Cars parked outside the flagship store of fashion designer Christian Dior in Paris, France. Sign reads “Christian Dior Chapeaux”. Women wearing African-inspired designs of Christian Dior hats outside the shop. A woman wearing a hat with a large flower. One turban is modeled with a matching parasol. Stitching on some hats are based on ethnic African designs.
Final stages of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. carrier-based airplanes land at and are refueled at a captured airfield renamed as Conroy Airfield. Bombers and fighters take off to bomb Japanese positions on the northern tip of Saipan. Smoke billows up from a Japanese ammunition dump by U.S. bombings. U.S. Marine Commander Carlson confers with an officer. Marines and tanks advance. Mortars are fired at Japanese pillboxes and caves on a hill. Smoke billows up from the hillside. The marines continue advancing. Animated map connects Saipan with Tokyo and the Philippines. The marines after the capture of Saipan.
A film titled 'Aerial supply to Burmese outposts' based on establishing and supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles at Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. Animated map highlights China, Burma and Assam in India. The Patkai mountain range is highlighted on the map. A U.S. airplane in flight over the mountains. U.S. troops prepare for a journey to an observation post. Initial equipment are loaded on a jeep trailer. The jeep passes along a bamboo corduroy bridge built by Indian workers. Second stage of journey shows equipment loaded on elephants. The elephants are driven along a jungle road. Native people are employed to carry equipment further. The native people are inspected before they begin the journey. Men and women carry equipment on a hillside.
Arrivals of U.S. Army officials at Myitkyina Airfield, Burma during World War II. C-47s taxi on Myitkyina Airfield. U.S. Army engineer Colonel Lewis A. Pick and Commanding General Services of Supply U.S. China-Burma-India Theater of Operations William Edward Raab Covell arrive in army transport plane. Generals are greeted by Lieutenant Colonel Hirschfield, Myitkyina Base Service of Supply CO (Commanding Officer). General Covell promotes Lieutenant Colonel Hirschfield to full Colonel.
A U.S. Naval training film based on oceanographic study. Underwater views showing navy diver standing on bottom, looking over a shell. Small round rock formation on sandy bottom. Underwater photographer with his camera. Underwater foilage waves in current. Diver looks over a conch shell, turn it over in his hand, as he stands on ocean bottom. Plants underwater.
A training film based on oceanographic study in the Atlantic Ocean. Water crashes over bow area of a U.S. Coast Guard ship underway. Bow of ship dips down in rough seas. Rough sea as seen from deck of ship. Tremendous whitecaps and high seas. View of sea and forecastle of ship from bridge. Stormy sea and dark sky overhead. A merchant ship is towed by Coast Guard ship underway. Merchant ship underway. Coast Guard officers on wing of bridge in ship.
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