WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon during World War II. A U.S. soldier writes while seated at a table. A WAC personnel approaches a shelf with books. She removes a reference book and goes through it. She checks papers against the reference book and marks information on a sheet. She then returns the book to the shelf. Labeled books in shelf. A label reads 'WAR DIARY, July 1944 - 26th to 31st'.
People eat various food stuffs in cities and suburbs in the United States, including new ready to eat foods and convenience foods, fast foods, frozen foods, prepared foods, and food from vending machines. A pigeon eats grains. People seated at a sidewalk cafeteria. Sidewalk vendors include a frankfurters and rolls vendor. A man sells food and drinks in a railway car. A woman takes a beverage in the car. Men eat hamburgers at a restaurant. Girls have cotton candy at a fair, a boy eats ice cream. Sodas, milk, ice cream vending machines. A man fills Coca Cola from a vending machine. People eat at various Automats. A man has corn on the cob. Frozen vegetables emptied in a pot. Reddi whip whipped cream from a can being put on desserts. A turkey "TV dinner". Frozen ices and French fries. Prepared, canned biscuits are placed on a baking sheet. View of hands opening a box of frozen pancakes and putting two pancakes in a toaster. View of pancakes being put on a plate after toasting and covered with maple syrup. a single-serving Raisin Bran cereal box is opened by a child using cut-out lines on the cardboard. Chocolate sauce on a dessert. A boy spreads toothpaste on a toothbrush. Elaborately dressed women eat at a restaurant. Woman sitting at a diner counter as bus boy clears dishes.
A U.S. Military Air Transport Service C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) aircraft parks at Washington National Airport, in Washington, DC. President Habib Bourguiba of the Republic of Tunisia descends the steps of the airplane and is greeted by President John F Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy. An Honor Guard in white uniforms stands in formation.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall and his wife, Katherine, arrive in a U.S. Air Force C-54 and descend steps from the aircraft. A reporter interviews Secretary Marshall on his arrival. State Department officials accompany him in a car as he departs the airfield.
Scene of a Viet Minh attack on the Bai-Thao outpost in Indochina. View of Improvised French military camp site located 15 km from Sept-Pagodes and 8 km from Bentam. A French radio operator seated at a table alongside his equipment. French troops stand nearby and use binoculars to survey the camp area. A crowd gathered around corpses. Feet of one are tied together. Bullets lie near a corpse on the ground. Fly infested corpses after the attack. A sign post reads 'Bai-Thao'. An ambulance truck makes its way past the sign on a dirt road. French Officers talk with a Vietnamese boy. A French soldier stands near an artillery piece and looks out at a winding river. Vietnamese woman rides in a bicycle rickshaw and a man pulls a hand cart in front of French soldiers in parked Sherman tank. Three soldiers look out of the tank hatches. An officer stands atop the tank.
View of the U.S. Carrier USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) underway, during the Korean War, with a deck full of aircraft. Change of scene shows Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Commander 7th Fleet, holding conference aboard a ship (possibly his flag ship, the Cruiser USS Rochester). His three star flag is displayed on bulkhead behind the three participants. Another change of scene to below decks of the aircraft carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45) where sailors prepare a 5th Carrier Group F9F for flight. They raise it up on an elevator to the flight deck. It is an aircraft of Squadron VF52 and displays CVG-5 tail code "S." A tow moves the aircraft into position on the flight deck. Crewman moves a bomb across the deck on a dolly. Sailors lift bombs up to flight deck. Remaining footage shows aircraft being armed with rockets, among other armaments.
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