African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations. A statue of Booker T. Washington. Tuskegee Institute campus in Alabama. African American United States Army Air Force pilots being trained at the institute (Tuskegee Airmen). An aircraft takes off. Airmen in a class. Students being trained for jobs in an aviation plant. Scientists and technicians in a laboratory as they conduct research on the science of nutrition. They work to get alcohol from agricultural products like potato. Women learn automotive maintenance skills to take up jobs during the war time.
A training of U.S. OSS ( Office of the Strategic Services) personnel for underwater demolition at Salt Key in Nassau, Bahama Island during World War II. OSS personnel lined up on the beach as they stand at attention. The personnel get down on the beach. They don swimming gear and put on oxygen masks. Oxygen valves being opened and flow being controlled. The personnel on a boat and they get into the water. The personnel on the beach as they learn to handle different types of demolitions. Men carry a pole and move into the sea. The personnel seated on the beach take lessons. They shoot pistols at targets. They get trained in operating a radio to call mother ship in case of an emergency. The personnel carrying receiver sets as they learn to operate them. A personnel works on a radio set.
United States soldiers practice the invasion of Europe during World War II. United States troops loaded in invasion barges practice a landing assault in the United States. Invasion barges being towed by barrage balloons as they arrive at a beach. The troops land at the beach as live ammunition is being fired. The soldiers land and cross over barbed wire fences at the beach. Motorized equipment being carried inland from the beach. The soldiers being trained in street to street fighting at an amphibious training center. They fire rifles.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in California, United States. Pursuit planes in flight during the annual training as they make passes at U.S. Army Air Corps LB-6s and B-2s in flight. Bombers LB-6and B-2 aircraft use cloud cover to defend themselves. Aircraft in flight.
A balloon carries U.S. Navy men during a training in California, United States. U.S. Navy personnel get into a wicker basket of a balloon at Moffett field in California. Balloon takes off and in flight. Men being trained in coastal patrol. Balloon's rip cord being pulled to land. Balloon lands and gas being let out. The fabric of the balloon deflates.
Aerial views of Allied air attack in Italy during World War II. Aerial views of an open field as an aircraft strafes it and smoke rises. A railroad train strafed, smoke rises. A radio station strafed. Buildings on a farm. Railroad trains strafed. A building strafed, a large explosion occurs.
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