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General Claire Chennault receiving the Distinguished Service Medal from Lieutenant General Stilwell

Flying Tiger's Fighter Plane Curtiss P-40 seen. General Claire Chennault receiving the distinguished Service Medal from Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell in front of (AAF) American Air Force Headquarters at Kunming in China. A group of AAF soldiers standing behind General Claire Chennault. A map of China with Chinese symbols on the side. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040869
View of a large Indian harbor and members of U.S. Army Air Force in China

A large two storied building with typical Indian architecture with minarets and domes. A bay with small Indian craft, with a single sail and destroyer vessels seen. A large ship on an Indian city harbor. A Street is seen. View of a large Indian temple. A row of four P-66 Vanguards are parked on strip. Pilot is visible in the first plane. Two B-25s are parked in an open field. A P-38 parked in a grass field. Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China pose for pictures, in group as well as individually in front of a P-40.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040870
Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China and Administrative Building in Chapel

Airmen of U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) in China pose for photographs.Two officers take turns posing for the camera atop a Flying Tiger P-40. Camera pans across airmen posing in front of the P-40. Colonel Robert L. Scott, Commander, 23rd Fighter Group, is seen carrying a belt of 50 caliber ammunition over his shoulder. He points to Tiger Insignia on the left side of P-40. Scott hands the belt of ammunition to two armament men who load it into compartment in left wing. Change of scene, to view of Administrative Building at Randolph Field in Texas.

Date: 1942
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040871
WAACS start Army training in Des Moines, Iowa, in World War II.

WAACS begin their first day with the corps during World War 2. Women exit a clothing warehouse carrying bags of clothing. Women officers of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), seen wearing uniforms. Beds in a row in a barracks during inspection. Two women officers shaking hands. Women stand in line to go into the mess hall. Women officers eating and drinking in the mess hall, including African American women who eat at racially segregated tables. Women stand at attention outside in rows. They march together in line.

Date: 1942, July 22
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040907
Newsreel 'Blasted ship is salvaged'

A damaged American merchant ship seen in the Atlantic Coast. The ship is split in two. Smoke seen rising up from the ship. Men are seen standing on the ship. Salvage of the damaged ship. The ship was sunk by a mine or a torpedo.

Date: 1942, July 22
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040908
Synthetic rubber manufactured for war purposes of the military (WW2)

Newsreel "For Military Use Only." A Firestone's rubber plant seen. A view of the interior of the plant. A board reads 'Coagulant Tank'. Coagulant tanks seen. A man checks the coagulated synthetic rubber. A board reads 'Buna Rubber, finished product.' Sheets of Buna rubber seen. Rubber manufactured exclusively for war purposes of the military in World War II.

Date: 1942, July 22
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040909