA
Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059049
Japanese steamer Kohwa Maru Fuchu crashes into a pier causing a severe damage in St. Johns, Oregon.

A Japanese steamer crashes into a pier in St. Johns, Oregon. Japanese steamer Kohwa Maru Fuchu. The damaged pier after the steamer crashed into it at a great speed after its motors failed. Damaged wooden planks on the pier as men look on. Passengers aboard the ship managed to escape unhurt.

Location: Saint Johns Oregon USA
Date: 1931, September 24
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059117
A ten year old John Susor makes an airplane out of boxes but it fails to take off in Toledo, Ohio.

A glider being made out of orange crates and boxes in Toledo, Ohio. A ten year old boy, John Susor, along with friends works to construct a motor less airplane with orange crates, boxes and clothes line. He works on different parts of the glider. He paints the airplane. John Susor seated in the glider as his friends gather around. Two boys push the glider on a field for a take off. The body of the glider collapses and John gets out of it.

Location: Toledo Ohio USA
Date: 1931, September 24
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059121
War industries lead to overcrowded cities and lead to problems of housing, education and congestion in Mobile, Alabama (WW2)

"War Town" shows how War industry leads to problems in Mobile, Alabama during World War II. A large number of war workers at a shipyard in Mobile as they go to work building ships for the war effort in World War 2. Cranes at the shipyard. Men work at the shipyard as they fit Allied torpedoes. The men weld and rivet ship parts. Men work in various other factory and manufacturing industries like paper, aluminum, gypsum, steel, and machine shops supporting need for war material. Many men move out walking through the gates of the "Alabama Dry Dock and Ship Building Company" in Pinto Island, Mobile, Alabama. Many people in war materiel industry leads to congestion on roads and traffic on streets of Mobile. Crowd of workers on foot leaving manufacturing areas. Crowd of workers tries to board a city bus. Woman bus driver puts full bus in gear and drives away. Bus, car, and pedestrian traffic in Mobile on street corner with W.T. Grant Company in background. Long queues outside liquor stores, restaurants, and pay windows. Overcrowded schools as children exit the Barton Academy (Barton Academy Foundation P. O. Box 571 Mobile, Alabama 36601-0571) and are seen playing on playgrounds. Men drink in a crowded bar and men and women dance in a makeshift tented dance hall. Various rides including a Ferris wheel at an amusement park.

Location: Mobile Alabama USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059206
War industries lead to overcrowded cities and housing shortage in Mobile, Alabama; also pre-war poor housing in Mobile

Views of old Mobile Alabama downtown areas and homes during early 1940's. War industry leads to problems in Mobile, Alabama during World War II. Buildings in the city which now have been converted into homes for men war workers and women war production workers in the shipyards and factories making ships and airplanes, tanks, guns and other war material. A building converted into a dormitory for women. Men outside a building with a sign that reads ' Room board '. Girls in a room. A garage that has been converted into a boarding facility for women war workers. A tent area with a large number of migrant worker families living in it. Children play outside the tents. A woman washes clothes. A man cooks. A woman stands next to a cow and a man sits with his dog outside a shanty house. Next scene is pre-war view of dilapidated and run-down shacks housing African American families in Mobile. African American men, women, and children outside shanty houses in slum areas of Mobile. Scene changes to during war time again, with people at the office of the National Housing Agency. A sign reads ' Mobile housing board'. People at the office of the housing board.

Location: Mobile Alabama USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059207
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