Activities of African American soldiers training in the United States Army during World War II. African American soldiers go through an obstacle course and bayonet drills. A flag flutter from a flagpole. The soldiers seated on the ground praying during a religious church service. Official on a platform. Officer addresses them, speaking about education statistics for those in the military during World War 2 versus World War 1. He speaks of Officer Candidate School. African American soldiers seen in OCS and West Point United States Army academy graduation ceremonies. African American soldiers receiving commissions. A woman reads a letter written by a soldier to his parents. A man speaks about United States soldiers. Tuskegee Airmen of the Army Air Force stand near airplanes and are recognized for completing training. An official decorates them. They board airplanes and the airplanes take off. The airplanes fly in formation. An African American pilot in the cockpit of an airplane.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Posters on the wall of a building. Activities of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS). Women working inside a building. A woman types a document. Other woman works in a radio room. Ships underway at sea. A coast guard watches enemy actions through binoculars. Officials discuss a wall map. They locate places and plan strategies.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Smoke from the stacks of a ship. A sign outside a building reads: United States Coast Guard Barge Office'. Coast guardsmen are trained at the office. An officer instructs and trains them. They are trained for port security job. They study sabotage detection. A ship docked in a harbor. Men load supplies onto the ship. They are trained for handling explosives, gasoline and ammunition. Specially trained men load the explosives. A sign on the ship reads: 'No Smoking fire is sabotage'. The coast guards battle a ship fire. They throw water from hoses to control the fire.
United States Coast Guards work inside Photographic Laboratory in the United States. U.S. Navy Douglas R5D Skymaster lands on the runway. United States Coast Guards, Photographic Laboratory' written at the entrance. Sailor enters the darkroom. Paper treated in chemical baths during film developing. Coast Guard hands over a package to another guard.
Bell X-1 rocket plane at airfield in United States. A man with a hose stands near X-1. Smoke emits from the back of X-1. Insignia of United States. Man stands next to the wing of X-1. Smoke or condensate covers X-1. Men stand near the cockpit, one of them looks inside the cockpit. A pilot in a cockpit. A man approaches the pilot. Nose art writing on plane nose says "Bell aircraft".
Germany and Japan defeated in World War II. The defeat of Germany is celebrated in United States. Scenes represent the life of a typical Japanese soldier: a flag is raised to celebrate his birth; boys in uniform play war; troops sack Nanking; and in1944 he is killed to attack over harbor in America. In a dramatization, a soldier with an American machine gun is killed. Dead Americans. American soldiers honor their dead comrades covered with United States flag.