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A liberty ship prepared for a voyage in New York, United States (WW2)
A liberty ship prepared for a voyage in New York, United States during World War II. Ship in the sea. Smoke from the stacks of ship. United States flag on the ship. War equipment loaded on the ship. Officers talk amongst themselves. They discuss a document. A sailor talks to an officer in the Ship personnel office. Officer talks on a phone. Merchant seamen hired in Union halls and through War Shipping administration offices. Other ships in the background. Crew members load goods and talk amongst themselves. Tank destroyers and bombs loaded on the ship and lashed down.
Navy gunners adjust the guns on the ship in the sea, New York, United States.
Navy gunners assemble 20mm and other guns on Liberty ship in the sea, New York, United States. Officer moves upstairs with a bag in hand. He talks to the other crew members on the ship. An officer in a compartment talks to a crew member. Crew members look at a locomotive loaded on the ship. Life boats check. Repair kit and other important things on the ship.
Navy gun crews report to the officers on the ship in the sea, New York, United States.
Navy gun crews report to the officers on the ship in the sea, New York, United States. Officers discuss in the conference room. Ship captains get convoy orders. Charts on a board in the background.
The ship warped away from the pier and joins another ship in its convoy position in New York, United States.
The ship warped away from the pier and joins another ship in its convoy position in New York, United States. Crew members and officers on the ship. Smoke from the stacks. Flags on the ship.
Women Air Force Service Pilots train at Avenger Field in Sweetwater Texas during World War II
American flag flying over U.S. Army Air Forces Sweetwater Airfield (Avenger Field) in Texas, during World War 2. Above one building is seen the image of “Fifinella” on the logo of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP). Women Pilots, in civilian clothes arrive by bus and enter the building. Next, they are seen in formation performing calisthenics, led by a male Air Force instructor. They also do pushups, and pullups, on horizontal bars. (Some have difficulty with this.) Next, a woman supervisor is seen blowing a whistle and the women, now dressed in fatigues, lining up in formation. In a classroom, a U.S. Army instructor explains an aircraft engine, using a cutaway engine. They take classes in map reading, navigation, and Morse code, and must pass exams in the various subjects. An Army Air Forces pilot holds a model plane while describing maneuvers. Next, a WASP is seen with an instructor as she enters a Link trainer, to learn and practice instrument flying. Several Link trainers are seen rotating with WASP trainees in them. Two WASP women, in flying suits, don seat pack parachutes. They and others head toward North American T-6 trainer aircraft on a flight line. They board the airplanes, in pairs, with one in the forward cockpit and one in the rear. (Narrator comments that on the next flight they will change cockpit positions.) Closeup from the front, as engine starts and prop turns. Other T-6s are taxiing out for takeoff. The two women pilots being followed by the camera, are next seen on the runway taking off. Views of various T-6 aircraft in flight, including some of two maneuvering in close formation in sky filled with white clouds. A T-6 peels off and dives. T-6s are seen landing back at the field. Closeup of one woman pilot in the cockpit of a larger aircraft, checking her appearance with a compact mirror. Women pilots in bathing suits go for a mass swim in a lake. Views of them swimming. They relax in the sun, afterwards. Women pilots helping one another fashion their hair. Several views of WASP pilots marching and passing in review during a graduation ceremony at the airfield. View from the rear of WASPs standing at parade rest during ceremony where they receive their wings from famous woman pilot, Jacqueline Cochran, founder of the WASP. Closeup of Ms. Cochran, in civilian clothes, on a speakers stand. Closeups of individual women pilots in the formation and of others as they receive their wings from Jacqueline Cochran. Film concludes showing WASPs with their baggage, boarding C-47 transport aircraft to take them to their various assignments. Closeup of U.S. Army Air Forces Air Transport Command logo on side of the C-47. Inside the airplane, the WASPs don parachutes. The aircraft takes off.
General Arnold presents "wings" to future Army Air Force officers at the West Point Military Academy in New York.
A graduation ceremony for West Point Military Academy Cadets. 514 cadets graduate into the American Army. General Henry H Arnold, Chief of the Air Force, presents "wings" to one of the future Army Air Force officers. The graduate salutes back. The Cadet Corps parade in front of the commanding officers and pass in review.