Rear Admiral A S Merrill states his observations on the Commander Task Force 39 during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay. United States B-24 Bomber in flight. The Task Force should develop a tactical doctrine to attack the Japanese enemy. Radar shows the Northern Southern and center Japanese enemy groups in range. Division 45 pass an enemy target thinking it to be friendly. Cartoon animation of a sailor with NBC emblem on sleeve. (World War II period).
United States 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment marches on road in southern France in vicinity of Aix-en-Provence. Soldiers hold two German prisoners at gunpoint. Group of American Army soldiers marches on French street. (World War II period).
American 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment forces in Aix-en-Provence France, while pushing northward through Southern France in World War II. Group of French civilians with flags in hand, including a French flag with FFI symbol, walk near Town Square. Two cars drive past among huge crowd. Men and women collaborationist prisoners held at gun point by FFI forces and forcibly marched in public in area of Place de l'Hotel de Ville near the Aix-en-Provence City Hall (Pl. de l'Hôtel de ville, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) as crowd jeers them. U.S. Army forces stand on a balcony of the City Hall as French citizens below cheer and wave. View of Belfry bell tower in background of shot, at Place de l'Hotel de Ville. Civilians with flags in hand. Men with various handguns in hand hold an accused collaborationist and forcibly move his head. Men, women, and children gather near the Fontaine de la Rotonde fountain (Place du Général de Gaulle, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) at the bottom of the Cours Mirabeau. They wave and cheer happily at American Army tanks, trucks, and forces passing through Aix-en-Provence.
Depicts rural families in southern Appalachian regions like Smyth County, Virginia after the industrialization of the early 1900's came to an end and widespread unemployment set in, especially during the Great Depression. A large factory cog coming to a stop. A giant saw blade coming to a stop. Barren areas with tree stumps from a clear cut. Vacant industrial sites. Stream flowing through part of mine works. Men out of work, outside, some carving, some just sitting. Women and children stand outside houses. Woman holds toddler in arms. Men dig grave in cemetery. A rural preacher preaching.
Rural health care in Appalachia during the Great Depression. Nurse Amy Louise Fisher arrives at Watauga Mission in the southern Appalachian Mountains near Boone, North Carolina. In her car she passes a man leading an ox that is drawing a loaded wooden sled or skid behind it. Children and parents outside a church, part of the Watauga Mission sponsored by the Lutheran Church. Toddler weighed on scale by Nurse Fisher. Nurse Fisher gives vaccination injection to toddler. She makes a house visit to see a newborn. Miss Fisher assists a mother bathing her little baby. A dentist, coordinated by Nurse Fisher, holds a "party" offering tooth extraction services. Appalachian men and women take turns sitting on a chair on a wooden porch and having teeth extracted. View of the dentist's various instruments laid out on a table. View of a woman having her tooth extracted by the dentist.
A meal is prepared and served in the southern appalachian mountains near Campbell County, Tennessee. Group of women gathered in a kitchen fill serving plates and bowls with prepared food. Men and women seated at a table are served the food. Possibly a meal involving Presbyterian or Episcopal mission workers involved in providing training and education to Appalachian communities A bouquet of flowers on the table. A console piano behind a woman seated at the table.
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