The old Southern Railway Building, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., housing the U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters during World War 2. Persons are entering the building. Sign identifies the office of the Commandant. The Commandant, Russell Randolph Waesche holds a meeting in the office. Map of the world covers one wall. American and Coast Guard flags are displayed. Commandant Waesche is explaining the mission of the Coast Guard. Closeup of him speaking. Outside, on the street, a contingent of uniformed armed Coastguardsmen stands in formation. Officials reviewing a parade that includes a Coast Guard contingent. Glimpse of ships docked in a port.
Lake Compounce's railway in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. Views of Lake Compounce. People standing beside the lake. Governor of Connecticut Raymond Earl Baldwin drives to inaugurate the service. People enjoy traveling in the kid's train around the lake. The train moves along tracks around the lake.
Girls decide to serve the country by enlisting in the WAC in the United States. In Los Angeles, California girls enlist in the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Their parents greet them as they entrain for Fort Des Moines, Iowa. WAC personnel stand in a pattern to form the word "WAC". The New York skyline. WACs wearing newly designed uniforms. A WAC personnel displays a uniform. The WAC personnel salutes and smiles.
The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Large crowds, three year-old thoroughbred horses, jockeys and owners gather for the Kentucky Derby. The race starts. Racing horses run on the race course. A woman watches through binoculars. Spectators cheer. Pensive owned by Calumet Farm and jockeyed by Conn N. McCreary wins the derby and receive prize money of $65,200.
The U.S. Coast Guard serves the U.S. Merchant Marine in the United States during World War II. A Coast Guard officer checks identity papers. A sign: 'this side to pay off'. The paymaster's table. Merchant marine personnel being paid.
Postwar ( World War II ) agriculture activities in the United States. A tractor driven on a field. A farmer drinks water. Views of a farm land. A huge smoke tail rises as a ship burns. American workers sitting. Farming equipment plows a field. Views of eroded land. Buildings and monuments. Officials seated in a building. Soldiers eat food. Food is distributed to people. Tractors and cattle on farms. Milk containers are loaded.
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