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New U.S. Warships commence operations during World War 2
A new U.S. Essex class Aircraft Carrier is docked during World War 2. Her crew of more than two thousand Navy personnel are seen boarding with all their gear. Next the entire ship’s company is seen on deck for her commissioning ceremony. A large American flag flies over the assembly. The carrier moves away from the dock, and is then seen out in the water, as some sailors on the dock wave their hats. Scene shifts to the USS Alabama (BB-60) at sea in her final sea trials. View from her bridge overlooking her triple 16-inch guns. Another look at the guns from portside forward deck. Sailors on deck in cold weather gear, perform lookout duties with binoculars. Another glimpse of the 16-inch guns. View of bow wave and wake at the stern
Colleges prepare students for military and civil occupations useful in World War 2 war effort, United States.
Aerial view of U.S. Army B-17 bomber aircraft flying in formation. Crew working and looking at charts inside a bomber aircraft. Vought OS2U Kingfisher taking off from deck of aircraft carrier. Military vehicles cross pontoon bridge. Gun crew beside a gun. Men operate artillery. Graduation at Annapolis in Maryland. Various colleges across United States, including view of Dartmouth Hall at Darthmouth College; Andrew Dickson White seated statue at Cornell University, from behind, with McGraw Tower in background; view of traffic on streets of University of Texas campus with the UT Tower in the background; an unidentified college building. President of Purdue University, Edward C Elliott at desk gives a speech. Airplanes parked at Purdue University Airport. Instructor talks with college students in civilian clothing who are learning to fly. Tuskegee school students before war. Fliers operate planes at Tuskegee airfield in Alabama. Men attend ground crew classes. Pilots outside laboratory to learn meteorology. At the University of Virginia, in the aeronautical department, students are seen learning principles of aircraft design use of wind tunnels. Mechanical Engineering college students work with equipment. Student work with communication devices. Medical college trains doctors and nurses. View of the University of Virginia School of Medicine building facing University Avenue. Men and women students in laboratory with test tubes and various tests underway. Another scenes shows a student working in a blood bank. Military messages and various diplomatic terms are taught to students by instructors. Students in Chinese and Japanese library at Harvard University learn Asian relations. Scientists work with selected students. U.S. Navy sailors in uniform work at Purdue University. Some are seen training as electricians. Other training classes are seen at Cornell Universtiy. At a Law school lecture auditorium of the University of Virginia law school, high ranking officers learn how to control occupied territory. At Tulane Medical school, officers learn how to fight tropical diseases. Army medical officers look through microscopes in a Tulane laboratory. Cadets at Quartermaster School at the Harvard School of Business are seen receiving instruction in how to manage army camps. They learn how to supervise camp kitchens. Students at Cornell University in a nutrition department laboratory are working to create vitamin rich, compact foods to be condensed in small blocks and carried in aviator kits. At a University of California laboratory, a students works to dehydrate foods to one fifth of their former size. Dehydrated fruits and vegetables are shown being weighed. African American students are trained at Hampton Institute. They are seen in the classroom, in a science laboratory, and working in a machine shop turning out war materiel. African American students learn welding in a shop classroom, and then some are shown working at shipyards. Men work with field equipment. Training of ROTC cadets is given at many schools including Perdue University. Cadets handle modern rifles, military vehicles, and learn artillery skills. Cadets beside a stadium at Texas A&M University put on gas masks and are trained for gas-raids. Cadets learn to thrown hand grenades. Navy ROTC students at Georgia Tech learn naval tactics. A groups of California students study a torpedo. Tulane University Navy ROTC students learn ship gun skills. Navy ROTC students in Virginia board a ship to learn practical sea skills. At University of North Carolina, students in the Naval pre-flight program attend fitness classes, do formation calisthenic exercises, learn boxing, and hand-to-hand combat. Navy cadets at a swimming pool practice swimming and diving skills, including fully clothed diving and swimming, and swimming under simulated burning oil.
U.S. President Kennedy talks about equal rights for black and white citizens during a speech in Washington DC, United States.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy's speech regarding racism and racial tensions in Alabama, delivered from Washington DC, the White House. United States President Kennedy seated at a desk and speaks over a microphone. The President speaks about racial discrimination against blacks in the United States. He talks about the University of Alabama not giving admission to two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who happened to have been born African Americans, due to segregation and discrimination practices. View of people crowded outside the University of Alabama. Men take pictures as officials escort entering students Vivian Malone and James Hood into the University. The President says that the nation is founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. President Kennedy says that it is right for American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, to register and to vote in a free election without interference or fear of reprisal. Additional views of Vivian Malone and James Hood walking with crowds and also unaccompanied on the University of Alabama campus. A policeman rides a motorcycle on a road at the University. President Kennedy talks about respecting African American citizens and importance of civil rights and equality. The President says that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore the rights of any of its citizens. Press record his speech and take pictures.
War industries lead to overcrowded cities and lead to problems of housing, education and congestion in Mobile, Alabama (WW2)
"War Town" shows how War industry leads to problems in Mobile, Alabama during World War II. A large number of war workers at a shipyard in Mobile as they go to work building ships for the war effort in World War 2. Cranes at the shipyard. Men work at the shipyard as they fit Allied torpedoes. The men weld and rivet ship parts. Men work in various other factory and manufacturing industries like paper, aluminum, gypsum, steel, and machine shops supporting need for war material. Many men move out walking through the gates of the "Alabama Dry Dock and Ship Building Company" in Pinto Island, Mobile, Alabama. Many people in war materiel industry leads to congestion on roads and traffic on streets of Mobile. Crowd of workers on foot leaving manufacturing areas. Crowd of workers tries to board a city bus. Woman bus driver puts full bus in gear and drives away. Bus, car, and pedestrian traffic in Mobile on street corner with W.T. Grant Company in background. Long queues outside liquor stores, restaurants, and pay windows. Overcrowded schools as children exit the Barton Academy (Barton Academy Foundation P. O. Box 571 Mobile, Alabama 36601-0571) and are seen playing on playgrounds. Men drink in a crowded bar and men and women dance in a makeshift tented dance hall. Various rides including a Ferris wheel at an amusement park.
USS Alabama is hit by bombs during demonstration by Army Air Service DH4 bomber airplanes in the Chesapeake Bay.
Bombing demonstration by U.S. Army Air Service DH4 aircraft under command of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. The target is Battleship USS Alabama, in September, 1921 in the Chesapeake Bay, United States. Army flier is seen checking security of a bomb under wing of aircraft. USS Alabama underway in the Chesapeake Bay. Aerial views from United States Army Air Service planes in flight over the battleship. USS Alabama is hit by a bomb. Later it is hit by a phosphorus poison gas bomb. Finally it is hit by 2000 pound bombs. The USS Alabama rolls over halfway, in shallow waters.
Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942, during World War II.
Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, in World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins,including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Egyptian women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits riding in a jeep. He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Major General Lloyd Fredendall, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers as he arrives in Tunis in August, 1942 to visit British troops, en route to Moscow for his first meeting with Stalin.
