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Singer Al Jolson sings for U.S. soldiers at Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, California.

Singer Al Jolson at Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, California. Al Jolson sings popular song "My Mammy" over a microphone on the stage for the U.S. soldiers. Man plays piano in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, April
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060608
American actress Loretta Young talks to various U.S. soldiers lying in bed at a hospital in Hollywood, California.

American actress Loretta Young at hospital in Hollywood, California. Loretta Young walks along sidewalk with a U.S. soldier and they both enter a hospital. Loretta Young talks to U.S. soldiers lying in bed. She speaks to various soldiers lying in bed. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, April
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060609
Presentation of Bombardier Wing to Anne Shirley on stage at Ciro's High Club in Hollywood, California.

American actors and U.S. soldiers in Ciro's High Club, Hollywood. Exterior of Ciro's High Club shows neon sign of 'Ciro's'. Actresses Anne Shirley and Joan Davis with a U.S. officer seated at a table. Anne Shirley talks to a soldier. Soldiers and women dance. Presentation of Bombardier Wing to Anne Shirley. Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and two U.S. soldiers at a table. Ventriloquist performs an act with his hand, draped in a cloth napkin, and painted to look like a face. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, April
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060610
Soldiers jump from a tower and swim under burning oil during their training at Camp Johnston in Florida (WW2)

A World War II military film titled 'The War' depicts the training of troops at Camp Johnston in Florida. Soldiers stand at attention near a waterway. They swim and cross the waterway. They abandon equipment while swimming. Some of the soldiers stand on a tower. They jump from the tower and swim under burning oil.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062684
Prewar conditions of traffic, contrasted with wartime blackouts and use of ration booklets by consumers in New York City.

Traffic and other conditions in New York during World War II. Vehicular traffic on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Aerial view of the vehicular traffic. A poster outside a gas station reads: 'Sorry No Gas. Don't blame us. Blame Hitler'. Wide view of 5th Avenue in New York City with Flatiron Building (Fuller building) in distance. Cars are seen being prepared for long term storage, covered, and stored in garages because of gas shortage and few people using cars. A traffic policeman stands near a guard post near a tunnel entrance. A sign board reads: 'Lane Closed'. Very little traffic is seen anywhere. Neon lights on the Manhattan skyline skyscraper buildings including Times Square at night. Lights with World War 2 wartime blackout conditions. Aerial view of the buildings during a blackout with very few dim lights. Woman in grocery store market loading many soup cans into her basket before in a pre-war scene. Woman at cash register ringing up the purchase. Contrasting scene with a sign on a stack of food cans that says "Only one to a customer" during wartime food rationing. Consumers use ration books for food. Close-up view of ration book. Narrator explains ration book system, including Ration Book One and Ration Book Two. Women home makers in kitchens opening pantry and taking inventory of what items they have. Long line of people outside a building to get a ration book. People inside, mostly women and some young children, submitting paper work and receiving ration books. A young boy and then a woman are seen buying food items from a grocer shop using ration books or coupons. People buy vegetables at a market. Delivery boy at a residence door dropping off groceries and receiving ration stamps. A cartoon caricature of Axis leaders Mussolini, Hitler, and Hirohito with labels "Fatso, Ratso, and Japso" for the three leaders, respectively. Wooden cases loaded onto a ship in a harbor.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062685
Trainees arrive at the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States.

The Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. A security guard opens the gate to let trainees in with their luggage. Two sailors stand next to a board that reads 'Motor Torpedo Boat Training Center'. A group of sailors marching. Officers walk with their baggage. A board reads ''Bulkeley Park'. Faces of naval officers. A lieutenant standing on a platform briefs a group of officers. A tree with white paint at its base in the foreground. The trainees listen to an announcement on a loudspeaker. A man gives out flag signals.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064946