Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. The drafted men, all wearing civilian clothing, march along a road as they receive training drills from an elisted man. They march towards a supply building. An enlisted man marches with the new recruits.
Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. An enlisted man speaks to the new recuits from the steps of a building. Point of view from near ground level looking up as the drafted men are learning to salute.
A film titled 'Happy Warriors' on procedures for rotating U.S. Army Air Force airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation during World War II. Several views of U.S. B-17s, B-24s and other bombers in flight through flak over enemy areas in Europe. Tail codes on B-17s identify them as belonging to the 95th Bombardment Group of the U.S. 8th Air Force. Various crew members seen at their respective crew stations aboard the bombers. Falling bombs explode on ground targets.View of a failed engine in flight and the propeller being feathered. General Eisenhower shaking hands with crew of a B-26 Marauder named "Son of Satan," with about 50 bombs painted on its fuselage for missions flown. A military bus arrives at the 127th Replacement Battalion's Washington Hall. USAAF fliers step from the bus and make their way to the receiving office. A sign reads: "New Arrivals Report to Rear Door." Among the group of aviators walking to the reception area is one carrying a small puppy dog. Colonel William A. Gayle, Battalion Commander, of Montgomery, Alabama (and later Mayor of Montgomery), poses with his headquarters staff. "Puddles" the mascot dog of the Post joins in for the picture. Posing and smiling is Sergeant Major Holloway, who has been Colonel Gayle's "right hand man" since the unit was organized in 1942. The fliers stand informally as a Sergeant calls the roll. The fliers undergo screening of their individual possessions for security purposes. A navigator has his maps taken away, to be returned when he returns from leave. Captain Baldridge, in charge of the mess,tastes and personally approves dishes from the kitchen before they are served to the Army aviators.
U.S. Civilian Public Service camp number 3 (Camp Patapsco, in Elkridge, Maryland), run by the American Friends Service Committee of the Quaker Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A sign reads ‘Civilian Public Service Camp No.3’. Building at the camp. Conscientious objectors who choose public service in lieu of military service, arrive and are checked into the camp. The U.S. flag flutters from a pole. The arriving personnel talks to a man at the entrance. The new arrivals pose.
U.S. Civilian Public Service camp number 3, for conscientious objectors, administered by Quakers of the American Friends Service Committee, in the United States. Camp number 3 is Camp Patapsco, in Elkridge, Maryland. Men use lawn mowers outside the camp buildings. Men work in a garden and over the camp houses. A man uses a mower. A man reads from a book. View of camp houses. Men making roof repairs. New recruits arrive at the camp.
Concrete barges at a harbor in Normandy, France during World War II. Heavy seas break over the concrete barges. Heavy weather at the harbor. Ships anchored at a new harbor. Barrage balloons in the sky.
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