Notable African American composer and teacher Dr. John W. Work (John Wesley Work III), seated at the piano. From a few different angles he is seen playing the piano. John Work stops and writes sheet music in a book at his side as he composes or arranges.
Notable African American physics researcher and teacher Dr Elmer S Imes smokes a pipe as he tests a battery in a science laboratory in the United States. Views of Dr Imes at work.
Notable African American persons in the United States. Sociology researcher Charles S. Johnson at his desk and Warren Logan, William Edward Burghardt also known as W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, Charles S Johnson and Ira Reid pose for the camera. Close-ups of each personality. Chemist teacher Dr. Thomas W Turner works in a laboratory in Hampton.
As film begins, two U.S. B-24 bombers are seen taxiing across the Adak airfield to takeoff on a bombing run against the Japanese airfield at Kiska Island. Closeup of B-24 with engines running. About an inch of water covers the ramp. The two bombers take off (followed by others unseen). Airmen on the ground watch them depart. Scene shifts to the port of Adak. A cargo ship and a tugboat moving a barge are seen in the water. Trucks drive along the beachfront. Mountains loom in the background. Military supplies, including munitions are seen piled along the beach. Soldiers carry some goods over their shoulders. Closeup of items piled on the beach. A dog trots along with soldiers walking the beach. Change of scene highlights guns installed as coastal defense on the island, including fixed heavy guns, anti-aircraft guns and machine guns. A sailor viewed through a life safer buoy, paints part of a warship. A Navy PBY Catalina on patrol is seen overhead. U.S. gunboats patrol the harbor. Crew members are seen aboard a U.S. destroyer patrolling deep waters off Adak. They exchange blinker light messages with a Bancroft-class (four-stacker) destroyer. Glimpse of the Bancroft-class destroyer flashing blinkers lights. Sailors on a destroyer respond to alarm of sonar sound contacts and man battle stations. Closeup of a Bancroft-class destroyer, followed by views of depth charges being launched from a destroyer underway. Exchanges of blinker light messages between camera destroyer and a Bancroft-class destroyer.
The hunt for bank robber John Dillinger in the United States. Funeral services are held for federal agent W. Carter Baum killed in a battle with bandits. A house in the background. A girl inside the house. A man plows a field using a plow driven by horses. The outlaw's father J. W. Dillinger at Moorsville expresses his view about his son's exploit. Notorious robber Raymond Hamilton behind the bars. (World War II period).
A film titled 'The war ends in Europe' shows American people celebrating the end of World War II in Europe following surrender by Germany. A crowd in New York Times Square celebrates Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day). People pray in a church. U.S. President Harry S Truman announces the German surrender.
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