A documentary examines the life of a poor farm family living on the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. The family lives on land that is too poor to grow crops. A pregnant mother serves food on a table. Children walk on a snowy mountain way to a small country school house. The children learn to read, write and figure at the school. Lack of proper study material and education is depicted. Shabbily dressed children read. Old people sit in rockers on a porch.
A documentary examines farm families living on the Appalachian Mountains in the United States on land that is too poor to grow crops and who are poorly fed, clothed and housed. A man chops wood. A graveyard covered with snow. The man brings wood into a house and stokes a stove. The man sweeps his house.
A documentary examines the life of a poor farm family living on the Appalachian Mountains in the United States on land that is too poor to grow crops. A mother enters a room in her house. Children sleeping under quilts. A man enters the room. The mother dresses her child. The child cries.
Activities of United States soldiers on the Italian Front during World War II. Film opens showing Mount Vesuvius, viewed from a distance. Closeup of a cargo ship offloading supplies in rope nets to men on boats below. A DUKW (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) moves up the beach. Next Army cooks are seen preparing fresh chickens on the tailgate of a truck. Closeup of soldiers expressing approval of the fare being prepared. Next the cooks ladle portions of the prepared meal into mess kits of Allied and American soldiers. Closeup of one mess kit containing a meal of poultry, mashed potatoes, and peas. Soldiers seated on the ground enjoying their meals. Red Cross nurses walking among tents where clothes are drying on a line. One woman is washing some items. Soldiers carry a wounded on a stretcher, accompanied by a nurse carrying a plasma bottle. A truck making its way with difficulty through deep mud. Soldiers struggling to walk through deep mud. Closeup of a wooden case containing Field “C” rations. All manner of canned goods are displayed from the supply case. Cans of food are passed to soldiers on a defensive line. They examine the canned goods they’ve received and discuss them with one another. A Colonel eating from a can along with soldiers.
Chinese and American soldiers carry supplies on front lines in Burma during World War II. Chinese soldiers open crates dropped by U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft. The soldiers lift 74mm gun parts from a crate with poles. They examine the gun parts. An ammunition box tied with a rope. American soldiers carry supplies from individual boxes.
The British forces in India as they plan for their operations in Burma during World War II. Crew seated on the airfield. Plane parked in the background. They sit near the plane and pose. They erect tents on a field. A truck passes on the field. A man examines the teeth of a pilot. Women of the Red Cross serves meals to them.
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