'Letter from Buna'. A U.S. Army soldier writes a letter during World War II, while seated under a tarp in rain in a jungle area. U.S. Army and Army troops from Australia on the Buna campaign in New Guinea. Troops assemble at Port Moresby, New Guinea. A corduroy road is constructed in jungles. Supplies dropped from the air. Dense forests in the background. Firing on Japanese from beach positions during Battle of Buna-Gona. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers on beach and in trench positions that were overrun by allies. Thin and emaciated Japanese POWs (Prisoners Of War) sit on the ground. Native people carry injured men on stretchers to native huts. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur seen speaking with Australian General Thomas Blamey.
United States Marine hands out candy to large group of Korean children, during Korean War. A Korean boy fills canteen of marine. Two long lines of U.S. Marines come along side of the road with weapons slung over shoulders. A North Korean in white dress comes in opposite direction from the troops. Marines talk to North Korean children. Marines rest along side of the road. Korean children on the road. Korean people wave at a U.S. flag. A Korean child with U.S. flag. Koreans carry causalities on the stretchers. Marine troops and jeep move along road. Dead Koreans lie on the ground.
Group of senior officers at Camp Munsan-Ni in Korea. A sign on a tent reads 'Welcome gate to freedom'. Korean, British and United States officers. A British officer, U.S. Army officer and U.S. Marine officer in discussion. U.S. flag on the left side and UN flag on the right side of the tent. Two Marine officers assist a wounded, liberated prisoner of war on a stretcher. Liberated soldiers who were prisoners of war get out of ambulance truck. (This is during Operation Little Switch, the first phase of a reciprocal repatriation effort that was followed by Operation Big Switch in August 1953.)
Inland Steel Company in Chicago. Steel production. Several mill steel products are rolled to square cross section called as blooms. Structural shapes given to steel. A wide variety of cross section in steel. Useful forms, shapes and sizes of steel are formed. Research work being done for better steel production. Different equipment and controls used in laboratory setting with scientists and technicians at work using chemical beakers, test tubes, microscopes and other technical lab equipment.
July 10, 1943, U.S. invades Sicily in Italy. Fleet of warships underway. Navy bombardment of Sicily. Coast Guardsman observes through binoculars. Coast Guardsmen carry troops and supplies in LCVPs (Higgins Boats). LST-356 approaching Blue Beach 2, in the "Cent" area on July 10, 1943, loaded with tanks and other vehicles. A beach master signals with semaphore flags. Troops landing from assault boats. Concentrated enemy air attacks destroy U.S. boats and ships. Enemy aircraft in flight. U.S. troops firing. A map shows Italy. September 9, 1943, amphibious assault on Anzio, Italy. Naval bombardment, followed by troop assault on the beaches.
Sanitary and hygienic practices in coal mine and other mining villages. Miners use shovels to dig. A `Wash and Change House` in the mine. Miners clean themselves and change there. Several mines do not have 'Wash and Change House'. The miners use water filled in tubs to clean themselves. The technique is called 'Tubbing'. A row of children walk behind a woman. A man uses 'Tubbing' to clean himself. The children watch him as the woman helps to clean his back.
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