The 71st Infantry Regiment of the 44th Division, New York / New Jersey National Guard arrive at a Fort Dix, N.J. for training. Guardsmen and new recruits coming out of train at railroad station. They march towards the camp. They are seen erecting tents and setting up a complete camp on the field. Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, First Army commander, in glasses, wearing campaign hat, and Major General Clifford R. Powell, 44th Division commander, wearing garrison cap, pose in front of the Fort Dix Officers Club. Soldiers taking their belongings to the tents. KPs and mess attendant peel potatoes for a meal. One soldier sets up as a barber and shaves others. After camp is set up, some soldiers are seen resting on cots inside their tents. (World War II period).
CARE representative speaks at a Somerset County, New Jersey 4H club. CARE 'Self Help' information cards shown to children. Presentation cards of CARE 4H clubs and CARE 'Self Help' project shown to children. One boy wears a 'Camp Morris' T-shirt. Children at 4H club camp promoting CARE projects. Man talks to girl at Somerset County 4H club CARE 'Self Help' booth. In New York, children dressed on Halloween in Orientalized Asian character costumes. A girl wears a kimono and a black masquerade mask. Two children are dressed as Thai puppets. A boy in the group appears to be dressed to mock deceased Imperial Japanese Army General Hideki Tojo. The children ask for CARE donations. One child is dressed as a Thai CARE relief box.
Fire in New Jersey. The riverfront across the Hudson from New York City catches fire. Firemen work to control the fire. Ship at river. Men on the ship work to control the fire.
Loads of timbers stacked at Fort Dix in New Jersey, USA. Wooden planks stacked and stored in the yard. Men at work in the background, building encampments to receive World War II draftees and new recruits for training.
German zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) flies over New York City. Manhattan skyscraper buildings seen below airship. Hindenburg hovers over destination, Lakehurst., New Jersey. Passengers watch from Hindenburg windows. Hindenburg crashes in flames and settles to earth. Men run towards the burning zeppelin to assist survivors. Smoke rises. Men stand around remains of the zeppelin.
Aerial views of the wreckage of German Zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) that crashed and burned while attempting to land at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Ambulances and other vehicles. Navy inspection board members walk around the zeppelin. Remains of the airship lying on ground. Ambassador of Germany Hans Luther walks down stairs and poses. Injured passenger being put into ambulances and transported From Lakehurst to major hospitals in New York City. Unharmed crew members at officer's mess of Naval station. Youngest crew member,13 year old Werner Franz, cabin boy on the Hindenburg, poses. U.S. Navy Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, head of the Naval Station being questioned by official from investigating committee of Bureau of Air Commerce Board. Inspection committee members seated.
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