African American soldiers with the 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division fight in a boxing match on deck of ship sailing to Guadalcanal during World War II. Soldiers from audience laugh as they watch the match. Man chewing on snack. Referee helps smiling African American boxer stand up. Shirtless servicemen clapping after boxing match. An African American soldier identified by narrator as "Curly Miller" performs a solo dance while band plays.
A ‘Jolly Rogers’ pirate flag seen during line crossing ceremony on board ship transporting 81st Infantry Division troops during World War II. A man dressed as pirate with eyepatch. Soldiers dressed as "pollywogs" climb wooden ladder while other soldiers hit their buttocks with play weapons. They force a lying sailor to drink a ladle of water as the ship crosses the equator. A one star general, also a pollywog in the ceremony, laughs and then leans over to be trapped in the pillory. Men hit the general's buttocks with paddles playfully and then cut his hair. The general then receives a a “dental inspection” with his mouth "injected" with an empty pesticide pump sprayer. The general laughs while being sprayed with a jet of water. Ships sailing to on the Pacific. Silhouette of a sailor looking at the ocean while on watch.
United States and Christian cross flags flying on top of ship transporting United States troops of the 81st Infantry Division during World War II. Soldier plays organ. Soldier reads a prayer book. Servicemen and sailors attend religious service. They pray. They kneel in unison.
Trucks and a horse cart on the road in Tehran, Iran during World War II. View of a monument possibly depicting Reza Shah Pahlavi, the first Shahinshah of Iran. Hafte Tir Square, also known as 25 Shahrivar Square before the revolution. Pedestrians cross the street. A Reza Shah equestrian statue stands on the square in front of the modernist Ganz building, also known as the Qanab building, purportedly designed by Roland Marcel Dubrulle. Closer view of the building and its windows. Pedestrians walking outside the modernist building.
Civilians walking outside the Shah of Iran's palace, an Art Deco building in Tehran, Iran during World War II. This building purportedly stood at Sardar Sangi Square (at the intersection of Kakh and Pastor.) A soldier stands guard at the gate entrance of the building. The soldier stands beside a sentry house. A male attendant in uniform mopping puddle at the gate. A sculpture above the gate depicts a crown flanked by two lions. Some pedestrian women are dressed in Western attires. Other women wear head coverings. View through the open gate shows a circular drive around a garden and a large building behind it. Two military officers walk out the gate. One wears a steel helmet. They pass the guard standing by his booth. Closer view of Iranian guard standing with a bayonet. Iranian attendant in uniform standing. A soldier walks past a modern building.
Tehran as the “Persian Corridor” during World War II. A black car stops in front of the Hotel Ritz in Ferdowsi Square, Tehran, Iran. A cart pulled by a horse pass by the hotel. Some pedestrians cross the street across the Hotel Ritz. Pedestrians walking past the Texas Café and Restaurant in downtown Tehran. Several multistory buildings. View looking down on a horse-drawn cart moving along a tree-lined city street. National Council building in Baharestan Square, Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran). A bus drives past the Sepahsalar Mosque. Donkeys, bicycles, and pedestrians are also seen.
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