Flames and smoke rises off a bombed oil supply depot near base of British Army, during World War II. A building nearby catches fire and British soldiers and firemen use chemical foam apparatus to fight fire of the building. Bulldozers smother fire and build dike to hold back flaming oil. One bulldozer operated by a British officer and another by a United States Seebee officer.
U.S. Army beats U.S. Navy in a traditional football match in Baltimore, Maryland. General George C. Marshall, General Arnold and Admiral King arrive and take their seats. Army and navy troops march marking the start of the traditional ceremony. Large number of spectators from army, navy and other civilians take their seats in the stands. Navy cadets in the ground cheer for the army. Army soldiers sing songs for the navy. The football match starts. Players give a tough competition to each other as referee watches. Crowd watches and cheers. Army wins the match beating navy by 30-7. (World War II period).
A Canadian Aircraft Carrier 'Pigmy' transports grains for its soldiers fighting on the frontier, during World War II. Grains loaded into the ship at the harbor. The ship joins the fleet and sails in the sea. A biplane lands on the strip of the ship.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Jackson swears in Edward R. Stettinius as United States Secretory of States, at an official ceremony in Washington DC. After swearing in, General George C. Marshall and others shake hands and congratulate him. Stettinius addresses the assembly on a microphone. He then moves into his office, sits at his desk and reads files.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers bomb factories and other targets in Formosa Island (present day Taiwan) and return to their base in Saipan, during World War II. Crew members attach guided bombs at dawn to the bombers. The bombers take off. Flying over Formosa Island over clouds they drop bombs on Japanese targets. Antiaircraft guns fired. The B-29 lands after a successful bombing mission. Crew of the B-29 'Tokyo Rose', first plane to fly over Japanese positions, honored at the Saipan base. Insignia on the nose of the plane. Brigadier General Hansel attaches medals on the uniforms of the crew members.
Allied airplanes land at a Partisan held base in Yugoslavia with medical and military aid for fighting Nazi invasion during World War II. Men offload material from the transport planes. Another plane unloads wounded prisoners freed from German jails. Wounded men and women at the air field near the planes sit on stretchers. Battalions of Yugoslav Partisan trainee soldiers train on newly received arms and ammunition. Men and women together train themselves. Marshal Tito and other officials review honor guard.
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