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Uniforms and shoes are issued to new recruits of the WAAC at a training center in the United States.

A film on the Women Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in the United States. A train moving on a track. Animated map shows training centers of the WAAC. Women walking towards a center with their personal belongings. Some of the women coming out of vehicles. They talk amongst themselves. 'Reception Center' written outside a building. Their measurements are taken for shoes and uniforms. A doctor undertakes their physical examination. Aerial view of the camp. Women inside barracks. Women wearing uniforms and getting out of the barracks.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076473
A sergeant corrects a recruit during a drill and demonstrates a salute during the training of the WAAC in the United States.

A film on the Women Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in the United States. Women coming out of barracks. They arrive at a mess. Women seated at a table and eating food. They talk amongst themselves. Recruits standing on the ground and practicing drill. A sergeant corrects a recruit. She demonstrates a salute. The recruits march. Buildings in the background. Recreation activities for the recruits. The recruits in a cafeteria talking and enjoying. A mail call for them. Recruits in barracks talking about the last day of their training. A woman ironing her uniform.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076474
Women in the U.S.military in World War 2: Role of WAACs and review of their jobs after training period in the United States.

A film on the Women Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in the United States during World War II. WAACs parade at the end of their training period. Officers review them. Recruits stand at attention and are ready to serve the army. An officer seated at his desk in an office. A woman stands nearby. A woman driving a jeep. Another woman repairs a jeep. The WAACs prepare food for soldiers. Animated map locates work areas of the women. A train passing on a railway track. Newly assigned WAACs arrive at their quarters. Ships in a harbor. The first WAAC detachment in North Africa. Clerical, technical and other types of work done by the WAACs. They work with soldiers. They draw military maps and charts. Group of African American women soldiers relieve African American male soldiers working as switchboard operators. Women are shown serving as dispatchers, as typists, developing film in photographic laboratories, serving as pigeoneers who handle carrier pigeons used in war communications, serving as radio operators, issuing clothing in quartermaster houses, working in post offices, fingerprinting, and collecting rations at a commissary. Female African American soldiers and and female white soldiers work at a motor pool. The WAACs marching.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076475
Sea trials of USS Forrestal are cut short as thrust bearings of the ship catch fire in Newport News, Virginia.

USS Forrestal in a harbor in Newport News, Virginia. Men walking on the deck of the ship. Officers discussing amongst themselves while standing on the deck of the ship. Sea trials of the ship are cut short as two thrust bearing of the ship burn out. The ship underway at sea.

Date: 1955, September 1
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076485
The premier of Audie Murphy's film 'To Hell and Back' at the VFW Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.

The National Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. American soldier and actor Audie Murphy seated in a car with officials. He arrives for the premier of 'To Hell and Back' film. The car driving on a street. Soldiers march and people gather on the street. Murphy gets off his car and enters a building.

Date: 1955, September 1
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076487
People gather in a large number to watch Swaps-Nashua match horse race held in Chicago, Illinois.

Match race between Kentucky Derby winner Swaps and Nashua at Washington Park, in Chicago, Illinois. People gather in a large number in the stands to watch the race. The race starts. Jockeys riding their horses on the race track. People cheering and applauding. Racehorse Nashua wins.

Date: 1955, September 1
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076488