SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve) in the United States, during World War 2. Uniformed women in the U.S.Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) step from a bus in a major city with skyscrapers. Two of them are seen standing next to a Coast Guard officer, who appears to write them local passes. Two SPARS women operate telephone switchboards.SPARS
Three Uniformed women in the U.S.Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) arrive at the entrance of a Coast Guard Station, during World War 2. The station includes a light house. Next, a Coast Guardsman explains the light to them as they stand on a platform at its top. Scene shifts to about a dozen SPARS women boarding a Coast Guard training ship. Some of them ascend rope ladders in the ship's rigging. Three of them drive away in a blue Coast Guard jeep, up a dirt road to a waterfront. There, while standing in a boat (unseen but moving up and down) a Coast officer converses with one of them while referring to a chart. The next scene shows the three women on top deck of a Coast Guard Fireboat, where a Coast Guardsman demonstrates one of their firefighting water guns. The water pressure is increased, creating a powerful stream of water. Scene shifts to about 25 SPARS women assembled on a lawn in front of a frame building. A woman officer motions them into formation and reads orders. Next, from viewpoint, above, the formation of SPARS women is seen marching along with Coast Guardsmen in a parade.
Allied troops in Italy during the Operation Shingle Italian campaign of World War II. Several LSTs (Landing Ship, Tanks), trucks and soldiers at Anzio. Army trucks backing into an LST. A 155mm gun is pushed into an LST by a M4 High Speed Tractor. Several soldiers beside the gunr. Columns of soldiers boarding the craft. The LST backing into the water. A Catholic chaplain with hands folded. The Chaplain with the soldiers during the consecration of the Mass. The stern of the LST. An LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) beside the LST. The task force is attacked by German dive bombers. Numerous bombs exploding in and around the ships. The LCI underway at sea. An LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) loaded with troops underway at sea. A few LSTs on the beach. Amphibious vehicles in the background. The landing craft on the beach. Dead Germans lying on a street. Columns of German prisoners marching on a path. View of the prisoners wearing trench coats and caps. In Cassino, Italy : British troops fire artillery during the Battle of Monte Cassino. Small mud houses in Cassino. Several explosions in the area.
Geologists in Washington, United States. A geologist writes a note on the side of a document. A few men beside vehicles outside Aircraft Specialties building. The geologists standing beside a few vehicles on a lawn don flight gear and prepare to take off for the area of volcano eruption at Mount Saint Helens. The men beside a car assemble tools in a carton to be carried with them. A helicopter parked in the background. The geologists wearing helmets and other flight gear. Two men standing and talking. A few geologists talking standing beside a vehicle. One of them holding a document. A woman with two men discussing. The men beside the vehicle talking. The helicopter lifts off with the geologists. A man watching the helicopter.
Geologists at Mount Saint Helens in Washington, United States. White smoke from several areas mushrooms into the air during the eruption of stratovolcano Mount St. Helens. View of the cockpit of the helicopter carrying geologists. The helicopter approaches the volcano. Smoke and gas emission from the volcano. The men in the cockpit of the helicopter look at the smoke rising in columns. Several views of the volcano with the area covered with white smoke. A pilot in the cockpit. Rocks formed from the emissions and the path formed by the flow of lava.
Geologists at Mount Saint Helens in Washington, United States. Two geologists walk in the area of the eruption of stratovolcano Mount Saint Helens. The geologists leave footprints on the damp ground. View of thickened lava deposits. The men dig and collect samples. One of them takes down notes. A geologist takes photograph of the other men. One of them stands holding a small shovel.
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