American soldiers in fortified position firing 81mm mortar in support of U.S. infantry in Germany during final months of World War 2, in Europe. Early in February,1945, U.S. soldiers of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 313th Regiment, 79th Division, are seen supplementing their ammunition with captured German 80mm mortar shells. Closeup of the U.S. 81mm mortar shell next to a German 80mm shell. M Company soldiers firing the German shells from their 81mm mortars at German targets across the Mulde River. They are operating amongst homes in a residential area. Explosions in distance from the mortar shells.
A technician works on a bomb rack of an aircraft aboard aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in Pacific Ocean. Ordinance men work on bombs under wing of A-7E aircraft as a man push a cart carrying bomb. Pilot in the cockpit closes the canopy of the aircraft. A-7E is being rolled on the catapult and stabilizers being checked before it launches off. Men work underneath RA 5C. Nose wheel of the aircraft moves over the catapult.
A newsreel titled 'Black, white, and cool' shows models displaying white kid gloves,white suede kid sandals and white hand bags at the Saint Regis Hotel in New York City. A model displays her black summer dress. Another model shows a matching dress and parasol combination "to avoid freckles" according to narrator Vicki Vola. A mother and daughter in matching cotton plaid dresses.
Winston and Lady Churchill, accompanied by Bernard Baruch, walk down a corridor leading to a room decorated with murals of dancing cartoon animals on the walls
Formation of African American soldiers performs series of complicated drills "by the numbers" under instructions of drill sergeant. Soldiers march down the street and do silent partial marches to the rear. A young boy in shorts, wearing a british army jacket marches beside them.. A small black dog is shown. (World War II period).
82nd Airborne Division soldiers advance along a corridor beside the wall of an elevated cemetery in Saint- Marcouf, France during World War 2. They rest beside a wall. Local residents come their way. Rubble of destroyed buildings in the background. The French residents greet and converse with the American soldiers. Two Frenchmen point in a direction up and away. Remains of bombed out rural buildings. Soldier seen near a religious statue that still stands in rubble at front of a destroyed house. As the American troops proceed, they pass a sign reading, "Saint-Marcouf." A bombed out building. A triangular sign reading,"Touring-Club de France," with "Dunlop" written below it. View, from beside a wheeled cart, of troopers resting, in front of a wall in the relatively unscathed town center of Saint-Marcouf. 82nd Airborne patch clearly seen on left shoulder of some troopers. American trooper stooped down to speak with small French boy and girl in front of a house in town. Closeup of the little girl. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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