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A DUKW is used to transport wounded from a shore to a ship in the United States.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. Men carry wounded on stretchers in the United States. The wounded are loaded aboard a DUKW in a wooded area. The wounded on litters in the DUKW. The amphibious truck gets into water. It approaches a ship. The DUKW is carried onto the ship. Trucks move along a beach. Men stand at attention near parked DUKWs.
American army soldiers and Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) members are greeted upon arrival in England during World War II
Film begins showing American troops crowding the upper open deck of a ship bringing them to a pier in England during World War 2. They are in full battle gear including steel helmets and bed rolls. As the ship moves against the pier, English women begin throwing scones to the men. Closeup of one chewing on a scone. After the ship docks, an army officer and a First officer of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) walk together up a gang plank to the pier. Her cap is the so-called "Hobby Cap" named for Oveta Culp Hobby, the first Commandant of the WAAC, and it bears the insignia of the Rising Eagle (nicknamed the "Walking Buzzard" by WAACs). She wears Captain's rank insignia ( authorized by unit commanders to help in indicating their seniority within the WAAC, although they had no authority over Army personnel). Next, a group of WAAC members in uniform with steel helmets and bedrolls, walks along the pier. An English policeman (Bobby) is seen in the background. A Scottish piper entertains a WAAC member, by playing his bagpipes. Closeup of a WAAC Sergeant with other WAAC members on the pier. One WAAC member tries playing the bagpipes exerting great breaths in the process.
American soldiers and WAAC members arrive in England by ship and travel by railroad train to their next destination there, during World War II
Start of film shows American Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) members arriving at a pier in England during World War 2. They are in uniform, wear steel helmets, and carry their personal gear, including bedrolls. As a group they walk to a railway station and enter it. View of American soldiers, inside, walking along the station platform, where they line up in formations. Next, several WAAC members are seen boarding a passenger train. Several Army officers stand and converse with a WAAC First officer, wearing captain's bars. She wears a "Hobby" cap with insignia of the Rising Eagle on it. American soldiers are seen next, also boarding the passenger train. A short man pours something from a pitcher, into soldiers' mess cups. A woman fills soldiers' mess cups from a large container. Sunlight shines on two American soldiers standing in the open doorway of the train. Closeup of them. View of virtually empty train platform as the train pulls away from the station.
Convoy of U.S. military trucks and jeeps in England prior to D-day, during World War II
American troops in England during World War 2. A convoy of American military trucks and jeeps proceeding on English country road. Convoy setting temporary camp near Truro, Cornwall, England. Trucks and jeeps lined up. Tents in a field along the road. Convoy being directed down Station Hill past Grammar School. At 00:24 Cornish engine house shown.
Allied soldiers arrive at a camp area and play music to relax in European Theater during World War II.
American troops in Britain during World War 2. An Army Sergeant announces as he speaks into a microphone. Soldiers get off their trucks and proceed to their tents. Some are seen at a tent where they are issued blankets. The camp is paved with walkways of pierced steel planking (Marsden matting). A sign outside a tent reads ' RCRP camp G' American soldiers walk past the tents. Other signs outside the tents read ' Operating room' , 'Dentist' . Ammunition piled up under cover in the camp area. United States military trucks as mechanics work on them. Soldiers stringing wire on a telephone pole along a road. A soldier speaks over a field phone. He wears Army Service Forces patch on his sleeve. Soldiers put together an informal band, play musical instruments like the accordion, and sing.
Women on the Warpath: American women working in B-24 Liberator aircraft factory during World War II
American women at work in war production jobs in the United States during World War 2. American women work for the war production to help the soldiers and to increase the manpower. Smoke from the chimneys of factories. Crane at a harbor. Exterior of an ammunition factory. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators under construction in a factory. A woman types a document, seated at a desk. Other woman work along with her. Women in uniforms. Women wash cars. Women pumping gas at gas stations. Women work at farms. 3 planes fly in formation. Women watch the planes in flight. Cars arrive outside a building. Women exit the cars. They work in the aircraft factory. Men work in the factory. Woman work along with them. A poster reads: 'Women in the war'. Women being instructed about the engine of the aircraft. They work on different parts of the plane. They work on a tiny equipment. Men serve food to women. Women seated at table as they eat food. Other women work on the tail section of the aircraft. The planes ready to be tested as they are parked outside the factory. A plane taxis on the airfield. Planes fly in formation.
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