Segments of color footage shot for John Ford's wartime documentary on the Battle of Midway, during World War II. Sailors near a gun aboard a U.S. warship. Individual Douglas SBDs repeatedly fly overhead. An SBD dauntless ditches in the sea. A destroyer approaches to rescue the crew.
Newly recruited U.S. Army soldiers in World War I, standing on a field, in uniform. Picks and shovels stacked on the ground. The soldiers carry the picks and shovels and dig foundations for training camp barracks buildings. Other soldiers standing in the background. The interior of a building. Doctors treating soldiers. The doctors inoculate the soldiers with vaccination shots to prevent them from contracting typhus.
Newly recruited United States Army soldiers in their barracks in the United States, during training for service in World War 1. The barracks of the soldiers and a water tower in the background. The soldiers looking outside through the windows of the barracks. The soldiers have coffee and many are in civilian clothing. The soldiers in uniform drill with rifles on a parade ground. An officer instructs the soldiers.
Newly recruited U.S. soldiers completing their training for World War 1 service. Soldiers in uniform marching at an Army training camp. The soldiers, holding rifles in their hands, cross a bridge. A large number of soldiers seated in an open area in Rockford, Illinois, as they are addressed by Major General Thomas H. Barry near the end of their training period. The U.S. flag on the platform.
Naval reservists at the Naval Station Great Lakes training center in Illinois, United States, circa 1917. The World War 1 U.S. Navy reservists standing on the parade ground and demonstrating their activities. The reservists demonstrating stretcher drill. People gather on the ground and watch the sailor demonstrations. The reservists demonstrate a machine gun. The soldiers firing the machine gun. Smoke rises from the firing of the machine gun.
United States Naval reservists at the Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois, United States. The U.S. Navy band marching. The reservists marching on the street behind the band. The U.S. Navy sailors march holding rifles, boards, placards and flags. They are heading for deployment in World War 1.
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