Procedures for rotating U.S. Army Air Force airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation (R&R) during World War 2. A finance officer (Captain) is seen at 127th Replacement Battalion site in Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England, He is converting currencies for U.S. Army soldiers returning to the United States. Numbers on the helmets of some enlisted men designate their location of stay in the U.S.A. during the leave period. Fliers carry their belongings as they walk to the local train station at Balshaw Lane & Euxton railroad station close to Washington Hall. U.S. Commanding Officer, Colonel William A. Gail stands nearby to see them off. They wave and cheer as they stand on the train platform. A steam locomotive arrives pulling passenger cars. The fliers board and the train pulls away. Some of the men wave from the train windows, and several civilian women wave from the opposite platform. Colonel Gail waves goodbye to them. View of the locomotive drive wheels. View of train speeding along the tracks. Title reads: "Next Stop USA." Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
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.
U.S. 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division attack Venon, France during World War II. Tanks advance on a field. Explosions on a field in the background. A soldier is crouched. Civilians look on. The M4 and M4A1 medium tanks roll past burning homes and wreckage. French troops search surrendering German soldiers. The soldiers on the field. Smoke billows up due to explosions. The soldiers on the field talk to a wounded German soldier. A German soldier runs across an open field waving a white shirt in surrender. A soldier atop a new M4A1(76) Sherman tank fires a rifle. A tank fires across the field. A German soldier surrenders to U.S. soldiers.
Allied troops at a company rest area on the Periers front below Carentan in Normandy, France during World War II. A soldier fills a container with water. Infantrymen are issued shoes and new equipment. The soldiers in the rest area shave, bathe and change clothing.
Framework of six-hundred-foot-tower for supporting Golden Gate Bridge span, San Francisco. Workers and engineers on the framework of a six-hundred-foot-tower that is one of the supports for a new Golden Gate Bridge span.
Woodsey Castonguay sets motorbike speed record at the National Amateur National Motocross championships in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Riders ride motorbikes along dirt course. Spectators cheering. Woodsey Castonguay sets a new speed record.
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