US Army recruits in World War 2 hold buckets of sand and stand barefoot on one leg at a time as doctor checks for flat feet and shoe sizing. A Lieutenant checks the fit of a new uniform jacket on a soldier. A group of newly recruited soldiers try on uniforms. A group of soldiers buttons their new Army overcoats
American Army recruits in civilian clothes get physical examination and receive uniforms during World War II. U.S. Army recruits enter a room and check-in. A doctor wearing a white gown uses a tongue depressor and checks the throat of each man. The recruits are seen receiving their new uniforms.
American Army stakes and platform van rolls on a road in United States. Soldiers enter one of the vans with a shoe repair unit. A shoe repaired. Men hand over their clothes to a man operating a washing machine van. Soldiers take showers in a truck parked in a wooded area. (World War II period).
Steel mill at production in United States. Molten steel poured from the furnace into Bessemer converters. Men shovel coal in the furnace. Molten steel on a conveyor.
Scenes in Houston Texas as 1000 Houston Volunteers enlist in the military in World War 2 to avenge the loss of the USS Houston (CA-30) to the Japanese. They attend a swearing in ceremony in front of the marquee of the Loews State theater. Scene change to Newport News, Virginia as people gather for the launching of the new U.S. Navy cruiser ship USS Houston (CL-81). New cruiser launched at a colorful ceremony. Dignitaries on stand include the sponsor, Mrs. C. B. Hamill, who is seen hitting a bottle of champagne against the ship hull, and then it slides down the ways at launching.
A US Navy Escort Carrier carrier being launched from Kaiser Shipyard of Vancouver, Washington, in the United States during World War 2. The ship USS Natoma Bay (CVE–62), a Casablanca class escort carrier, is ready to be launched. Sponsor at the launch is Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Wood (née Onslow), Countess of Halifax, (Wife of 1st Earl of Halifax who was the United Kingdom's Ambassador to the United States; and she was daughter of 4th Earl of Onslow). The Countess of Halifax hits a bottle of champagne against the ship hull and it slides down the ways. The escort carrier gets underway at sea.
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