Refugees being housed, trained and taught in a factory in Europe, likely Germany. Aerial view of the factory and nearby apartment buildings. Clothes drying on line outside apartment building. A boy stands near tilted gas lamp post and a woman enters the building. Inside, the apartments are divided into tiny cubicles separated by hanging blankets. A woman holding a baby tends to a small stove with pot on top. A man and his wife, holding a baby in a small cubicle. The woman smiles and closes their blanket curtain. Refugee trainees work on machinery and equipment. A machinist working on a lathe, with sign on wall behind him that says something in German about language lessons. Children in an English class. The teacher writes in English on blackboard.
Rebuilding activities in the city of Munich, Germany after Allied bombing in World War II. A steam shovel loads rubble into small railroad cars. Damaged buildings in the background. The steam shovel bucket picks up debris from the ground. It unloads the debris in the railroad cars. Men watch as the bucket unloads the debris. The train leaves with rubble loaded cars. Walls of damaged buildings. Men and teenage boys load damaged bricks in a truck.
Mass movement of German refugees in Germany during World War II. Trucks loaded with the refugees and their luggage drive past on streets in region of Ulm, Germany. A group of refugees rests alongside a highway with their luggage. They load their luggage on a truck. A directional board on a street. Second part of clip is from September 13, 1945, again at Ulm: At a railroad train station: German refugees gathered at the station with their luggage. A blond German girl child sits on a suitcase. A German family stands at the door of a boxcar.
A new subway is inaugurated in Quaker City, Pennsylvania. A sign board reads 'Subway'. Civilians gathered in the streets. A locomotive moves on tracks at the newly opened subway. Officers greet Philadelphia's Mayor Harry Arista Mackey. Mayor Mackey aboard the train.
At a logging site in Aberdeen Washington, an engine atop wide train-like wheels moves on wooden tracks, known as a Pole Road (as opposed to a railroad). Carrying a full load of felled trees, the engine moves on the poleroad tracks made from logs of wood. Trees on either side of the track.
A U.S. Army documentary depicting the town of Ottumwa, Iowa. Views of the annual Scout Jamboree, with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts gathered. A large poster depicting boys in the Boy Scouts of America with the slogan, "Onward...For God and for My Country." A military band plays on an outdoor stage and the Scouts and other townspeople listen. Boy Scouts in an Order of the Arrow dance team perform. Iowa Governor Loveless addresses the group. Scouts in uniform set out signs in town for the drive for the United Way. A policeman in town. Citizens in Ottumwa waiting in line to vote. Kids and townspeople cheer at a baseball game. Working men leave a plant. Elementary or primary school children enter a school building and are seen in the classroom with their teacher. Children playing outside a school house at recess time. Group of young women entering a building that is likely a school. Next scene shows group of teenage boys and girls entering a high school building. Exterior views of the high school as students enter, then view just inside high school doors as students come in. Group of women singing in Latin under the direction of a Catholic nun, in a garden. Various churches in the town of Ottumwa. Newlyweds leaving a church. Townspeople exiting a church and shaking hands with the minister. A U.S. Army Sergeant speaks about armed services for young men and various freedom enjoyed by people in the United States. People play various sports like swimming, diving, tennis, horseshoes, and others. People watch young children playing in a playground. Citizens walking in a park. Two recruiting Sergeants sit in a car and drive to a high school. They address an assembly of male students about military service. Young men under reserve military training, parade on a parade ground and learn various skills. They clean and operate vehicles, weapons and artillery. A woman with her son takes her son for registration in the U.S. Army at its office. Another woman and her son talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant counsels a boy sitting in a rural farm field about the services and then drives away from the field. The boy rides his horse in the field. The military Sergeant speaks about the Armed Forces and the freedom in lifestyle of American people.
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