Barracks and tents of the American expeditionary Forces (AEF) in Trinidad. Two U.S. soldiers walk up the steps of a barracks building. Sign overhead reads "Saint Clair Cantonment Branch No 3, Trinidad Base Post Exchange". Planes on runway. Tents and barracks in the background. (World War II period).
Armed U.S. AEF troops from Fort Read pass at a review in Trinidad in World War II. Vice Admiral John H Hoover, General Henry C Pratt and other officers review the troops. Troops march in mechanized columns. Admiral Hoover and General Henry C Pratt walk and have a conversation. Troops and other people in the background.
American soldiers study a map. U.S. officer supervises as gold and silver bars are removed from underground vault and loaded aboard 1st Cavalry Division trucks. The loaded truck drives off. (World War II period).
Gold and silver bars removed from an underground vault in Japan. The bars numbered by a woman under supervision of a U.S. soldier. A tank with troops atop it drives off the site. A truck convoy follows the tank. (World War II period).
Gold and silver bars loaded onto U.S. 1st Cavalry Division trucks under supervision of U.S. soldiers. Basket full of coins comes out of an underground vault in Japan. The coins piled up. U.S. troops sort the coins in buckets and baskets. Coins are then weighed. (World War II period).
U.S. Army tank followed by a truck convoy passes by a road in Japan. Workers unload Japanese treasure (silver and gold bars) at a warehouse. U.S. Army soldier stands outside the warehouse and supervises the unloading operation. (World War II period).
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