Stretcher cases from European Theater of Operation being greeted by families and friends at LaGuardia Field in New York, United States during World War II . U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-54 Skymaster being unloaded. Crowd in the foreground. Litter patients (US soldiers) being lowered from plane. Mothers, wives, and friends kissing injured men. Families greet wounded men.
Wounded soldiers from European Theater of Operation arrive by Air Evac C-54 aircraft to LaGuardia Airport, New York, where they are greeted by families and friends during World War II. Film opens with view through main cargo door into cabin of a military C-54 transport parked on the ramp at LaGuardia Airport, New York. The cabin is configured for air evacuation. Inside, wounded American soldiers are seen in a rack of litters stacked four high. A man in civilian clothes holds a clip board and speaks to soldiers on the airport ramp. A man drives a fork lift to the cargo door and lowers two of the wounded on litters to the ground, where waiting family members reach down to kiss and embrace them. Photographers take pictures and Army officers welcome the wounded. Media technicians set up microphones near on soldier who is with a woman. They record as the woman and soldier embrace and speak to each other. After momentary break, scene shifts back to cargo door of the C-54, where several Army soldiers watch the activities below where women greeting two more wounded are being photographed and recorded as they are reunited. The next scene is in a hangar, where a wounded soldier is sitting up in his litter with wife or sweetheart beside him and a man and woman behind him. Two microphones are set up next to them. The young couple kiss and embrace. Closeup of them.
Scenes of fire fighters battling fire at the Lee Brothers warehouse at 2296 Eighth Avenue at 123rd Street in New York City. The warehouse blazes. Firemen spray water from hoses at the blaze. Two men talk to each other at the site. View of damaged fire fighting equipment, cars, and debris. (FDNY Firemen Elbert Hardman and Nelson Tuite, both of Engine 36 were operating the deckpipe on the 1929 Seagrave hose wagon of Engine 36, when an explosion blew out the top corner of the building front wall. Both fire fighters were killed and the hose wagon was destroyed.) The firemen evacuate casualties and transfer them into ambulance. Thick ice covers the building from freezing temperatures, after the blaze was extinguished. (World War II period).
Ski racers on a race course in the United States. The ski race starts. The racers ski through the race course. Spectators watch the racers. Trees in view. The winner of the race poses.
U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division advances in Sterpigny, Belgium during World War 2. M-4 tank with dozer blade clearing snow from road. It moves past damaged German Mark V Panther tank. Photographer with a camera taking pictures, while lying in snow. Across the road behind him, U.S. soldiers, in a parked 3/4 ton truck, are hit by gunfire from unseen source, and tumble from the truck,to the ground, where they writhe in pain. One of their unhurt companions runs for help, as a jeep stops near the truck. Next, soldiers are seen lifting the wounded from the truck, on litters. Medics carry them into a building.
U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division advance in Sterpigny, Belgium during World War 2. Knocked out German Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer and American M4 Sherman tanks, line side of a road. Soldiers examine them. Tired, cold, unshaven U.S. soldiers march on snow covered road past the damaged tanks.
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