The 108th Grand National Steeplechase organized in England. People gather to watch the race. The jockeys ride their horses on the race course. Crowd cheers. Woman watches the race through binoculars. Horses jump off the obstacles. The steeplechase kills 4 horses. The Royal Tan wins the race.
African American women of the Women Army Corps (WAC) sort postal mail in England. WAC changing forwarding address on the mail. Two Women Army Corps sort letters and mail. A White male removes the bag of the sorted mail while another soldier replaces it with an empty bag. (World War II period).
Soldiers stand near vehicles parked on the ground in England. They are grouped around trucks in maintenance schoolyard. View of tents. Soldiers repair the engine of a truck. (World War II period).
Processing of postal mail for US soldiers in World War 2. African American women soldiers of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) sort mail in front of a wall of mail slots. A woman soldier tosses a bundle of mail into a canvas mail bag nearby and she smiles. In next scene, male soldiers unload postal mail from a truck in England. Three soldiers unload the bags of mail from the truck and take them inside a storage or processing area. They load the truck with re-addressed sacks of mails. The truck moves out.
B-17 aircraft of the 91st Bomb Group leave heavy contrails as they proceed, at 25 thousand feet, toward their target, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Animated map showing Plan of the Day for 1 thousand Allied aircraft in coordinated raids, including some intended to fool the enemy. Plans of attack by Allied, so-called, Blue, Green and White forces, that include B-24s, B-17s, B-26s, and P-47 and RAF Spitfire fighter escorts. The B-17s of the 91st Bomb Group are part of the Plan of the Day.
Airmen and ground crews at RAF Bassingbourn airfield anxiously await return of 91st Bomb Group B-17s from their bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany. They engage in various diversions as they wait. Flare from a returning B-17 signals wounded aboard. An ambulance races out to meet the aircraft after landing. Injured are helped into the ambulance. A dead crewman is covered. A gunner receives blood plasma. (World War II period).
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