Launching of the last Liberty ship in Richmond, California. 'Benjamin Warner' written on a Liberty ship in the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards. A miniature model of the Statue of Liberty is unveiled in the presence of Henry Kaiser. People cheer as the ship is launched.
A Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle, Washington during World War 2. Exteriors of the Boeing manufacturing plant. Many different camouflaged buildings at the plant. Camouflaged roofs of the plant. Girls on the garden like terrace of the plant. Artificial trees on the roof top fashioned with camouflage materials. Young women sun bathe on the roof top and walk on paths of an area showing different camouflage methods that disguise the plant facilities from possible enemy aircraft overhead. Direction signs in the area show the intersection of "Synthetic Street" and "Burlap Boulevard".
The city of Toledo in Ohio. View of buildings in Toledo. Railroad trains at a station. Women near a clothesline outside a house. Women come down the stairs of a house. Cars on a street. Men work on a model of Toledo of tomorrow. A model of a congestion free express highway in Toledo.
U.S. 28th Infantry Division returns to Boston, Massachusetts during World War II. A ship approaches a harbor. WACs (Women's Army corps) wave as the ship arrives. Soldiers and officers aboard the ship. A sign on the ship reads '28th Infantry Division'. Soldiers wave as they return from the European Theater of War. Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania and Governor Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts shakes hands with General Sota.
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.
The 27th annual meeting of the American Legion in Chicago, Illinois after the end of World War II. Women in uniforms and children eating chicken legs during the event. A war veteran speaks into a microphone. A sailor feeds chicken to an infant. Another war veteran from Georgia. Photographers take pictures of delegates during the annual meeting. A navy officer being presented a memento.
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