Women make dirigibles in the United States in World War 2. A woman and a man make a part of a bag of a non rigid airship. Women paint on the bag. Two women and a man stitch the bag of the airship. They paint on the bag. The women walk on the completed bag. Two women inspect the bag using a spot light. The gondola of the airship on a trolley. The gondola is attached to the bag. The finished air ship is taken about of a hangar. The air ship in flight and 'US Navy;' written on the airship. A pilot in the gondola.
Launch of two aircraft carriers and a battleship in the United States during World War II. People gathered at shipyards of New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the launch of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb seen with U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb christens the ship as it launches. Scene shifts to Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts and launching of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). The aircraft carrier slides down skids into the water. Scene shifts to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the same day, December 7, 1942, as the launching ceremony for the Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62). Carolyn Edison, wife of New Jersey Governor Charles Edison is seen christening the ship and it then slides into the water. Two boats underway in the background assist with positioning the Battleship.
Activities of Native American Indian Navaho women in the United States during World War II . Women come out of a building. Navaho women bring home cooked food for U.S. soldiers at a railway station. The soldiers take the food. A woman with her child and a U.S. soldier. Two women look at a board which tells the name of the Indians serving in the U.S. Army. Women at a handicraft shop make gifts and games for Red Cross packages. The home of a Navaho family. A close up of a Navaho chief.
Flight test of new U.S. Constellation cargo airplane in the United States during World War II . The cargo airplane moves out of a hangar. Ground crew in the background. A U.S. Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft parked at the airfield. The crew stands around the airplane. The propeller of the airplane rotates. The airplane taxis and takes off. The airplane in flight. Mountains in the background.
The U.S. Army trains dispatch riders in the United States during World War II . The dispatch riders ride motorcycles on a rough terrain. Trees in the background. The riders ride the motorcycles. A rider falls from a motorbike during the training.
U.S. Army artillery soldiers are taught invasion tactics in the Unites States. Physical training of the artillerymen. The artillerymen carry a log and toss the log. Men practice physical exercises. They climb up a tree one after the other and get down a rope. Dynamite explosions in a field. The men crawl under the fire and cross a trench. Smoke due to an explosion. The artillerymen fire machine guns during their practice. They pass under fences in prone position. (World War II period).
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