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Processing and cooling of axles in an oil bath during heat treatment of metal in the United States.
The heat treatment of front axles of automobiles in the United States. Interior of a building. The axles slowly move through a furnace with the temperature gradually increasing. The temperature is held at a point for 15 minutes to ensure absolute uniformity. The axles automatically descend into an oil bath after this process. The oil must be kept at the proper temperature to give the steel maximum strength. The oil temperature is recorded in the control office. The oil is cooled by cold water pipes. The water is cooled by fountain sprays. A storage tank replaces the oil. Cooling of the axles in the oil bath. This completes the first step of heat treatment called hardening. Metal at this stage is viewed under a microscope. Comparison of the appearance before and after hardening. Tempering of the metal to relieve the strains set up during the hardening process.
Medics treat injured soldiers at 376th Field Unit hospital on the outskirts of Nijmegen, Holland in World War II.
U.S. soldiers in Holland during World War 2. Soldiers aboard a jeep passing on a street. Trees in the area. 376th Field Unit hospital on the outskirts of Nijmegen. Two U.S. soldiers carry a tank of blood into the building. American soldiers standing among wounded German prisoners of war lying on litters outside the building and mingling with ambulatory wounded German soldiers in a garden. Closups of several German wounded on stretchers. Local civilians including a nurse in white, helping the wounded. Red Cross corpsman making out identification tags for wounded. Ambulatory wounded standing and walking about in front of the building. U.S. wounded soldiers being transported by jeep and removed from field ambulances. One being carried by a single soldier, into a building and others following on litters. (Note: The gentleman in white coat, at TC: 00:56 to 00:59, has been identified, by his son, as J. Th. van der Schoot, then 35 years old, who worked at the Canisius hospital in Nijmegen, and lived across the street from the 376th Field Unit hospital at Houtlaan nr.19, Nijmegen.)
General Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill visit U.S. 101st Airborne Division at RAF Welford, England, in World War II
During visit to 101st Airborne Division at RAF Welford airfield in Berkshire County, England, General Eisenhower is seen smiling while standing on a reviewing platform, along with British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill,Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, and Brigadier General Maxwell Taylor, Commander of the 101st. Eisenhower smiles and uses binoculars to watch as 1,500 U.S. paratroopers are dropped from C-47 transport aircraft flying overhead. After the demonstration, Churchill, Eisenhower, and Taylor,enter the back back seat of an open Dodge 3/4-ton T214 vehicle, being used as a staff car. The car proceeds along a road, with driver and a British official in the front seat. Colonel George S. Wear, Commander,327th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR), is seen standing with officers of his unit. Prime Minister Churchill addresses troopers of the 101st Division, while standing in the staff car. General Eisenhower stands among the soldiers listening. Colonel Wear and officers of the 327th GIR, including a Chaplain, are seen applauding.
Elements of the U.S. Army 4th Armored Division enter the town of Schuttenhoffen, Czechoslovakia in last days of World War II in Europe
Rear view as Sherman tanks of the U.S. Army 4th Armored Division carry troops into Schuttenhoffen, Czechoslovakia 2 days before the end of World War 2 in Europe. The area appears relatively untouched by bombing or shelling. Local people line the street on both sides, welcoming the Americans. Front view as the tanks proceed toward the camera. People waving enthusiastically. A U.S. M3 half track follows, pulling an artillery piece. Closeup of a man standing next to the camera, smiling, as the M3 half track passes. View from high place of the half track riding through cheering people forming a corridor in the town square. It is followed by a compact covered fully tracked vehicle (possibly an artillery tractor). Camera pan across the town square, showing people sitting on park benches and standing about. A fountain is in the center grassy area. The people line the route of the American armored vehicles passing the end of the park, and they wave and cheer.
American soldiers and medics working to rescue soldiers trapped under a wrecked glider in Holland.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division invades Holland, Netherlands during World War 2. United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains and gliders in flight overhead. Aerial view of flooded lands in Holland. The gliders come in for a landing on a field. A glider tips forward hard and crashes while landing. U.S. Army soldiers and medics work to free men from the wreckage. A soldier chops a part of the glider to rescue a soldier trapped underneath. An injured man crawls out as the rescuers lift up a nose section of glider with name "Jessie" written on front. A jeep is unloaded from a glider.
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur visits an airfield and inspects wrecked Japanese airplanes in Luzon, Philippines.
U.S. 40th Division in Luzon, Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives at the war front. He talks to Commanding General of the 40th Division Major General Rapp Brush near Bamban. General MacArthur visits an airfield. He inspects damaged Japanese airplanes.
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