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New recruits, including African Americans, commence training in the U.S. Army during World War II
Views of damage in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Scene shifts to African American pastor in pulpit of a church speaking about U.S. armed forces. A woman in the congregation whose son is serving in the Infantry, points to a flag filled with blue stars for service members from the church. She reads letter from her son telling her he has been selected for Officer Candidates School. View of new recruits in a railroad depot. African American recruit pauses to say goodbye to his mother, but is moved along by a uniformed Army officer. Closeup of locomotive wheels turning. Glimpse of barracks in an Army base. Recruits leaving railroad train and entering a snow-covered building. Army sergeants organizing the new recruits inside the building. An army spokesman welcomes them to the training camp. Recruits being interviewed about their past training and experiences. Closeup of a Sergeant inquiring about the kind of machine tools a recruit had worked with. Recruits assembled in a base auditorium where they hear from a Chaplain and an officer who demonstrates how to salute. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
African American recruits in U.S. Army are issued uniforms and begin basic training in World War II
African American recruit sits in a chair with feet on a measuring device. A sergeant gives him a pair of shoes. But before he wears them the Sergeant tells him to stand, in the measuring device, holding two 20 pound weights. He then tells him to put on the shoes and go into the next room, where other African American recruits are lined up. They are instructed to remove all civilian clothes and begin dressing in army clothing. Next, completely dressed in their army uniforms, the recruits carrying duffel bags as they leave the snow-covered camp to board a train. Views of steam locomotives pulling trains in various places in the country. A convoy of army trucks carrying the new soldiers into a military base. The trucks park side-by-side in a line and the soldiers jump out with their gear to begin their basic training. A sergeant instructing the new soldiers on how to make a bed and other responsibilities. The new African American soldiers assembled in formation outside their barracks, on the snow, practicing close order drill, and making mistakes in the process. Next they are seen in a cross country march, carrying rifles. they take a 10-minute break. Soldiers in an infirmary, being visited by army doctors and African American nurses. Newly recruited soldiers being tended in an army dental clinic by African American dentists and hygienists. Soldiers shooting rifles on a firing range. Targets moving up and down on the range. Soldiers participating in sports, including football, baseball, boxing, and ping pong. A woman in the base library reading poetry aloud from a book entitled: "An Anthology of American African American Literature." African American members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) are seen at another base, engaged in close order drill. Next these WACs are seen driving and riding in jeeps over rough terrain. A soldier shines his shoes, on Saturday night. African American soldiers and women dancing to music from an orchestra. The soldiers performing calisthenics in the open air. Rifles are held in some of the exercises. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
African American soldiers training during World War II, including some earning commissions as Officers
In opening scene, African American soldiers perform bayonet training at an Army Base in the desert. Then they run out of a trench in practice attack. Next, the troops are seen assembled in an outdoor stadium, where religiious services are being held. An African American Army Chaplain tells them of increased Officer Candidate opportunities. A group of Officer candidates is seen that includes a number of African American soldiers. Candidates are seen graduationg and receiving their commissions. A parade of ROTC (Reserve officers' training Corps) cadets is seen including mostly African Americans. Views of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, in West Point, New York, receiving graduation diplomas. An African American graduate is among them. Scene shifts to an African American woman in a church, reading a letter from her son who has just been commissioned as an Army Officer. Glimpse of the congregation's pastor thanking her for sharing her letter. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A soldier with an eye injury being operated upon in the United States during World War II.
A U.S. Navy training film about operating a wound in the eye of an American soldier during World War II. An explosion occurs during the war. A soldier's eyes being examined by a doctor. Doctor removes foreign bodies from the eye. A protective patch being applied in the eye. A soldier with a mutilated face after receiving injuries during the war. Doctor treats the injured eye of the patient. The eye surface of the patient being treated with anesthesia. A flap of conjunctive tissue is made by cutting it. Insertion being made below and above to produce a flap to cover the wound. Suture being placed through edges of the flap below and another one being placed through the conjunctive flap above. Suture being packed. An additional suture being placed through inside the conjunctive. Eye being dressed.
A film in the United States shows the commencement of World War II in Europe and Asia and Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
A film in the United States about achievements and role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization depicts An African American priest at a church as he addresses people about the outbreak of World War II. Nazi eagle symbol. Past events show German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Japanese officers conferring at a map. A Japanese flag flies. A building being bombed during World War II. Smoke rises. Civilians being hanged to death by the Nazis in the European Theater. Japanese aircraft bombard areas in Asia. Asian civilians rush as bombs explode. Dead and injured civilians after the bombings. Injured being loaded onto a truck. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Naval guns being fired at Japanese aircraft in flight during the attack. An African American machine gunner fires at Japanese aircraft.
American troops fight against the Germans as American aircraft bomb Germany during World War II.
Allied operations in Germany during World War II. A map of Germany. A headline in a newspaper reads 'Russians strike Berlin'. People stand on a bridge in Cologne. View of Cologne cathedral. Past events show Nazi troops during a parade in March, 1936, crossing the River Rhine during rearmament of Germany. U.S. soldiers in advance in Germany in 1945, in combat from house to house in a German town. The German soldiers being taken as prisoners of war. Scenes with Nazi German soldiers with their hands up in the air. A large group of German Prisoners of War being marched on a road under guard by American soldiers. Allied aircraft bombard German towns. P-38 aircraft taking off and gun camera footage while strafing a target. P-38 landing on a snow covered airfield. An American single-propeller fighter aircraft crash lands with difficulty and slides into another parked aircraft on the snow. Aerial views of B-24 and B-17 aircraft in formation flight. Bombs being dropped in night bombing raids and day bombing raids over Berlin, Germany. Smoke rises. Aircraft in flight as they leave behind vapor trails. United States soldiers on the ground in combat with enemy Germans in a German town. Infantrymen fire rifles and advance house to house. Wounded Americans being carried on litters for medical care. Germans fire at the wounded Americans.Sergeant Peter Di Guiseppi, from Pennsylvania, of 1st Armored Division, being interviewed. Private Pat Brady of Hollywood California narrates an incident where a gunner aboard a tank fired fiercely at the enemy. He talks about tanks getting caught in a fire and the following rescue efforts.
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