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A film in the United States shows the commencement of World War II in Europe and Asia and Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
A film in the United States about achievements and role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization depicts An African American priest at a church as he addresses people about the outbreak of World War II. Nazi eagle symbol. Past events show German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Japanese officers conferring at a map. A Japanese flag flies. A building being bombed during World War II. Smoke rises. Civilians being hanged to death by the Nazis in the European Theater. Japanese aircraft bombard areas in Asia. Asian civilians rush as bombs explode. Dead and injured civilians after the bombings. Injured being loaded onto a truck. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Naval guns being fired at Japanese aircraft in flight during the attack. An African American machine gunner fires at Japanese aircraft.
Contributions of African American soldiers in the United States Army during World War 2.
The roles and achievements of African American soldiers during World War 2. United States Army recruits undergo training and running across a field during a maneuver and practice bayonet drills. Recruits attend a Sunday Church service and pray together. An officer reads out a GI report and speaks about the increasing number of African American officers in the army. African American soldiers being commissioned into the army at West Point. An African American woman reads out her son's letter. A black priest addresses people at a church.
The significance of radar in civilian use in the United States during WW2
Civilian use of radar in the United States post World War 2. View of New York Municipal Airport, later La Guardia, control tower and terminal. A TWA Lockheed C-69 Constellation taxiing as another plane descends. Ships sailing in harbor. Speeding train pulled by Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 electric locomotive. A circular crt display showing radar activity and approaching storm front. A hurricane in America. Scientists study radar in Evans Signal Laboratory, located in Camp Evans, New Jersey. Entrance of the Evans Signal Laboratory. A large radar antenna. Radar oscilloscope display shows signal received from the moon.
United States Secretary of State James Byrnes requests increased production for the war effort (WWII)
United States Secretary of State James Byrnes addresses Americans to participate in the war effort during World War II. Byrnes calls for Americans to divert work from non-essential, civilian production to increase war production of necessary supplies to the front. “Our boys are suffering and dying abroad while we are living in safety and comfort at home. If they are willing to die for their country surely we should be willing to work for that country.” Byrnes said.
A drive to raise funds for the Al Smith Memorial Hospital is launched in New York, United States.
The Al Smith Memorial hospital wing opens at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan in New York, United States. New York Cardinal Francis Spellman speaks about the inauguration of the drive to build the Al Smith Memorial wing at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan (203 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011, United States). He says that the hospital would aim at serving the needy irrespective of caste, color, and creed. The Al Smith Society meets to lend support for the construction of the Al Smith Hospital. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York cuts a cake which is in the shape of a hat. Men and women sing a song.
American soldiers arrive in New York, United States aboard the ship Thomas H. Barry.
American soldiers arrive in New York, United States aboard the ship Thomas H. Barry, returning home from service in Europe. Women with babies are seen on the dock. Soldiers on board the ship shout and whistle. As troops disembark, they touch and kiss soil formed into the shape of a map of the United States. (World War II period).