United States 17th Airborne Division in Chalons, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in flight as paratroopers drop. Smoke rises from an area on the ground. Wing of an aircraft while in flight. Paratroopers and supplies land on a field.
United States 17th Airborne Division in Chalons, France during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-46 aircraft in flight as paratroopers are dropped. Paratroopers descend through the air. Paratroopers land in a field. C-46 aircraft in flight overhead. Paratroopers advance across a field. Paratroopers' gear lying on a field.
Quaker members of American Friends Service Committee help people in France. They work at the Matson Maternelle de la Marne Maternity Hospital in Chalons-sur-Marne, France. Exterior of the hospital. Two nurses come out, holding a baby. Exterior of the hospital which was opened in 1922. Groups of nurses walk in the ground. American, English and French nurses in the hospital. A patient arrives in a horse drawn carriage. Nurses help a pregnant mother to step into hospital. Interior of the hospital ward. Separate ward for dependent children who come in with their mothers. Nurses play with the young children. They feed the babies. Maternity ward. Mother in bed is given baby. Patient leaves hospital with husband and new baby.
French civilians build a bridge across the Aube River in France during World War II. A slate reads '80th Division to Chalons'. French civilians at work. Civilians carry a log of wood for the bridge. Two men carry a long pole across the bridge. French civilians walk across the bridge as they talk. A French flag flutters from a pole near the construction site. Few men work under the bridge. A civilian climbs down a ladder. A board reads 'Aube'. A man serves a drink to the workers. Men work under the broken bridge. A civilian with a cap drills a bridge block. French civilians build the bridge across the Aube River.
Slate indicates that 200 million gallons of gasoline are used annually in the United States for power (in 1925). View of a busy city street, possibly New York City, circa 1925 with motor vehicle traffic, pedestrians and many tall buildings. Many early automobiles seen. A worker tests flash point of kerosene. Lighted candle in stuck block of paraffin (wax) showing wax or parrafin as a byproduct of petroleum. Slate indicates that petroleum provides motor fuel, common light, a lubricant for machinery and other important by-products.
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) going through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal with many aircraft parked on her deck. In different sequence, aircraft are seen taking off and landing on the deck of the Langley. Complete change of scene shows launching of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Camden, New Jersey. The USS Saratoga is christened with a bottle of champagne and slides down the ways into the river. Views from the deck of the Saratoga as she proceeds down the ways.
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