Film begins showing closeup of the American transport ship, USS Anne Arundel (AP-76) anchored off shore at Slapton Sands, England. A landing ship (LCI-590) passes by her and several Higgins boats maneuver in waters nearby. Stern view of the Anne Arundel from an LCI. Closeup of an LCI pulling up next to the transport ship. Next, troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment are seen descending rope net from the transport ship and boarding the LCI. Closeup from the LCI of the troops reaching the deck of the LCI and walking forward. The number on the LCI is "88." Several views from different angles of the troops descending the rope net from the transport ship. View of the USS Anne Arundel with Higgins boats moving all around her. Closeup of LCI moving away from a transport ship. More views of troops descending from a transport ship to a Landing Craft Infantry.View from an LCI headed for the beach, where many troops have already landed. The LCI continues and beaches. Troops and various exercise markers are seen in the background Troops leave the LCI via her side ramps and join many others already ashore.
United States Army Air Force bomber B-17F Memphis Belle lands at Washington National Airport, Washington DC, during a War Bonds tour in the summer of 1943, in World War 2. Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial seen in the background. B-17F No. 24485 lands at the airport and taxis to a parking position. People approach the Memphis Belle as it is parked. The pilot looks out from the window of cockpit. The Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and General Henry H. Arnold and Barney Mc Giles greet the crew and pose in front of the aircraft.
United States Army Air Force Bomber B-17F, Memphis Belle, lands at Washington National Airport, Washington DC, during World War 2. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson shakes hands with the crew. Mascot Scotty dog 'Stuka' is held by a crew member. The crew member speaks about his memories when the craft took off. He discusses difficulties the crew members encountered during the mission. Captain Robert K. Morgan, pilot of Memphis Belle, speaks and introduces the members of the crew. The captain calls Sergeant John Quinlan as the Tail Gunner. Logo and name on the craft reads Memphis Belle and name of pilot. Lieutenant General Barney Mc Giles in the background.
Pursuit Airplanes of United States Army Air Corps. A tiny racer plane for a speed test at Port Washington, Long Island, New York. The pilot of the racer plane, Alford J. Williams. The plane in water with pontoons attached to a sailing craft in Manhasset Bay. The plane taxis on water and takes off. Aerial scenes of the flight.
German civilians in a field in Prague, Czechoslovakia. They climb into United States trucks. The trucks parked beside a street. A large crowd stands near the trucks. The civilians carry luggage. (During period of forced expulsion of German citizens from Czechoslovakia.)
Film highlights many different ways that American soldiers and civilians contribute to the war effort in World War 2, including on the home front in America. A woman works at the United States Army Signal Corps office during World War II. She answers the phone. A paper containing sensitive information drops from her desk. Soldiers fighting in the Pacific Theater. A Mickey Mouse watch on the wrist of a dead soldier. A woman clerical worker puts a file in a drawer. A soldier runs and throws a grenade at Japanese positions. A screw is tightened on an equipment. A man works on a blueprint. Closeup of hands of a woman typing on a typewriter. Women writing number codes in columns on paper, and stamping documents. A man welds some equipment. A forklift lifts packets and stores. Carts with cables and machines. Cargo trucks in front of a warehouse depot. Logistics loaded on a ship. Smokestacks of a factory. Spools of cable and crates on deck of cargo ship. Cargo ship supplies logistics to different units. Soldiers board a troop transport ship on the way to the war front and they wave from the deck. A landing craft on a beach. Soldiers run on the beach. A closeup view of a German wrist watch with a Nazi swastika symbol on it. Various scenes of United States soldiers firing artillery. Signal Corps women typing, working in factories, signing documents, operates switchboards, and pulls out a file from a drawer.
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