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U.S. All Volunteer Army draftees listen to an enlisted man speaking and learn to salute

Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. An enlisted man speaks to the new recuits from the steps of a building. Point of view from near ground level looking up as the drafted men are learning to salute.

Date: 1970, January 18
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060250
Procedures for rotating U.S. Army airmen from England to United States for rest and relaxation during World War 2.

A film titled 'Happy Warriors' on procedures for rotating U.S. Army Air Force airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation during World War II. Several views of U.S. B-17s, B-24s and other bombers in flight through flak over enemy areas in Europe. Tail codes on B-17s identify them as belonging to the 95th Bombardment Group of the U.S. 8th Air Force. Various crew members seen at their respective crew stations aboard the bombers. Falling bombs explode on ground targets.View of a failed engine in flight and the propeller being feathered. General Eisenhower shaking hands with crew of a B-26 Marauder named "Son of Satan," with about 50 bombs painted on its fuselage for missions flown. A military bus arrives at the 127th Replacement Battalion's Washington Hall. USAAF fliers step from the bus and make their way to the receiving office. A sign reads: "New Arrivals Report to Rear Door." Among the group of aviators walking to the reception area is one carrying a small puppy dog. Colonel William A. Gayle, Battalion Commander, of Montgomery, Alabama (and later Mayor of Montgomery), poses with his headquarters staff. "Puddles" the mascot dog of the Post joins in for the picture. Posing and smiling is Sergeant Major Holloway, who has been Colonel Gayle's "right hand man" since the unit was organized in 1942. The fliers stand informally as a Sergeant calls the roll. The fliers undergo screening of their individual possessions for security purposes. A navigator has his maps taken away, to be returned when he returns from leave. Captain Baldridge, in charge of the mess,tastes and personally approves dishes from the kitchen before they are served to the Army aviators.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060358
U.S. combat fliers depart from Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England, for R&R in the U.S. during World War II

Procedures for rotating U.S. Army Air Force airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation (R&R) during World War 2. A finance officer (Captain) is seen at 127th Replacement Battalion site in Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England, He is converting currencies for U.S. Army soldiers returning to the United States. Numbers on the helmets of some enlisted men designate their location of stay in the U.S.A. during the leave period. Fliers carry their belongings as they walk to the local train station at Balshaw Lane & Euxton railroad station close to Washington Hall. U.S. Commanding Officer, Colonel William A. Gail stands nearby to see them off. They wave and cheer as they stand on the train platform. A steam locomotive arrives pulling passenger cars. The fliers board and the train pulls away. Some of the men wave from the train windows, and several civilian women wave from the opposite platform. Colonel Gail waves goodbye to them. View of the locomotive drive wheels. View of train speeding along the tracks. Title reads: "Next Stop USA." Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060361
Heavy seas break over concrete barges at a harbor in Normandy, France during World War II.

Concrete barges at a harbor in Normandy, France during World War II. Heavy seas break over the concrete barges. Heavy weather at the harbor. Ships anchored at a new harbor. Barrage balloons in the sky.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060370
Tanks and soldiers of U.S. 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division attack Venon, France during World War II.

U.S. 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division attack Venon, France during World War II. Tanks advance on a field. Explosions on a field in the background. A soldier is crouched. Civilians look on. The M4 and M4A1 medium tanks roll past burning homes and wreckage. French troops search surrendering German soldiers. The soldiers on the field. Smoke billows up due to explosions. The soldiers on the field talk to a wounded German soldier. A German soldier runs across an open field waving a white shirt in surrender. A soldier atop a new M4A1(76) Sherman tank fires a rifle. A tank fires across the field. A German soldier surrenders to U.S. soldiers.

Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060378
Allied soldiers shave, bathe and change clothing at a company rest area in Carentan, France.

Allied troops at a company rest area on the Periers front below Carentan in Normandy, France during World War II. A soldier fills a container with water. Infantrymen are issued shoes and new equipment. The soldiers in the rest area shave, bathe and change clothing.

Date: 1944, July 12
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060388