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Activities of U.S. prisoners of war in Japanese prison camp in Malinta Tunnel on the Philippine Island of Corregidor.
U.S. prisoners of war on the Philippine Islands during World War II. View of Malinta Tunnel entrance that housed USAFFE headquarters. Prison camp operations within the Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor. A man works on a machine. A sign board on the machine reads: 'Emergency Equipment'. Bathrooms and shelves inside the prison camp. Men spread a bed sheet on a bed. U.S. prisoners of war are treated in an underground hospital. Medics carry a wounded on a stretcher. Sign under a wing of a tunnel says "Station Hospital Fort Mills". Patients lying on hospital beds. Army nurses seated at a table play cards. They eat food in a mess hall within the Malinta Tunnel complex.
Peacetime activities and contributions by the U.S. Army in the United States.
Scenes from Army Day on April 6, 1934. Secretary of War George Henry Dern, in broadcast to the nation about importance of the Army, in peacetime. Brief glimpses of the Yellowstone River lower falls and Old Faithful and Beehive geysers erupting in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. View amongst log buildings in Reproduction of Army Fort Dearborn, at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. A pioneer wagon; Native American Indians in ceremonial regalia; antique locomotives and trains at the Exposition. Army General Leonard Wood being sworn in as the Governor General of the Philippines. Closeup of General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, America's highest ranking Military officer. Headquarters of Walter Reed Army hospital, in Washington, DC, named for U.S. Army Major Walter Reed, who confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquito. Acting on this, the U.S. was able to complete the Panama Canal. View of French dredging equipment sitting idle in the water after Yellow Fever prevented them from completing the canal. Closeup of U.S. Army General William C. Gorgas, who, in 1904, headed the Sanitary Department that controlled mosquitoes and eradicated Yellow Fever, so the canal could be finished. View of a cayman in swamp near the canal. Photograph of George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer credited with making the canal happen. Explosives employed in canal construction. Earth and rocks being loaded into open rail cars. A steamship transiting the Panama Canal. The Washington Monument; U.S. Library of Congress; and the Lincoln Memorial, cited as examples of accomplishments by U.S. Army engineers. The Wilson Dam, under construction by Army engineers, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and system of levees being built to control the Mississippi River. The raging Mississippi River during 1927 flood. Flood victims being assisted by U.S. Army soldiers, at a tent camp, receiving food and clothing. An Army airplane flying over a forest fire. Army personnel supervising men in the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC. Mail being loaded aboard an Army airplane, as airmail service is being opened between Washington DC and New York City. President Woodrow Wilson talking with Army pilot Major Reuben H. Fleet. Mail being loaded into the nose of an airplane. U.S. Army Douglas World Cruiser airplanes in flight, returning from their trip around the world in 1924. A pilot sitting in front seat of a Douglas O-38 airplane, pulls a fabric hood over his cockpit to practice "blind flying". View of the aircraft in flight, with instructor pilot in the open rear cockpit. Army aviators taking a camera and a rifle aboard their airplane as they prepare to leave on an aerial mapping flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, New York City. Army Signal Corps personnel working on communications devices. A cable laying ship operating at sea, in support of the U.S. Army's Alaskan cable and telegraph system. Men loading chemicals into hoppers on Army crop dusting airplane. Several views of Army airplanes crop dusting. Glimpse of boll weevil, the target of their efforts. Closeup of Karl Connell, who as a major in the AEF, in World War I, invented a superior gas mask known as the “Connell” or “Victory” mask. A group of miners wearing gas masks enter a smoky mine entrance. The Army invented tear gas, which is shown being used to thwart a bank robbery, in a staged demonstration. Brigadier General Hugh Johnson, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt, as head of the Great Depression era National Recovery Administration, or NRA, is seen about to give a speech. Narrator cites him as an example of U.S. Army officers who also serve the country in civilian life. Scene shifts to cadets on parade at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
A large crowd of Americans arrive to greet Vietnamese refugees at the Harrisburg International Airport following Vietnam War.
Activities during Vietnamese refugee Operation New Life and Operation New Arrival in the United States at the end of the Vietnam War. American Airlines passenger airplane parked at the Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania. '747 Luxury liner' and 'American' written on the airplane. People gather at the airport to greet the Vietnamese refugees. A child holds a board which reads: 'May you have peace, love, joy'. Another child holds a sign: 'Welcome to America'. Refugees debark from the airplane. Military personnel and civilian officials stand in the foreground. A baby in a stroller. Pennsylvania State Police stand at the airport. Refugees being interviewed at the airport. Refugees stand among the spectators. Vietnamese woman crying. Refugees board buses which will take them to Fort Indiantown Gap.
General Electric producing the first American jet airplane engine. Bell Aircraft building first U.S. jet powered airplane.
General Electric Company engineers work on designs for America's first jet aircraft engine during World War 2. In the company's plant, at Lynn, Massachusetts, machinists make parts for the engine and others assemble it. Company executives conversing about the enterprise. On April 18, 1942, the first engine produced is rolled into a test cell for operational testing. Engineers pull down the door to the test cell displaying the words: "Fort Knox." Engineers at control panel of the test cell. View into the test cell. GE Project manager, Donald F. Warner, actuates toggle switch to "on" position, and the engine ignites. Flame seen in rear of the engine. Complete change of location. View of Bell Aircraft company buildings. Bell engineers working on design of an airplane designated, XP-59A (Airacomet) to be powered by the new General Electric jet engine (later designated J-31 by the military). Views of the Bell engineering and production activities at secret facilities in Buffalo, New York. Two Bell workers expressing reservations about airplanes without propellers. A main intersection street scene in Schenectady, New York. Pedestrians walking and shopping. An F.W. Woolworth store on the corner. Copy of the Schenectady Gazette Newspaper, with headline about 500 planes raiding Berlin. A man buying a copy of the paper.
Scenes of Fez, Morocco
View of Fez, Morocco, from hilltop. A local man sitting on top of the hill. Two men with a cart walking along a road. A horse-drawn cart with collapsable roof cover, moves along a road past a sign reading, "Route 15 from Fez to Taza" (in French). It notes distances to various places,starting with 124 KM to Taza, and ending with Fort Saint at 2772 Km. A truck is parked behind the sign and people stand looking at ancient Medina walls in distance. Farm workers are seen in nearby fields. Men sitting at tables in outdoor cafe. Empty water and soft drink bottles on table. A large open air market with various agricultural products being displayed on backs of animals, and in large sacks. Purfeyers of drinks sit at edge of the marketplace. Mosque in background. View of a mosque, through trees in a garden. Animals watering at a stream. Palm trees swaying in the breeze.
Men including officers in prone position and fire at target on a 600 yard shooting range at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States.
Annual matches of the National Rifle Association of America at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States. Men in prone position fire at target on a 600 yard shooting range. Captain J. L. Tupper of Fort Williams, Maine team in prone position as he aims at the target. Captain R. R. Tourtillott in prone position and aims at target. Rear of men sitting on a bench. Men shoot at targets in the President's Cup match. Private William Yee of the 298th Infantry Hawaiian National Guard at the shooting range.
