Activities of the United States Army Air Forces stationed at RAF Polebrook in England, during World War 2. Several takes of scene in filming of "Combat America." Base building near the airfield. U.S. AAF B-17crew members conversing with Army doctor. A car passing in the background. Closeup of Army doctor, Major Nowack. An ambulance parked in the background. Major Nowack looks at hand of a crew member.
U.S. General John J. Pershing centennial in France. Exterior of the Metropole hotel. It was the headquarters of American General staff during World War II. Vehicular traffic outside the building. French and American soldiers at the monument. Soldiers stand in formation. Army band plays music. An American officer makes an address. American and French officers lay wreath at base of the monument.
Japanese sports prior to World War 2. Closeup of American type football placed on the ground and held by a player as another does a Kick off. Next, players are seen tackling a runner carrying the ball. Scene changes to a gymnasium where Japanese men demonstrate various aspects of Karate. The final scenes show Japanese baseball players warming up before a game. Then baseball players march onto a ball field accompanied by a brass band playing in formation on the field. View of baseball stadium filled with fans as a game is in progress. A batter hits the ball and safely reaches a base, with a hit.
A munitions and armament factory in Germany during World War II. Interior of the factory. Men work to produce war equipment and materiel. The production of gun barrels is seen, for large land based guns and artillery or for naval warship guns. Forging, shaping, and cutting tools at work during military buildup and re-militarization of Germany.
United States and Chinese airmen at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas July 1946. The Neo-Classical building is the Texas State Capital at Austin, Texas and Austin Texas is noted on the graduate’s diploma “Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas”. At this time the 349th Troop Carrier Group was based at Bergstrom and assigned to the Third Air Force, Tactical Air Command as noted on the diploma. Also “Air Force Combat Units of World War II” Edited by Maurer Maurer states this unit trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Film is very interesting in that it visually shows the transition from “Army brown to Air Force Blue” for the C-46s still carry the I TROOP CARRIER COMMAND insigne on the nose, with was disbanded on 4 Nov 1945 but they have the new AAF wide "Buzz Numbers" for all aircraft operating solely within the continental USA, by T.O. 07-1-1 of November 1945 and the graduate’s diploma is notating the new post-war air force type command reorganization of March 1946.
British troops at an Army base in the United Kingdom at the end of World War II. The troops are demobilizing and preparing to return to civilian life at the conclusion of the war. Scenes of happy British soldiers congratulating one another. Officers shake hands with the troops. An officer speaks with a South East Asian soldier. A group of British soldiers offer a hip hip hooray cheer. Several soldiers stand on the steps of a supply barracks and look over civilian clothes and shoes that they are preparing to wear again. One brushes off a suit coat. A line of soldiers turn in rifles back to Army personnel at the end of their military service.
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