The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A group of infantrymen swim. A Filipino native gives a haircut to a GI. A GI cleans a rifle in front of a tent. GIs relax in the camp area. Soldiers look at and discuss a map while kneeling on the ground. A long column of infantrymen, with 3 abreast in each row, walks along a beach.
The United States Army in the Philippines during World War II. Paratroop infantrymen try on parachutes and adjust them. They prepare equipment waiting to board an aircraft. Paratroopers pick up equipment from long tables. A group of paratroopers with packs and equipment besides a United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft. They adjust their equipment and parachutes. The paratroopers walk towards the aircraft in a line and board it. A line of parked C-47 military transport aircraft on either side of a road. Aircraft in flight towards a water body as seen from an aircraft. Paratroopers jump off the aircraft and descend near Manila.
U.S. 475th Infantry in Burma during the Burma Campaign of World War II. Chinese and U.S. soldiers with pack mules of the 35th Quartermaster pack train enter Momauk. A long column of soldiers walks along a road. The soldiers march past two natives sitting on the ground.
A flight around the world. A globe rotates. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge bids goodbye to army airmen. The President and Major General Mason Patrick and the fliers on a lawn of the White House, Washington DC. The journey starts from Seattle, Washington. Douglas World Cruisers ( DWC ) in flight. The DWCs parked in a bay. A forest in the background. They arrive at Chignik Bay, Alaska. The aircraft in flight. An iceberg. Lieutenant Lowell Smith stands on one of the pontoons and works with propellers on his DWC. The DWCs in flight from America to Asia. The aviators are welcomed by Japanese officials in Yetorufu, Japan. Japanese children playing in a school yard. A child has a Japanese and a U.S. flag, one in each hand. They reach Hong Kong, China. A fleet of native junks to welcome them. In Calcutta, India , a DWC taxis on water. A large number of people gather around a DWC. A crane lifts a DWC out of water. The aviators land in Constantinople. People around the aircraft. They reach Paris, France.. Aerial views of the city. Mrs. Maclaren congratulates the airmen in London, England. The crew of USS Richmond cheers the aviators. The aviators board their aircraft from a small boat. People watch as the aircraft land in Labrador, Canada. The DWCs are anchored in a bay and the aviators are brought to the shore in a boat. Naval officers greet them. The aircraft in flight over the Boston skyline. A motor launch in Boston Harbor. The DWCs land on water. The aviators arrive at the dock in the motor launch and are greeted by officials. They fly over New York. A large crowd greets the aviators at Mitchel Field, Long Island. They arrive at Bolling Field in Washington and are congratulated by President Coolidge and U.S. Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks. The three DWCs are followed by an XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight in Dayton. Lt. Jack Harding is welcomed home. The world flight ends in Seattle, Washington. Photographers click pictures as a DWC lands. Major Martin greets aviators standing beside a DWC.
Newsreel recounting events that took place 25 years earlier, in 1935. Farmers mass outside the White House in Washington DC, United States to cheer U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and to support the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The President addresses the gathering from a balcony. U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner acting as the President of the Senate signs the Patman Bonus Bill. A copy of the bill. President Roosevelt addresses a joint session of the Congress to defend his veto. United States Senator from Louisiana Huey Long addresses the Congress. Father Charles Edward Coughlin addresses a mass gathering at Madison Square Garden in New York.
United States Engineers locate German Teller mines in Emile, France during World War II. 134th Regiment soldiers of the United States 35th Division move forward along the edge of a road. U.S. Major General Paul W. Bade visits soldiers of 35th Division. He speaks to Engineer officer. General Bade and officer confer over a map as a photographer takes pictures. Engineers of 60th Engineer Battalion probe mines. Engineers probe the ground for mines. German Teller mine being uncovered and engineers hook a long line onto the mine for removal.
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