Documentary tilted 'Rolling To The Rhine'. On the "Red Ball Express." Bronze Star medal is displayed. Montage shows a pilot, infantryman and a paratrooper. The bronze star is awarded to a truck driver in France for heroism. Railway station in Pennsylvania, boxing match in Oklahoma, and Chicago subway train. Red Ball railroad express underway. Trucks are gassed, driven through slush, and carry supplies to the war front. ' We Deliver' written on trucks. Us troops and convoy in France. An 8-tire trailer, several disabled trucks, and Military Policemen direct traffic in France.
On the "Red Ball Express." Tires of a running Red Ball truck. Wrecked truck being cleared of the path by a tank. Convoy of Red Ball trucks. Towing truck pulls a disabled Red Ball truck. Mechanic make repairs to truck at a service station. Drivers drink coffee. The convoy moves on. Gasoline canisters being loaded on trucks. Operator inside a radio truck controls truck movements. Artillery shells being manufactured inside a plant. Medical supplies, ammunition, and equipment carried by trucks. Newspaper headlines states that the "Red Ball Express" is discontinued as French railway service improves. Montage shows Red Ball Express trucks lined up at parking lots.
North Platte canteen workers offer African American soldiers fruits at train window and train steps at a station in North Platte, Nebraska. Sign on railroad coach reads 'Back Alive in 45'. Girls wave to soldiers as the train leaves the station. (World War II period).
Woman puts makers on North Platte canteen's Honor Roll board in North Platte, Nebraska. View from inside the canteen door as men enter. Women stand at the doorway wave to men on train, as the train leaves the station. View of interiors of a canteen. Birthday party held. Servicemen presented with a birthday cake.
Milk bottled at a dairy in North Platte, Nebraska. Truck loaded with milk crates.
Shoppers enter and leave Sixth Street Market in North Platte, Nebraska.
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