Evacuees and troops at the Colombo Harbor in Ceylon. Evacuees and troops arrive from Singapore and Sumatra. Civilians arrive at dock from a barge. The Harbor Police and St John's Ambulance volunteer ladies receive them on jetty. Officers and sailors help women get off. People with their luggage. Locals carry luggage. Soldier with bandaged feet. Sailors carry a wounded on stretcher. They place a wounded on a stretcher, lift and take him away. Nurses look on. A wounded soldier on stretcher smokes a cigarette. Indian soldiers lift a wounded on stretcher onto a truck. Wounded soldiers climb up a staircase. Evacuated troops at the jetty. Chinese Guerillas, British troops, Indian soldiers and locals sitting on the jetty. (World War II period).
British troops in Colombo, Ceylon. A column of English troops march on the streets. A car passes by. A local pulls a hand rickshaw. A British soldier rides a bicycle. Cars parked outside an official building. (World War II period).
A building in Colombo, Ceylon. Cars parked outside an official building. A clock atop the building. People enter and leave the premises.
York street in Colombo, Ceylon, during World War 2. Trams run on tracks. Cars pass by. Locals pull hand rickshaws. Pedestrians on the street. A jewelry store at one corner. Local coolies build a wall in front of the Electrical Department Building for protection against air raids. Men and young boys lay cement bricks.
Temporary Government Building housing the Government Information Office in Washington DC during World War II. Exterior of the building. U.S. Information sign. Businessmen and women enter and exit the building. Traffic outside. 'War Savings Bonds Stamps' sign above a counter. A woman clerk attends to people over the counter. Bureau of Information Director Lowell Mellett and Assistant Director Phil Haublett in the building. Clerks talk to visitors over a counter. A clerk talks to a couple. Sign reads 'Services for men of the Armed Forces, war workers, visitors and DC residents'. A male clerk sells Government Publications over a counter. Men pay and buy the publications. Government publications on display titled 'Trade and Professional Associations of the US' and 'Work Will Win - The Story of Manpower'.
The Social Security Building in Washington DC during World War II. The Office of War Information inside the building. Office of War Information Director Elmer Davis and Deputy Director NS Eisenhower seated at a table during a discussion. Davis smokes a cigarette. A sign reads 'Mr Davis, Mr Eisenhower'. Entrance to the Social Security Building. A Diamond cab passes by. Man enters the building. Guards at the entrance.
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