A training film on causes and prevention of venereal diseases among soldiers in the United States. A diagram of human respiratory system and body. Soldiers seated in a theater watch a film. A study of the male anatomy. A diagram of the human body. An officer explains parts of the body and their positions. Examination of the organs. The organs may be contracted due to diseases like syphilis (pox), gonorrhea (clap) and chancroid (soft chancre). A diagram showing the probability of acquiring syphilis. (World War II period).
U.S. ships and airplanes attack Marcus Island in the Pacific Ocean during the Doolittle Raid of World War II. Aerial view of the island. Smoke arises from bombardment.
U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Doolittle Raid of World War II. The flight deck of USS Enterprise. A 500 pound bomb being loaded beneath a U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat aircraft and SBDs parked on the flight deck of the ship. The aircraft take off from the flight deck. Insignia of the U.S. Army Air Forces on the airplanes. The aircraft in flight over task force 18
June 9, 1944. Sand flats seen at low tide in Normandy, France. Allied forces fighting their way inland during the Normandy invasion (Three days after D-Day) in World War II. Landing craft and destroyed buildings on the beaches of Normandy. German steel beach obstacles have been stacked out of the way. A United States Sherman DD tank sunk in sand. Badly damaged LCT-25 on the beach at Normandy, with her cargo of half-tracks still aboard and remains of the first one off, sitting at her ramp where it was hit by a German shell. Higgins Boat riddled with bullet holes. Scene shifts to January 1944 when United States Army troops descend from a troop transport ship into LCT-504 for practice maneuvers in the Chesapeake Bay. A soldier operates a Higgins Boat. Another soldier directs a Higgins Boat to the shore. Troops hit the beach in Higgins Boats driven by U.S. Coast Guardsmen from the Attack Transport ship, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). United States troops carry equipment or belongings as they board ships to England in February 1944. Views of live aboard transport ships in convoys crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Coast Guardsmen near weapons at duty stations. Some troops are seen wearing life vests on board. Troops sleep or lie in hammocks in their quarters. Soldiers pass the time by playing cards, sleeping, reading and writing letters, and mending clothes on deck. Troops line the deck of the transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33), as the ship approaches port in England. Landing craft from the Bayfield, carrying troops, are seen in assault training exercises in England. Troops wading ashore during training. Coast Guard officers and sailors are seen aboard larger landing ships in exercises. Coast Guard officer smoking a cigar, as landing craft from the USS Samuel Chase speeds away after landing troops ashore. Trucks drive ashore from landing craft. Scene shifts to May 1944 and a formation of Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft dropping bombs on enemy targets in Normandy. Aerial view shows bombs falling.
A World War II film titled 'Manuel Quezon' on the death of Filipino President Manuel Luis Quezon. Buildings along the side of a street. Men wave U.S. and other flags. US, British and other flags flying at half-mast on flag poles. Past events show President Manuel Quezon seated at a desk in his office and working. He talks to his son, Manuel L. “Nonong” Quezon Jr. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seated in a chair. Officials standing nearby. President Roosevelt talks to Quezon. A document by President Roosevelt on the death of President Quezon.
Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon passes away during his exile in the United States. A Filipino woman in mourning. President Quezon’s family, prominent United States and Filipino officials seated inside the cathedral. Funeral held at St. Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) in Washington, D.C. They pay tribute to the late President. Exterior of the cathedral. Casket containing the body of President Quezon is loaded into a hearse by pallbearers. Cars passing on the street. The casket is taken to Memorial Bridge. The casket is removed from the hearse and placed on a caisson. A band plays. Soldiers march holding rifles. The caisson moves across the Memorial Bridge into Arlington Cemetery. (World War II period).
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