Australians pay tribute to U.S. General Douglas MacArthur in Australia during World War 2. Scene opens as Australian officials stand, drinking a toast to honor U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur. A large American flag forms the backdrop for the gathering. General MacArthur rises and addresses the group. Seated to his immediate left, is Australian Prime Minister, John Curtin (wearing glasses). MacArthur refers to his famous "I shall return" pledge to the Philippines, and repeats it, to remarks of approval ("hear-hear") from his audience.
The Nazis blow up numerous buildings in the Soviet Union during World War II, during their retreat to the Balkans and central Europe. German soldiers in vehicles take cattle out of the city. Vehicles drive on a dirt road. Troops on tanks roll down the road. A soldier puts dynamite in a hangar. The hangar is blown up. Smoke rises due to explosion. The Nazis blow up several huge buildings. Smoke rises. A jeep drives past a blown up building. Rings of smoke formed. Black smoke in sky as the Nazis burn oil dumps. The burning windows. The Nazi soldiers destroying railway tracks. The soldiers blow up the tracks. The soldiers in the foreground put dynamite on the tracks. The dynamite explodes. Smoke in sky.
USAF (United States Air Force ) Lockheed C-69 Constellation sets a new record in Washington DC. United States Air Forces C-69 in flight. The aircraft in flight over mountains. The Wright radical engines of C-69. The aircraft in flight.
U.S. Army award ceremony at Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island New York. The honored World War II veterans line up. The recipients salute as U.S. flag is taken down at formal retreat. The flag flutters in wind. Major Jeannette Blech, Chief Nurse at Halloran Hospital, pins the Purple Heart on the uniform of Paratrooper Lance Leonard of Buffalo. A man in the background takes pictures. Major Blech shakes hands with Paratrooper Leonard. The Purple Heart pinned up on the uniform. Private Stanley Zych of Staten Island receive Purple Hearts from Major Blech. Major Jeannette Blech is the first woman in U.S. history to present the Purple Heart to war heroes. The service men and women of the Halloran General Hospital parade.
25th Annual Junior boxing championship at U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The young boys practice in a boxing ring for the championship. Two young boys fight in the ring. Others stand outside the boxing ring and watch. The young boys boxing. A referee in the ring. The boys boxing. Two other boys in the ring boxing. One of them cry after a strong punch. The boy sits on a bench. The boy goes back in the ring and fights back. Both the boys fighting. The spectators in the background. (World War II period).
Contribution of U.S. women in the war effort in the United States during World War 2. U.S. troops fire a camouflaged artillery. Aircraft parked in a line. The aircraft take off one after the other. The aircraft in flight. A woman Marine looks through binoculars. Another Marine stands beside her. A ship underway in the background. The women Marine looks into documents. The members of the U.S. Women Army Corps (WAC) at work. Women war production workers in war production factories and machining factories make tools to help with the war effort. A woman worker operates industrial equipment. American soldiers carrying supplies embark a ship. Animated map shows the location of Berlin and Tokyo. The women walk in a group. A woman speaks to a man at an office. The Women Army Corps (WAC or WACC) march on a street. Buildings in the background. Narrator asks women to join the war effort as war workers or by joining the armed forces. The women march. The troops fire guns. Smoke rises due to explosion. The areas where women are needed.
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