A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. Men aboard DUKWs underway at sea in the United States. They learn about navigation. Men discuss the course undertaken by the DUKWs. They don life preserver jackets. They head in for a landing. Traffic rules should be followed while driving a DUKW. The DUKWs move along a beach. They move in water. An officer addresses men at a beach. The men at work. They clean the DUKW. Lubrication is checked and rechecked.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. Soldiers aboard a DUKW underway at a sea in the United States. A ship underway in the foreground. Cargo handling aboard a DUKW. Cargo from a freighter is unloaded by A-frame and hog troughs. Cargo is unloaded from the ship onto the DUKW. The DUKW underway with the cargo. The amphibious truck beaches and moves across a wooded area. A man signals. Unloading activities being undertaken. A DUKW underway at sea near a ship. A truck moves along a field. Men stand nearby. (World War II period).
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. Men carry wounded on stretchers in the United States. The wounded are loaded aboard a DUKW in a wooded area. The wounded on litters in the DUKW. The amphibious truck gets into water. It approaches a ship. The DUKW is carried onto the ship. Trucks move along a beach. Men stand at attention near parked DUKWs.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. DUKWs operating at Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean. A ship underway in the foreground. Men aboard another ship. DUKWs underway near the ship. Unloading activities are undertaken. The DUKWs carry the cargo ashore. They are beached. They move along a street. Trees along street sides. A ship and DUKWs underway at sea.
Film begins showing American troops crowding the upper open deck of a ship bringing them to a pier in England during World War 2. They are in full battle gear including steel helmets and bed rolls. As the ship moves against the pier, English women begin throwing scones to the men. Closeup of one chewing on a scone. After the ship docks, an army officer and a First officer of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) walk together up a gang plank to the pier. Her cap is the so-called "Hobby Cap" named for Oveta Culp Hobby, the first Commandant of the WAAC, and it bears the insignia of the Rising Eagle (nicknamed the "Walking Buzzard" by WAACs). She wears Captain's rank insignia ( authorized by unit commanders to help in indicating their seniority within the WAAC, although they had no authority over Army personnel). Next, a group of WAAC members in uniform with steel helmets and bedrolls, walks along the pier. An English policeman (Bobby) is seen in the background. A Scottish piper entertains a WAAC member, by playing his bagpipes. Closeup of a WAAC Sergeant with other WAAC members on the pier. One WAAC member tries playing the bagpipes exerting great breaths in the process.
Start of film shows American Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) members arriving at a pier in England during World War 2. They are in uniform, wear steel helmets, and carry their personal gear, including bedrolls. As a group they walk to a railway station and enter it. View of American soldiers, inside, walking along the station platform, where they line up in formations. Next, several WAAC members are seen boarding a passenger train. Several Army officers stand and converse with a WAAC First officer, wearing captain's bars. She wears a "Hobby" cap with insignia of the Rising Eagle on it. American soldiers are seen next, also boarding the passenger train. A short man pours something from a pitcher, into soldiers' mess cups. A woman fills soldiers' mess cups from a large container. Sunlight shines on two American soldiers standing in the open doorway of the train. Closeup of them. View of virtually empty train platform as the train pulls away from the station.
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