U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft are scrapped in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after the end of World War II. Aerial view of hundreds of B-17 and B-24's lined up on a field. Closeup of painting on fuselage of one aircraft dubbed 'Miss Lace.' Engine being hoisted from a B-24 Liberator. Many P-40 and Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 (Scout Bomber Douglas), also known as A-24 aircraft lined up nose down. Aircraft parts piled up. The parts are crushed as a bulldozer moves over them.
U.S. Navy ships leave New York Harbor in New York City, United States. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The ship sails past the buildings in Manhattan. Numerous views of New York City skyline and skyscrapers. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt sails under a bridge. USS Monterey leaves New York Harbor for Europe, to retrieve American soldiers after the end of World War II.
Students at the University of California in California, United States. A student of an apparel designing course at the university. The student designs a dress. A teacher adjusts a dress designed by students on a mannequin. Students display dresses designed by them. Models in fashion show display different clothing styles of evening gowns, swimming suits and bridal gowns.
Private Thomas Eugene Atkins being presented a farm in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Winner of the Congressional Medal Thomas Atkins is presented a new farm by townsfolk. Thomas Atkins and his wife enter the house and look out of a window. Food being served to the guests. Atkins and his wife eat.
View of an electric locomotive called "the Virginian" moving along a track in Mullens, West Virginia. Several buildings seen and snow in background. Slate states that the "Virginian" has three motive power units developing 9,000 horsepower. Electric pickup apparatus can be seen on top of locomotive and electric poles alongside the railroad tracks.
A film on the manufacture and uses of M-3 medium tanks in the United States. The headquarters of the armored forces of the nation at Fort Knox in Kentucky. A sign board reads: "U.S. Military Reservation, Danger, Keep Out, Range firing in this area Unauthorized persons entering this area, do so at their own risk, By order of the Commanding General." Soldiers aboard tanks. The tanks move on the practice fields. A tower in the background. Smoke rises as the tanks fire. A ship in a harbor. Tanks loaded aboard the ship. Men work. The ship underway. (World War II period).
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