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USS Bayfield (APA-33) loading equipment and troops during preparations for the invasion of Normandy during World War 2.
USS Bayfield (APA-33) anchored off Plymouth England to load troops and equipment of the 8th Infantry Regiment (U.S. 4th Infantry Division) and the 87th Chemical Battalion. Cargo net being lowered into a Higgins Boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) alongside. Crew on the boat secure cargo in net. Several crew aboard the ship look over the rail of the ship. The cargo net being hoisted aboard the ship. Another Higgins boat arriving filled with combat troops. U.S. sailors remove the cargo net and unload two wheeled carts holding ordnance. One of the ship's landing craft can be seen on deck, bearing the number PA33-25. Crewmen work on cargo nets. One uses a wooden taper pin. Ttroops of the 87th Chemical Battalion begin boarding, carrying their special equipment. Coast Guard officer on deck . Several British vessels are seen in the water. Low hills in background.
The Americans surrender in the Battle of Corregidor and General Homma takes over the Philippines during World War II.
An orientation film titled ' Westward is Bataan' about Japanese capture of the Philippines and the Americans surrender during World War II. Scenes of destruction from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States on December 7, 1941. U.S. ships being strafed and explosions occur. Excerpts from Japanese newsreel showing surrender of U.S. forces at Corregidor. United States soldiers in Corregidor, Philippines. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright meets Japanese officers to surrender during the Battle of Corregidor. Japanese soldiers near Heam Battery on May 6, 1942. Japanese soldiers remove the American flag from a pole to raise the Japanese flag after the surrender. People celebrate Japanese victory in Tokyo, Japan. In Manila people gather along the streets as they wave the Japanese flags to welcome Japanese General Masaharu Homma. General Homma enters a building. Japanese soldiers parade as they carry the remains of the soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Corregidor. The boxes carrying the remains of the dead Japanese soldiers being handed over to Japanese women at a ceremony.
General Eisenhower delivers brief remarks upon his appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Forces, in World War II
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is besieged by correspondents and photographers in London, upon his appointment as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Forces during World War 2. He us seen pointing at a wall map of Europe. Then, with flags of Great Britain and the United States behind him, he makes remarks from his desk. He expresses pleasure at the Joint nature of the allied command, and the effectiveness of the U.K. and U.S. forces. He extols the advances made on the Eastern front by Soviet forces. Finally, he expressed confidence in the ultimate victory of the United Nations.
Members of Ku Klux Klan perform ceremonial cross burning in the United States.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members during a cross burning ceremony in the United States (possibly Stone Mountain Georgia but location is not confirmed). A U.S. Army soldier in uniform is seen at far left Members of Ku Klux Klan dressed in robes and masks move in a circle carrying lit torches. The U.S. Army soldier sets fire to a huge cross using a lit torch. He steps away from the burning cross. The fire soars up and across the cross quickly. The soldier and KKK members stand in a wide circle around the burning cross. They throw their lit torches in the direction of the cross, landing on the ground..
African American students gain knowledge of agriculture, chemistry and radio operation at Hampton Institute in Virginia (WW2)
African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations including war factory production and war manufacturing. A sign reads ' Hampton Institute visitors welcome' at Hampton Institute, presently known as Hampton University (100 E Queen St, Hampton, VA 23669), in Hampton, Virginia. Exteriors of buildings on the campus. An educator welcomes students from other countries for taking up a course at the institute. Students in a class take lessons in radio operation and construction. Students in a chemistry laboratory learn to develop new war material. Science students train to become laboratory technicians. An African American student conducts a test on bacteria in food caused by handling. Hampton Institute provides laboratory facilities for training of nurses. Students in a ground school class. The students work on machines as they weld metal pieces. A farm management course for girls by the Agriculture Department of the Institute. Girls operate a tractor as they plant corn in a field. Dairy farming lessons being conducted as girls watch a man as he milks a cow. Students conduct research on food and the importance of soybean over meat. Students broadcast programs related to research results, improved diet and raising better crop. They take up lessons in surveying and topography. Cadets of institute regiment march. A sign reads ' U.S. motor transport shops'. The students learn to work on motor parts. U.S. Army trucks being repaired at the shop. Engineering Department of the institute trains men for the U.S. Navy. The cadets march. A clock tower in the background.
The funeral cortege of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington DC, United States.
United States soldiers stand at Parade Rest with their rifles, along the side of the street as the funeral cortege of President Franklin D. Roosevelt approaches. A "V" formation of Washington, DC motorcycle police approach and pass spectators lining the sidewalk. A jeep displaying the flag of the Military District of Washington and the two-star flag of its Commander, Major General Charles Fullington Thompson, who is riding in the back with a Marine officer and a Naval officer. View of large formation of military aircraft flying overhead, seen above trees. The U.S. Marine band, marching (but not playing). U.S. Naval Academy cadets marching with shouldered arms, wearing dress blues and white caps and leggings. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States 2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in the background. A group of U.S. Naval officers watching with other spectators from sidewalk. Soldiers in leggings, marching. A Navy brass band. (World War II period).
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