The United Service Organizations (USO) of the United States during World War 2. Recovering soldiers learn arts and crafts at a Port Moresby hospital (New Guinea) with support from the American Red Cross. A man works on a leather craft machine. A man cuts a wooden plank while learning carpentry. Men make paintings and sculptures. Two men read. A man writes a letter. Men play cards.
Damaged buildings in Manila, Philippines towards the end of World War II. The Spanish-era bronze statue of Queen Isabel II stands with Malate Church (2000 Del Pilar St, Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila) in the background. A damaged monument in Manila. Filipino women collect wood. They carry the wood in baskets and in their hands. The damaged gothic-arched Methodist Church of Manila in Ermita. An uprooted tree. A building in the background. Ruins of the art deco Jai Alai building (Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila). Women carry wood as they walk on a road. Vehicles drive past them. A damaged building. A silhouetted tree.
African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations including war material production at factories and manufacturing. A sign reads ' Prairie View College' (Present day Prairie View A&M University, 100 University Dr, Prairie View, TX 77446) in Prairie View, Waller County, Texas. College campus with students milling about. Students at an agriculture class learn to maintain farm equipment, animal husbandry. African American students work in forges and machine shops making vital parts for the war effort in World War 2. They work on machines helping to meet war production worker manpower requirements. A building at the Howard University (2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059) in Washington DC. Students in a mechanical design class learn to make designs of tanks, guns, and other war equipment. Students in a meteorological class study celestial navigation to guide airplanes. Students in a laboratory study the chemistry of a powder. At Howard University medical school students being taught the use the gravity of blood plasma in the battlefield by noted pioneer in blood plasma, Charles R. Drew. At the Howard University College of Liberal Arts, students learn the economics of war. An African American professor teaches a class on Industrial Accounting.
A promotional documentary about fight against poverty in East Harlem, New York City. African American scouts with American boy scouts as a result of mobilization. African American boy scouts do push ups. A boy gets into a sleeping bag. Boys exercise and practice fencing as they fight with swords. Activity of City Mission Society Cadet Corps. African America boys play musical instruments, including percussion steel pans, drums, and bongos, during a practice. An African American woman performs a native dance at an afro arts culture center to bring artists and audiences together. Men beat drums as the woman performs.
Life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Several neon signs outside gambling houses glow in the dark at night during the early 1950s. A sign reads "Pioneer Club." Above it is neon art of a cowboy with a moving arm that waves up and down. Another sign at a casino reads "Golden Nugget gambling hall." A sign reads "Gambling." Another sign reads "Hotel Last Frontier" and others include "Thunderbird Hotel" and "Hotel Apache."
A salt mine in Merkers, Germany. A sign in German outside the salt mine. An American soldier guards the gates of the mine. One hundred tons of Nazi gold bullion, jewels, stolen paintings and art, silver and currency discovered at the mine. Soldiers look at silver spoons, gold bullion and rare and expensive paintings. Bags full of currency from European countries. Two million dollars of American currency in boxes. Cash bags piled up at the mine.
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