U.S. Army soldiers guard various supply material in a harbor in Siberia, Soviet Union Russia during World War I (and Russian Civil War time frame). Copper, wool, tin, rubber and wire supply crates are guarded by the soldiers. Wide panning view of a cargo ship that is docked. Buildings in the harbor area. Wrecked Russian ships at the Pacific port, including many aground and in disrepair. A diverse crowd of Russian soldiers and civilians at the pier.
War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. Damaged buildings in a Sicilian town. Two men of Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories (AMGOT) walk past abandoned buildings. An arm patch of one man reads 'Civil Police Permit Passage AMGOT'.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines. Western railroad lines under construction in the United States. Groups of men driving in railroad ties for western railroad expansion in late 1800s (reenactment). Horse drawn wagons carry equipment for railroad construction. Men work constructing railroads. A gusher oil well spraying oil. View of a port area with many idle tall sailing ships and merchant vessels docked in the harbor, seemingly replaced by railroads as chief method of transporting goods. Close up of a masthead of a woman on one of the sailing ships. Reduction in the number of ships because of inadequate financial assistance by the government. Reenacted portrayal of ironclad ship ramming a wooden tall sailing ship during Civil War. Actual footage from 1898 of U.S. military forces unloading foreign-bought ships during Spanish American War of 1898. U.S. soldiers unload supplies and bring them ashore on beaches of Cuba. View of paddle wheel steam ship named "City of Memphis" steaming on Mississippi River. Smoke from the stacks of the ship. Tug boats push massive freight loads along a waterway in the United States. Men on the deck of a ship that is cutting through ice during spring thaw on the Great Lakes. Ship passing through lock of a domestic U.S. canal. View from inside the wheel house a large domestic waterway ship in the United States.
Early in Spanish Civil War. A sign board reads 'Somosierra, Altitude 1444ms'. Spanish soldiers move heavy camouflaged artillery on trucks along a road. Damaged fuselage of an airplane tied on a truck. Burned out vehicles. War damaged buildings with broken windows and walls. An officer looks through binoculars. Officers consult a map.
A film 'Civilian Defense' shows Directors of the State Defense Council at a meeting in Arkansas, United States, during World War 2. One of the members of the State Defense Council takes the roll call of the officials present. The head of the board meeting talks about the war situation. Officials from various departments give a brief description of the tasks done by them. An official points at a map on board and talks about the tasks to be performed in those areas for civil defense and air raid preparations.
Transportation via railroads in Russia during Russian Civil War and World War I. Food distributed to people on a train. People loaded in the train. A Red Cross sign on the train, soldiers standing and posing. Views of refugees, carrying their belongings. Russian soldiers march in a parade. Blankets transported by rail. A train on a trans-siberian railroad.
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