African American nurses in England during World War II. African American nurses on deck and lining rail of a ship as it comes to the dock. Brigadier General Benjamin O Davis waves to the nurses. Nurses move down the gangplank. General shakes hands with a medic and welcomes the nurses to England. In his speech Brigadier General Davis notes their status as the first "colored nurses" to arrive, and that he has read in a colored magazine that colored ambulance drivers and colored stretcher carriers have a good reputation for their caring service in the war. He expresses hope that the nurses would live up to the tradition of their profession. African American nurses move down the gangplank across the dock. They walk down the railroad platform by a waiting train. Brigadier General Davis talks to the Captain in charge of the nurses. Red Cross women hand over coffee and doughnuts to the nurses in the train and the train pulls away.
British airplanes during World War II. Two men including James Hodgson stand next to an aircraft. Pilot gets down and men board the flight. Hodgson gets off the cockpit of the aircraft.
Axis airplanes during World War II. Wrecked German Dornier aircraft in England. Salvage crew members dismantle the aircraft.
Axis airplanes during World War II. A soldier stands next to a German Messerschemitt plane in a field in England during World War II. Bullet marks on the plane.
Axis airplanes during World War II. A man dumps scrap in a hole made by a German Messerschemitt plane in a field. Civilians and soldiers look on.
Axis airplanes during World War II. Wreckage of German airplanes in England. Soldiers guard the wrecked planes. Pile of scrap. Men remove pieces of scrap. A dump for wrecked German planes. A wrecked German Swastika aircraft. Men dump pieces of wrecked planes.
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