Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War 1. Salmson 2A2 aircraft are parked in a field with men seated on the ground in the shade of their wings. A pilot, standing next to a Salmson 2A2, puts on his flight gear while smoking a cigarette. He climbs aboard the airplane which has the red and blue buffalo insignia of the 99th Aero Squadron painted on its fuselage. The photographer- gunner in rear cockpit loads canisters of ammunition on his Darne-built Lewis twin machine guns and checks the movement of the gun's scarff ring mounting. He receives an aerial camera from a ground crewman. Two airmen work on a Vickers machine gun installed beside the nose of the aircraft (synchronized to fire through the propeller). Scene shifts to an aircraft taking off. Camera shifts back to the aircraft getting ready, where a ground crewman pulls the propeller through to clear any hydraulic lock and the pilot starts the engine. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. United States airmen stand with an allied aircraft in the background. Pilot and gunner climb into their cockpits in a DH-4 airplane. Gunner checks his twin Lewis machine guns. Aircraft in flight.
Allied prisoners hold American flags at a Japanese prison camp in Santo Tomas University in Manila, Philippines. General Douglas Macarthur arrives at Santo Tomas on February 6. Japanese forces fire artillery at the camp on February 7 and injured prisoners are carried away for medical aid. Malnourished men and women work at the camp. People outside their thatched roof huts. Women and children eat and drink. A woman shows gratitude in finally being able to smoke a cigarette. Red Cross field workers hand over mail to the internees. Prisoners read their mail. (World War II period).
Eleanor Roosevelt arrives and addresses a public meeting in United States, wearing a red cross hat. During the speech she relates a joke involving her husband, President Roosevelt and the Japanese. It deals with a U.S. Marine ordered to leave Guadalcanal, but disappointed that he has not shot a Japanese soldier. The commanding officer gives him advice which Eleanor Roosevelt relates as a joke to the audience. (World War II period).
'Down on the farm' women get up in the morning to work on the farms as men fight the enemy during World War II. Boys and girls move to farms. They pick up fruits and vegetables from the farms. Boys climb on a ladder to pick up fruits. A girl drives a tractor with a plow attached to it. Another girl rides a hay wagon. Children also work on farms. They pick up fruits, milk a cow and churn out butter. They return home in a hay wagon. Children paid for the work done by them. A boy pastes a stamp in a book. Children wash their clothes in a tub.
A U.S. military truck with smoke screen mechanism doing tests in the United States during World War 2. Men on a tower find out the direction of the wind with a balloon. A wind wane also indicates the wind direction. A man turns on a button to lay the smoke screen. Smoke rises and engulfs the area in a blanket of smoke capable of covering military installations and operations with protective camouflage so it can not be seen by enemy aircraft.
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