Typhus epidemic strikes the city of Naples during World War II. Members of American Typhus control crew give DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) dustings to prisoners in a local jail. An ambulance moves out of a 'Delousing Service Depot' in Naples. Dusting crew on a rail road car. Crew from U.S. flying squadrons delouse children. Booster shots are given to U.S. military personnel. A policeman and a civilian. A chart shows the number of patients before delousing and vaccination and the fall in the number of patients after delousing and vaccination. Italian people and children on streets. Views of happy children. A boy turns the large wheel on a hand cranked barrel piano (precursor to the player piano) in the street to make it play music. Various views of Naples.
Fliers from U.S. bomber crews take leave at 127th Replacement Battalion site Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England while awaiting final orders to return home, during World War 2. A sign reads 'Special Service Office'. An officer checks out a tennis racquet.On a comical note, the staff hand one flier a live dog, that he carries away. One flier obtains a pair of dice. A group of fliers plays volleyball. One flier works out on a heavy bag with boxing gloves, while another practices gymnastics on a pair of rings. An officer in uniform pitches a baseball from the mound. A group of American fliers, on tour of nearby towns, leaves a parish church to continue on their tour. The Rector waves to them from the church. Expert British guides accompany the group. The group is seen looking at a rebuilding project, and walking in a major city.
French civilians greet Allied troops after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. A crowd of French civilians in Latin Quarter section greets Allied troops entering the city. A French man flashes a “Victory” gesture. A soldier on a Jeep takes pictures. Crowds of French civilians making “V for Victory” hand gesture.
General Jacques Philippe Leclerc of Free French Forces and French troops enter Paris during World War II. Tanks pass along a road in Rambouillet. General Jacques Philippe Leclerc of Free French Forces speaks to a crowd in the city. French civilians along a road. German prisoners are marched on a street.
Brooklyn borough of the New York City. Railroad yards at waterfront, with ships in background. Tugboat pulling a loaded barge along a canal. Exteriors of Brooklyn Borough Hall. Main gates of Brooklyn College. Exteriors of Plymouth Church of Pilgrims in Brooklyn Heights. Henry Ward Beecher statue at the church, including images of two slave girls crouching at its base. Steeples and domes of various houses of worship. View of cemetery with bust of Horace Greely among the stones and statuary.
Brooklyn borough of the New York City. Traffic along Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. Pedestrians cross road. Shops and sidewalk displays in commercial district. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk. Frankfurter and corned beef sandwich stand on corner of Pitkin Avenue, featuring Brooklyn Dodgers Sandwich for 15 cents. Outdoor market along curb of street. Customers buying fresh fish.
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