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Ground-breaking ceremony for expansion, including new runway, at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio.
U.S. Air Force Material Command headquartered at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Aerial photograph of Wright Field highlights new construction planned. People assembled out in the field for ground-breaking ceremony. U.S. Army Air Force officers shaking hands at start of ground-breaking ceremony. One officer speaks using microphone on a tripod. Heavy construction equipment in background. One officer performs the traditional ground-breaking, using a spade with a large ribbon tied to it.
Cargo being loaded by winch in side door and jeep being loaded by elevator in a C-74 aircraft at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
U.S. Air Force C-74 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. A C-74 Globemaster parked at Wright Field. Several ground crew stand in wheel well under No.3 engine of the aircraft. A ground crewman works on the tail of the C-74 aircraft, which displays the identification number: 265402 . No. 2 engine and open side door of the aircraft. A loadmaster stands in the open doorway with cable winch control in his hand. Man on ground secures cargo which loadmaster then raises with electrical winch .A jeep being loaded using platform elevator at underside of the C-74 Globemaster. Cargo hold of the aircraft with jeep being lifted up by elevator. Loadmaster secures elevator platform and then closes bottom cargo doors. Jeep is driven several feet forward inside the cargo compartment.
Views of USAF C-74 aircraft. Instrument panel, cockpit, maintenance access, takeoff, landing, flying on only two engines
A U.S. Air Force C-74 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Flight engineer's Instrument panel in the C-74 aircraft with view of cockpit to the left, with double bubble windows. Loran set screen seen to left of the cockpit, at Navigators station. Exterior view. "Beetle" double cockpit windows clearly visible. Crewmen examine nose wheel. Interior of cockpit, with main flight control wheel and, to its left, at knee position of pilot, the nose wheel steering wheel can be seen. Flight engineer opens hatch in floor of cargo compartment and crawls through superstructure of aircraft to perform maintance. C-74 takes off, retracting landing gear as it climbs out. Several views of C-74 in flight, including one accompanied by another aircraft, and one in which it is operating on only two engines, with engines number 3 and 4 shutdown and feathered. C-74, descending for landing, with landing gear extended. It touches down quite long on the runway and appears to employ reverse thrust on its engines during ground roll.
War veterans learn the art of pipe making as they work on machines at Bertram's Pipe Shop in Washington DC, United States.
A dramatization about veterans of World War II as they learn to make pipes in Washington DC, United States. A World War II veteran Bob Ballad of 69th Infantry Division looks at a pipe. Bertram's Pipe Shop in Washington DC. A number of pipes being displayed in a window at the shop. Bob Ballad outside the shop. He goes there to learn the art of pipe making. Several war veterans learn to make pipes during a training course organized by the Bertram's. Partially disabled men work on machines and learn various operations involved in the process of pipe making.
Injured World War 2 veterans exercise and walk at the Lieutenant Ray Rehabilitation Clinic in New York, United States
Lieutenant Ray Rehabilitation Clinic in New York, United States to serve World War II veterans. Radio broadcasts mark the opening of Lieutenant Ray Rehabilitation Clinic. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, graces the occasion as the guest of honor. Various Veterans Administration executives present on a podium at the opening ceremony. A statue of Lieutenant Ray being unveiled at the ceremony as his parents look on. Prosthetic artificial limbs being made at the clinic. Veteran soldiers work to make the prosthesis limbs to meet individual needs. A disabled veteran being fitted with an artificial prosthetic limb. Disabled veterans practice to walk with crutches at the clinic. A mock street at the clinic with traffic lights where the veterans practice to cross the road and time themselves according to the traffic lights. The veterans being made to exercise to strengthen their limbs. They ride exercise cycles. Disabled veterans practice to walk in a crowded street and transports. The veterans lift and place heavy pieces from one block of a floored checkered board to another as this helps to exercise their legs and backs.
Function of local Veterans Administration offices in answering questions from United States military veterans after World War 2
A public service announcement or PSA after World War 2, targeted at U.S. military veterans. Narrator communicates how to correspond properly by mail when contacting the Veterans Administration. He encourages veterans to visit their local Veterans Administration office to get answers to questions when possible, rather than writing to the United States Veterans Administration. View of the central office of the Veterans Administration with a number of bags of postal mails and letters piled up. Stacks of letters received from veterans, at a rate of four million letters each month. Mails being sorted out by the staff. A veteran visits a local Veterans Administration office. Animation shows issues that the Veterans Administration cannot assist with, including housing, employment or jobs, and surplus property, and encourages that they contact other government agencies for help on those issues. They summarize problems of veterans that the Veterans Administration does look into like housing, jobs and employment, surplus military property, education, insurance and medical care. They encourage veterans to visit local Veterans Administration offices for answers and help.
