Three Uniformed women in the U.S.Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) arrive at the entrance of a Coast Guard Station, during World War 2. The station includes a light house. Next, a Coast Guardsman explains the light to them as they stand on a platform at its top. Scene shifts to about a dozen SPARS women boarding a Coast Guard training ship. Some of them ascend rope ladders in the ship's rigging. Three of them drive away in a blue Coast Guard jeep, up a dirt road to a waterfront. There, while standing in a boat (unseen but moving up and down) a Coast officer converses with one of them while referring to a chart. The next scene shows the three women on top deck of a Coast Guard Fireboat, where a Coast Guardsman demonstrates one of their firefighting water guns. The water pressure is increased, creating a powerful stream of water. Scene shifts to about 25 SPARS women assembled on a lawn in front of a frame building. A woman officer motions them into formation and reads orders. Next, from viewpoint, above, the formation of SPARS women is seen marching along with Coast Guardsmen in a parade.
Allied bombing in northwest Germany during World War II. Several U.S. aircraft on an airfield in Britain. A United States Army Air Force heavy bomber B-17 Flying Fortress taxis and takes off from a runway. Several bomber aircraft in flight. USAAF fighter aircraft P-38 Lightnings taking off from the airfield. Allied soldiers looking at the aircraft. The P-38s in flight. A USAAF fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt takes off from the runway. Four P-47s in a formation flight. View of the P-38s and the B-17s in flight over target areas in northwest Germany. British bomber aircraft in flight. A pilot in a cockpit. View of the naval base which is a major target area. A large explosion on the ship building center at the naval base. Thick smoke rises from the explosions. Several aircraft in flight. B-17s in flight. Officers standing at the railing of a ship. A pilot getting out of a damaged U.S. aircraft which managed to land on an airfield. Soldiers standing beside the aircraft.
A winter warfare training in Germany during World War II. A few men on a snow covered area. A German General and a few officers standing in front of a building. German troops moving in columns on the snow covered ground. The General and military personnel walking on the snow. The troops fire and advance on the snow covered ground during a winter warfare training session. The General shakes hands with the officers.
A winter warfare training in Germany during World War II. Aerial view of a trench with water flowing in it. A German soldier looking through binoculars. An infantryman stooping and moving through the trench. A few soldiers moving through the trench. The soldiers preparing anti aircraft scanners. A soldier beside them with binoculars. The soldiers beside a small hillside fire anti aircraft guns.
General Francisco Franco the Caudillo of Spain attends a Roman Catholic mass during World War II. A motor carriage arrives on a path lined with troops. Flags displayed in front of a building. Franco shakes hands with officials. General Franco waves to the crowd while proceeding with the officials to a Spanish Catholic Cathedral. Francisco Franco is greeted by a bishop. General Franco and his entourage enter the cathedral. Franco attending Catholic services inside a church.
An election day in Denmark during World War II. Various pamphlets in Danish. Flags displayed on buildings on the street on the election day. Danish signboards on the buildings. A horse-bus in Copenhagen. A large crowd in front of a building. Carriages moving along a road. People walk into polling booths. Officers at the polling booth. Men and women cast their ballots in enclosed areas in the booth. An officer emptying a ballot box onto a table. Officials sat around tables counting the votes.
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