A subway started by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation in New York City. Passengers take their seats in the train. A woman applies lipstick and looks into a mirror. The passengers are seated. A passenger grips an overhead horizontal bar.
French officers and leaders pose around a decorated taxicab in the courtyard of the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, France, a few years after World War I. French officials surround a decorated taxicab and pose during a distinguished service ceremony. The train carriage in which the Armistice was signed, Wagon Lits Company car No. 2419D, is seen in the background (having been moved to the plaza after the signing). A French officer speaks to other officers surrounding him.
A military film report on the advance of members of U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders towards Myitkyina, Burma and its capture during World War II. Burmese nurses treat wounded members of Merrill's Marauders. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Gordon Seagrave operates on a patient at a field hospital. Japanese prisoners of war (POW) are being questioned by U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Detachment 101 trained personnel who are Japanese-Americans. Japanese prisoners eat.
Nationalist Chinese troops pass on Bhamo-Namhkan Road, Burma during World War II. Pack mule train of Chinese 30th Division passes over steepest part of the road on their way from Bhamo (Banmaw, Myanmar) to Namkhan. Chinese engineers work on a blown-out bridge.
Training of United States soldiers in Europe. The soldiers practice underwater diving in a swimming pool. They wear oxygen masks for practicing underwater diving. They practice and remain underwater for some time which would help them in times of crisis.
Training of United States soldiers in Europe. An officer briefs the soldiers about first aid and emergency medical treatment. Diagrams of human skeleton on a board in the background. Officers demonstrate first aid procedure on a soldier lying on a stretcher. The soldiers seated on chairs watch them. Paratroopers watch the procedure of packing parachutes. They learn the working of parachutes and repack the parachutes.
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