War bonds being sold in the United States during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman opens a bond drive as he buys a war bond from Secretary of Treasury Fred M. Vinson. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright with Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania during a ceremony to promote the sale of war bonds in Philadelphia. Wainwright's family at the ceremony. A bond rally at former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park. In a drive organized by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, Hollywood stars sell war bonds. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt seated in a chair. Hollywood celebrities including Merle Oberon receives applications to register for the Roosevelt bond.
U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft are scrapped in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after the end of World War II. Aerial view of hundreds of B-17 and B-24's lined up on a field. Closeup of painting on fuselage of one aircraft dubbed 'Miss Lace.' Engine being hoisted from a B-24 Liberator. Many P-40 and Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 (Scout Bomber Douglas), also known as A-24 aircraft lined up nose down. Aircraft parts piled up. The parts are crushed as a bulldozer moves over them.
Allied aircraft practice aerial bombing in Canada during World War II. U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight as they bombard the ground and water targets during a mock run. Royal Canadian Air Force NA-64 Yale trainers scramble to intercept a formation of Avro Ansons making a mock attack on Camp Borden. The close-up shots show pilots getting into Northrop A-17A Nomad attack bombers. The Yales fly in formation and practice mock dogfighting.
Camouflage tactics being used to conceal equipment in the United States. Army engineers make a camouflaged net at McGill Field in Florida. An aircraft on a field. The engineers cut a tree on the field. An aircraft taxis and moves under the camouflaged net. Soldiers at a camouflage school construct a camouflaged net to conceal an aircraft. Dispersal method being used to conceal an aircraft. A haystack and a shed are used to conceal pack mules and anti aircraft guns at Fort Bragg in Carolina. (World War II period).
United States soldiers advance towards Manila, Philippines late in World War II. A dead Japanese sniper along a highway to Manila. U.S. Army soldiers with rifles march along both sides of the road. The soldiers drink beer in front of Balintawak Beer Brewery in Barrio Torres Bugallon, Polo, Bulacan (now part of Valenzuela City). The soldiers and Filipino civilians outside Balintawak Beer Brewery. A soldier drinks beer from helmet. The soldiers cross a bridge across a river. Allied liberated civilian prisoners in front of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building. They cheer and wave. A group of nurses walk. Street scenes in Manila. A soldier holds two children. Children stand on a tank in the middle of a street. Elderly freed prisoners talk to a soldier. The soldiers continue to walk. A jeep moves past. A soldier drinks water. They cross a pontoon bridge. Civilians gather outside a building. They wave. Girls walk. A soldier carries two children. Civilians and children climb aboard a tank and look in through the top. Three older freed men seated in chairs talk. Two of them are thin and emaciated from meager food rations.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A group of infantrymen swim. A Filipino native gives a haircut to a GI. A GI cleans a rifle in front of a tent. GIs relax in the camp area. Soldiers look at and discuss a map while kneeling on the ground. A long column of infantrymen, with 3 abreast in each row, walks along a beach.
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