Passengers jam a train at an open air railway platform in China. Many sit, together with their belongings, on roof of the train. Some persons on the station offer to sell food to occupants of the train. Change of scene shows Soviet Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov, advisor to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, having an amicable conversation with a Chinese Major General and his aide in World War II.(The latter has injury to his nose.) Next, several Russian troops are seen standing guard in unkempt town square, containing a monument. They appear unsettled by the presence of the cinematographer. Building in background flies Soviet flag and has large picture of Stalin on it. Views are shown of a modern building with drive up ramp to entrance (airport terminal?) and then of a stylish train station displaying Chinese (KMT) and Soviet flags and pictures of Lenin and Stalin. ( Glimpse of a tall white monument with a Soviet T-34 tank on top, followed by another view of the train station.) Next a corner building in the city is seen with Armed Chinese guards protecting sacks of food supplies piled up next to it. A Chinese officer walks past the guards and into the building. View of car and pedestrians on a dusty city street. More views of the Chinese guards and foodstuffs. (Note 1: The images seen here are mixed in place and time, including 1941 and 1945..) (Note 2: Soviet Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov was recalled from China at end of 1941, and placed in command of the Soviet 62nd Army responsible for the defense of Stalingrad.)
Procedures for rotating U.S. Army Air Force airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation (R&R) during World War 2. A finance officer (Captain) is seen at 127th Replacement Battalion site in Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England, He is converting currencies for U.S. Army soldiers returning to the United States. Numbers on the helmets of some enlisted men designate their location of stay in the U.S.A. during the leave period. Fliers carry their belongings as they walk to the local train station at Balshaw Lane & Euxton railroad station close to Washington Hall. U.S. Commanding Officer, Colonel William A. Gail stands nearby to see them off. They wave and cheer as they stand on the train platform. A steam locomotive arrives pulling passenger cars. The fliers board and the train pulls away. Some of the men wave from the train windows, and several civilian women wave from the opposite platform. Colonel Gail waves goodbye to them. View of the locomotive drive wheels. View of train speeding along the tracks. Title reads: "Next Stop USA." Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
Training of U.S. Army infantrymen in the United States. A newspaper headline reads ' infantrymen arrive in France'. The infantrymen are taught to advance on a battlefield. Recruits in New York's Rainbow Division are seen marching in the mud, at Camp Mills, Long Island, They undergo physical training at the camp. They learn to fire rifles and dig trenches. They inhabit a tent city at the camp. Scenes of Rainbow Division soldiers on a chow line at Camp Mills. After basic training, the soldiers board ships and trains for France. Loved ones give them a sendoff. Upon arrival in France, they are given a warm welcome.They resume training in France, until they are ordered to the Front. Scenes of U.S. infantry in trenches wearing gas masks and firing rifles. Tanks advancing across the trenches. View of the 7th Regiment World War I memorial statue in Central Park, New York City.
Jewish refugees arrive in Haifa, Palestine during World War II. Jewish refugees in front of a train. The train is to take them to the disembarkation point and then to Palestine internment camp at Athlit. The train reaches and stops in Athlit. Members of Jewish agency stand along a road in front of the train. The refugees get off the rail cars. A sick person is helped by two nurses. A sick person on a stretcher is placed in an ambulance. The first column of the refugees leaves the station at Athlit and walks toward the quarantine camp. In the background is the sea and and nearer is the train which brought them. Palestinian and British police count the refugees on their entry into the camp.
U.S. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) recruits who elect to leave after training are discharged at Army processing centers in the United States during the Great Depression. Army officers look on as train arrives. CCC recruits wave from train windows. Recruits leave train. They sign document at desk. CCC recruits are issued discharge letters. Recruits walk back toward train. Group of CCC recruits pose for a photograph. Recruits stand in formation that form 'CCC'.
Coal mining in the United States. Loaded railroad coal cars. The coal cars leave coal fields for a freight yard. The coal cars moving on a railroad track. Views of steam locomotives moving forward. Many views seen from point of view on top of train cars while the railroad train is moving. Miners aboard the coal cars. A coal freighter with a tugboat. The freight train on a railroad track. People pick up coal from near the track. Point of view (POV) shot from atop a train car as the moving railroad train goes across a snow-covered countryside.
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