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Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby is the first commanding officer of Women's Army Corps in the United States.

Women's Army Corps in the United States. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, created in 1942 is converted to WAC (Women's Army Corps) in 1943. A WAC carries a cake. 'WAAC' written on the cake. A WAC walks outside a building. Several men stand and talk. The WACs parade on a field. A United States flag. Duties performed by WACs. Women work as mechanics and handle complicated equipment. They take photographs through cameras. The U.S. Capitol building in view. U.S. Army General George Marshall and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Stimson. Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby is the first commanding officer of WAC. A dramatization depicts recruitment and induction of WAACs. A sign reads 'WAAC, information and recruiting'. A woman appears in an interview. The women undergo physical examination and are then recruited. WAACs undergo a training. They perform physical exercises and swim. Several WACs go to specialization classes. WACs cook food. A woman receives an award for her husband's bravery during World War II.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054491
Network of United States Veterans Administration offices serving veterans of World War 2

United States Veterans Administration's role for the war veterans of World War II. War veterans of World War 2 exit a separation center building with smiles on their faces, holding up discharge papers in 1945 at the end of World War 2. Veterans at United States Veterans Administration office. A map of United States depicts the 13 cities in which the Veterans Administration offices have been set up. Map of U.S. depicts the network of Veterans administration offices and traveling Veterans Administration representative locations across the United States. A traveling V.A. representative enters the "John Dyson" grocery, feed, fertilizer, and general store in a small town. Sign outside the building reads "Attention Veterans" and describes the weekly visit scheduled at that location.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058766
United States 9th Army troops and equipment cross the Rhine River in Europe during World War II.

A 1976 training film in the United States details the role of Combat Military Police of the United States Army in supporting river crossing during war. A member of U.S. Military Police looks through binoculars on a hillside while the division advances on a training battlefield. Rest of clip shows actual footage from World War 2: U.S. 9th Army troops cross the Rhine River in Europe in 1945 during World War II. Equipment and U.S. Army soldiers cross the river. Landing crafts and barges across the Rhine River. The troops disembark from landing crafts at the river bank. A pontoon bridge is built by men. An MP directs traffic of vehicles and other equipment along the bridge.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061446
Promotion of war bonds in the United States during World War II.

A film titled 'What If They Quit' dramatizes promotion of war bonds in the United States during World War II. A man carries a box walks out of a building. He tries to convince a man named Joe who thinks that he cannot afford to buy war bonds anymore. Workers work in factories and on an assembly line contributing to war effort. A U.S. Task Force underway at sea. U.S. Marines hitting Pacific island beaches. Naval bombardment on sea waters. U.S. WACs (Women's Army Corps) parade in formation. U.S. troops advance on a beach under heavy fire. The man on the street convinces Joe to buy war bonds and says that if American troops can afford to fight then American citizens can also afford to buy bonds.

Date: 1944, January 3
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061501
U.S. Army Tactical nuclear weapons and preparations for Atomic Exercise Desert Rock VI at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Proving Grounds in 1955

United States Army cameraman seen recording Nike missile launch. Atomic cannon fires shell creating atomic explosion and classic mushroom cloud in the distance. Army troops carried to a field by Sikorsky YH-19 helicopters. U.S. infantry climb a hill firing their rifles. U.S. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen narrates the film. He speaks about the role of the soldier in the United States Army. Scientists inside a control room during a rocket launch. A rocket launch in the United States. Rocket tracker and telescope move to the rocket’s direction. Cameramen taking footage of rocket launch. Jet propulsion with rocket. A V2 rocket launch. A jet explodes after launching. A nuclear bomb explosion. A missile takes off. Devices and people track missile takeoff. A rocket launches from a ship. Midair explosion after a rocket hits a target aircraft.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061659
A mixture of scenes showing U.S. airborne operations at various places and times. The Army Parachute Team skydiving.

USAF C-123 transport aircraft lined up on airfield ramp. U.S. airborne troopers lined up and boarding several USAF C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. A jeep driving into a U.S. Army H-37 Mojave helicopter. Truck with supplies driving into rear of a C-130 transport. C-130 taking off. Formation of C-130 aircraft carrying airborne troops. Cabin of a C-47 transport aircraft with top (green)jump light illuminated. U.S. paratroopers jumping from the C-47 employing static lines attached to fixed cable in the aircraft. Parachutes seen behind the aircraft. view from ground of paratroopers jumping from formations of C-47 aircraft. U.S. paratroopers jumping from C-130 aircraft. C-130, tail number 56-0842, seen in flight, with a skid of supplies being pulled from its tail cargo door by a parachute. Side view of jeep dropping out of plane pulled by parachute. Numerous views of paratroopers descending with parachutes open. Troopers on the ground carrying bazookas and rifles. A U.S. Army AT-19 in flight, with members of the Army Parachute Team jumping from it to research tactical aerial maneuvers.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061690