Contribution of messengers during World War II. Wrecked tanks and equipment on a field. U.S. Army soldiers guarding prisoner of war German soldiers as they march. View of German prisoners at an encampment. Duties of an African American messenger at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Augustus Johnson walks in various corridors of the Pentagon building, carrying messages. He talks to an African American dispatching supervisor. He places an envelope carrying information on a rack. A sign board reads: 'Army Air Forces'. He meets a visiting official and escorts him to his destination. Narrator extols importance of the messenger job during World War 2.
Activities of civilian workers and soldiers at the War Department and Navy Department buildings in Washington DC, early in World War 2. Exterior of a building. 'Navy Department' written on the building. A crowd enters the building. Buses and other vehicles drive past along a street. 'War Department' written on a building. Soldiers stand outside the building. Soldiers and marines near a truck. Soldiers in front of the Munitions Department. Women come out of the building. Armed guards stand outside a building.
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, United States. A soldier stands outside the building. Cars drive past along the street in front of the building. A soldier walks on Arlington Memorial Bridge, monitoring traffic entering the city early during World War 2. Buildings and trees in the background. The U.S. flags flying atop flag poles on a building.
Scenes from filming of "Combat America," at RAF Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England, during World War 2. B-17s parked on the airfield. U.S. Airmen standing near and on balcony of the Base Operations control tower building. Interior of Quonset Hut barrack. An airman reading. Four U.S. Army Air Force Officers posing in Class A uniform with blouse and hat.
Several takes of scene from filming of "Combat America." Activities of the United States Army Air Forces stationed at RAF Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England, during World War 2. Airmen sleeping in barracks.Posters pasted on the wall in the background. A U.S. AAF Officer, wearing patch of 351st Bomb Group, on his jacket, enters the room and awakens them by pulling their covers off. Airman gets out of bed.
Activities of people at a large outdoor swimming pool in England, during World War 2.. Many people swimming in the pool. Large modernistic building in the background. Some U.S. airmen, on furlough (not identified) enjoy the pool too. A man in white trunks dives from high board into the pool. Two boys go down huge slide into the pool. Group of swimmers look on. Many people swimming in the pool.
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