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Troop ships USS Mount Vernon (APA-22) and USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) carry troops home at end of World War II
The U.S. troopship, USS Mount Vernon (APA-22) is seen underway as viewed portside from another boat. Film stops momentarily and resumes showing a different troopship, the USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) in a harbor. Camera pans across her deck, from a small boat below. Sailors and soldiers line her railings. Several banners on her upper deck identify units aboard. Most notable is a large one for the U.S. 10th Armored Division, showing their Division patch and the slogan "Terrify and Destroy." View of people waiting on the receiving pier, which is decked out in stars, bars, and flags, plus a sign reading "welcome Home, Well Done."
Troop ship USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) transports soldiers back home from Europe right after World War II
The troopship USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) is seen being guided by tugboats as she makes her way to the pier, while carrying U.S. troops back home from Europe at end of World War 2. View of the upper deck jammed with soldiers, waving happily. A large banner is displayed showing Division patch of the Tenth Armored "Tiger" Division and the key places they operated in Germany as the first im General Patton's Third Army in Germany, during the war. More views of soldiers waving. Many stand in the ship's lifeboats. Troops carrying their gear in dufflebags as they disembark from the ship. Friends and relatives standing behind a fence waiting to greet the returning soldiers.
Soldiers returning home from Europe after World War II, disembark from the troopship, USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176)
Several U.S. Army officers pose, upon arriving home from Europe on the troopship, USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176). Several uniformed women officers descend the gangplank from the ship, followed by soldiers carrying their personal gear in dufflebags. To the side of the gangway, a banner for the 10th Armored Division is partially seen. The troops disembark single file. View towards the ship superstructure shows it filled with those waiting to leave. A soldier with a roster stands at the top of the gangway, checking off names of soldiers as they pass.
Ski racers skiing through a race course in the United States.
Ski racers on a race course in the United States. The ski race starts. The racers ski through the race course. Spectators watch the racers. Trees in view. The winner of the race poses.
American college football games of Army vs TD Command Kentucky, Dartmouth vs Holy Cross and Navy vs Villanova in the U.S.
Coverage of three college football games by Army-Navy Screen Magazine. American college football game of Army vs TD Command, Kentucky. Players of both teams on the field and begin the game. Features plays by Army players Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard. Army cadets of West Point watch the game in the audience. Spectators cheer the players. Army team wins over TD Command Comets. Second segment is American college football game of Dartmouth versus Holy Cross, played at Hanover Memorial Field. Announcer in this 2nd segment is Red Barber. Players of both teams playing the game. Holy Cross Crusaders win over Dartmouth "Big Green". Third segment is American college football game of Navy vs. Villanova, where Navy wins over Villanova.
Japanese bomb balloons bound for the United States are shot down; examination of parachute and bomb apparatus
Evaluation of Japanese bomb-carrying balloons sent across the Pacific to the United States by Japan during World War 2. Gun camera footage of American fighter planes from Aleutian Island bases firing at Japanese balloons en route to the Pacific coast of the United States. A balloon bomb which reached the shores of the United States. but did not explode is examined by United States Army soldiers. They unfold the rice paper parachute portion of the balloon and examine its construction. Close-up views of the balloon control mechanism are shown, including a circular frame that would hold anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Details of the wet cell battery and ballast weights are shown, including barometric aneroid switches which would operate to release ballast from simple hooks, as needed, to control balloon altitude. Narrator indicates it is believed the main purpose of the bombs was to start brush and forest fires.