A documentary film titled 'Along our Shores' on domestic activities of coast guards in the United States during World War II. U.S. Coast Guards march in formation. Ships underway at sea. A man looks through binoculars. U.S. fleet underway. Coast guards aboard a landing craft. They wade ashore. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King seated at his desk with an official. He discusses with the official. He takes out the annual report on the progress of the U.S. Navy. Officials aboard a ship. The coast guards walk on a pier. They are trained at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. They study modern warfare techniques. A sign outside a building reads: 'United States Coast Guard Training Station'. Coast guards aboard a ship. Officials instruct and train them. Men row a boat with oars. Coast guards fire guns at a target.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Ships underway at sea. They enter a port. Officials on the deck of a ship. They discuss amongst themselves. Men work on a ship. Men board a ship. Sailors discuss plans amongst themselves. Other sailors discuss amongst themselves in a radio room. A sign reads: 'Danger! fumigating with cyanide gas Deadly Poison All persons are warned to keep away Do not enter'. Men wearing masks spray the gas.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Men aboard a merchant ship. A marine inspection officer inspects equipment and supplies on the ship. Men working on the ship. The officer inspects the ship for the safety of the crew. Every structural and operational detail is obtained and examined. Smoke from the stacks of the ship. Men working on the deck of the ship. An icebreaker clears a channel for ore carriers in the Great Lakes.
Activities of the United States Army in the United States during World War II. A U.S. Army band from the 407th Engineer Battalion playing musical instruments and marching. U.S. Army soldiers board railroad trains at a railroad station for transportation toward the war front. A railway steam locomotive pulling train cars. M4 Sherman tanks are seen on them as well as M2A4 (Mae West) tanks sitting partially turned with their guns out of sight away from the direction of travel.Browning M1919 .30 caliber machine guns are seen in their extra turrets. Army trucks and other military vehicles are also aboard the supply trains. The supply train moves through American countryside. Two women seated under hair dryers converse about the war in a beauty shop or beauty parlor. U.S. troops on troop transport railroad trains at night. Interior of a train car. American soldiers read books, sleep, and some play dice. An African American porter watches the game. A chaplain speaks to the soldiers. Civilians buy newspapers at a news stand. Headline on newspaper reads "London Expects Invasion of Europe at Any Hour" (before the upcoming Normandy Invasion of France in June 1944.)
Safety in everyday life in the United States. Exterior of a house in upscale suburb in the United States. Man, woman and their child inside the house. Housewife sitting in chair sewing, and a boy child lying on the rug in a room, reading. A man working in office in another room. He carelessly throws a cigarette in an ash tray and comes out of the room. He sits with his family. The other room catches fire because of the burning cigarette. The woman calls the fire department. Firemen arrive and fire fighters extinguish the fire with water from fire hoses.
United States Army Air Forces aircraft at an airbase in the United States during World War 2. Airplanes parked. Nose of P-47 Thunderbolt. Names on the names of various P-47 aircraft, including "Spittin Maggie", "Coleen", "Honey Chile", "Ginnia 367" and "Hattie Hawgmeat" written on the planes. A man standing near a P-47.
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