Italian refugees from Anzio in Naples, Italy during World War II. Evacuees load their personnel belongings on a truck under the direction of U.S. and British Military Policemen. An Italian woman holds a small boy who has lost both legs. Other refugees near the woman holding the boy. Women seated under a shed of a building. A woman and a man stand in the foreground. Men eat food in the background. Young children standing in a group . A child with bandaged face. A woman holds a child and other children stand near her. The evacuees load their belongings on a truck.
U.S. 899th Field Artillery Battalion, 75th Division near Rheinberg in Germany during World War II. Barrels of 105mm howitzers in the foreground. The troops load shells and fire 105mm howitzers. A soldier working on the shells. Several views of the troops loading shells and firing. A soldier speaks over a radio. Another looks through an eyepiece. A soldier loading shells.
The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. Marine command post men lying flat on the ground. The Marines advance across an open field. A Marine advancing in the open field. Three Marines at a command post near the top of a ridge. A tank advancing in the background.
A training film titled 'Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Automatic Weapons' describes the M13, M15 and M16 half-tracks and demonstrates the activities of crews in the United States during World War II. A view of the field and buildings in the foreground. Shadows of the aircraft in flight. A convoy of half-tracks drives on a road. A U.S. soldier takes out his gun and fires in sky. The soldiers get off from a vehicle. Two soldiers firing anti aircraft (AA) gun mounted on half-track. The soldiers move in different areas. The soldiers fire with the AA guns on the aircraft in flight. A soldier hides behind a rock. The soldiers fire guns in the sky. A gun set on a truck. The truck drives on a dirt road and soldiers fire gun. Testing of twin 50 guns on half-track. A soldier testing the gun. The soldier firing gun mounted on M13 half-track. The soldiers firing gun mounted on M15 half-track. M16 half-track drives on a rough terrain. The soldiers on the M16 half-track. The half-track advancing on the rough terrain. The troops seated in the bucket. The troops fire AA gun mounted on M16 half-track. The troops firing gun in sky. The working of M13 half-track. AA gun mounted on M13 half-track. The troop seated at controls. He moves the handle back and forth. The guns move according to the movement on the handle. The hands of the soldier on the handle. He presses the trigger. A gas engine. The troop looks at the target with the eyepiece. The circle shows the target. The power turrets. The working of M15 half-track. The troops around the AA gun mounted on half-track. A troops operates the guns with hands. The gun moves as it is operated by the troop.
A film depicting men working at a Ford Motor plant in the United States. Workers operate a machine. Several views of the workers putting the steel sheets in the machine and making different parts of the cars. The machine in operation. The workers take out the parts from the machine after giving them proper shape. A worker operates large board of gages. Large large presses in operation. A man puts a piece of molten rod into machine. Workers at work in the plant. They make different gears and parts of the car. A worker making gears of the car. Machines in operation. Several views of the workers using molten steel rod for making gears and parts of the cars.
The second annual mobilization and review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two, in the 13th Naval District, during World War 2. The first thing seen is a portion of a letter from a Coast Guard SPARS woman to someone at home. She mentions having spoken to Mrs. F.D.R. Scene shifts to The mobilization and review event on Lake Washington, in Seattle, Washington which involves some 300 boats belonging to members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, that parade in review. Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox (not seen) along with high ranking naval officers, and the First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, are part of the reviewing party, as guests of Mr. O.D. Fisher, aboard his yacht. (The Coast Guard Auxiliary identification, CGA 2444, is seen clearly painted on its bow.) It is anchored off the north shore of Madronna Park Beach in Lake Washington. Views of the yacht with Mrs. Roosevelt and several admirals aboard. A woman officer, in the Coast Guard SPARS, is invited to chat with Mrs. Roosevelt. She sits down next to her. At one point, they both wave toward the camera. Later, two women SPARS stand on shore and converse with Mrs. Roosevelt, as she stands aboard the yacht.
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