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General Ira Eaker being awarded a medal by Russian Ambassador Bogomolov in Europe during World War II.
General Ira Eaker receives Russian decoration from the Russian ambassador in Europe during World War II. Russian Ambassador M. Alexander Bogomolov and his wife Lydia in front of a U.S. Army Air Forces C-27 aircraft. General Jacob L. Devers and General Ira C. Eaker greets Russian officials as they get off a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft. Mrs. Bogomolov and a WAC ( Women's Army Corps) Captain talk. They walk towards a staff car. Nose of C-47 in the background. Army officers with ambassador Bogomolov including General Ira Eaker. He talks to Mr. And Mrs. Bogomolov. Wac Captain and Russian staff in club patio of General's campsite. Ambassador Bogomolov reads citation and then pins up a medal onto General Eaker.
Views of London, England, when it is filled with Allied military personnel during World War II. Various organizations supporting the Allied military in the city.
American troops are seen boarding a transport ship in the opening scene, heading for the war front in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of the ship leaving the dock in the United States. Closeup of soldiers on deck looking back as they depart. Glimpse of upper deck of the ship completely filled with soldier passengers. Soldiers in their multi-bunk rooms aboard ship. Soldiers on ship's deck wearing life preservers. An impromptu band of soldier musicians entertains the troops. Others pass the time in card games,and sharing letters from home. Next, soldiers are seen watching as the troop ship arrives in Liverpool, England. A British army band plays to welcome them. View from the ship of American soldiers descending a gangplank to the Liverpool dock, where U.S. army trucks and an ambulance awaited them. Sailors, and a Women's Army Corp (WAC) Sergeant, feed pigeons on dock. One sailor poses with a small English girl. Film shifts to scenes of wartime London which occupy the remainder of the film. Several U.S. Army officers walk along a London sidewalk A British woman army sergeant and a local policeman. An English Bobbie (police officer with tall helmet) poses for the camera with several sailors and an American WAC Sergeant. U.S. soldiers and Military police (MPs) posing in front of a shop with U.S. Marine Corps logo on the window. Street scene with U.S. soldier walking past a sign reading: "USA cars, No Entry." More street scenes showing various British military and police in the city. A sign reading, "American Red Cross Services for Women." Another sign reading, "A uniformed Red Cross woman. Sign identifying the "Yugoslav Relief Society" headquarters. Canadian soldiers near the headquarters of the "RCAF Overseas." A Norwegian sailor with cap reading,"Norske Marine." Street sign pointing toward :"Canadian Red Cross and Maple Leaf Club." Headquarters of the "Newfoundland Caribou Club." Uniformed women from a Canadian province. Three Canadian soldiers lighting cigarettes. A local park in the background. Sign above "Merchant Navy Comforts Club." Sign reading: "St. Columbia Catholic Services Club." An Australian soldier walking on the sidewalk. Two uniformed women consulting a guide book with two American MPs. A Scottish soldier wearing a kilt accompanying a woman. Brief glimpses of various Allied soldiers from the British Commonwealth. British soldier wearing a busby hat. "Lion Services Club" sign with lion image. "Armoured Royal Corps Club" sign. "New Zealand Forces Club.""United Nations' Forces' Club."
U.S. Women Army Corps march, and woman work in war production factories in World War 2 in the United States.
Contribution of U.S. women in the war effort in the United States during World War 2. U.S. troops fire a camouflaged artillery. Aircraft parked in a line. The aircraft take off one after the other. The aircraft in flight. A woman Marine looks through binoculars. Another Marine stands beside her. A ship underway in the background. The women Marine looks into documents. The members of the U.S. Women Army Corps (WAC) at work. Women war production workers in war production factories and machining factories make tools to help with the war effort. A woman worker operates industrial equipment. American soldiers carrying supplies embark a ship. Animated map shows the location of Berlin and Tokyo. The women walk in a group. A woman speaks to a man at an office. The Women Army Corps (WAC or WACC) march on a street. Buildings in the background. Narrator asks women to join the war effort as war workers or by joining the armed forces. The women march. The troops fire guns. Smoke rises due to explosion. The areas where women are needed.
African American recruits in U.S. Army are issued uniforms and begin basic training in World War II
African American recruit sits in a chair with feet on a measuring device. A sergeant gives him a pair of shoes. But before he wears them the Sergeant tells him to stand, in the measuring device, holding two 20 pound weights. He then tells him to put on the shoes and go into the next room, where other African American recruits are lined up. They are instructed to remove all civilian clothes and begin dressing in army clothing. Next, completely dressed in their army uniforms, the recruits carrying duffel bags as they leave the snow-covered camp to board a train. Views of steam locomotives pulling trains in various places in the country. A convoy of army trucks carrying the new soldiers into a military base. The trucks park side-by-side in a line and the soldiers jump out with their gear to begin their basic training. A sergeant instructing the new soldiers on how to make a bed and other responsibilities. The new African American soldiers assembled in formation outside their barracks, on the snow, practicing close order drill, and making mistakes in the process. Next they are seen in a cross country march, carrying rifles. they take a 10-minute break. Soldiers in an infirmary, being visited by army doctors and African American nurses. Newly recruited soldiers being tended in an army dental clinic by African American dentists and hygienists. Soldiers shooting rifles on a firing range. Targets moving up and down on the range. Soldiers participating in sports, including football, baseball, boxing, and ping pong. A woman in the base library reading poetry aloud from a book entitled: "An Anthology of American African American Literature." African American members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) are seen at another base, engaged in close order drill. Next these WACs are seen driving and riding in jeeps over rough terrain. A soldier shines his shoes, on Saturday night. African American soldiers and women dancing to music from an orchestra. The soldiers performing calisthenics in the open air. Rifles are held in some of the exercises. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
General de Gaulle with other military officials and Bishops at a Church in France.
French military police with motorcycles stand near a crowd of French civilians outside a church in France near the end of World War 2. U.S. Army personnel with handheld cameras take pictures of services. Parisian girl standing with a U.S. Army soldier. Military Police lined up in front of the cathedral entrance. Bishops emerge from the church. General de Gaulle leaves the church in a motorcade. French car with a military official seated inside and four stars on the pIate. French soldiers as they give rifle salutes. Church cleric talking to a French officer. Gendarmes standing among civilians and American officer standing with a WAC (Women's Army Corps) officer. British guards lined up as people emerge from the church. Guard of Honor in the fore ground. Elderly French woman and man leave the church. GIs enters the church. Russian Bishop emerges from the church and enters car. French civilians around the church including children and a young boy on the shoulders of a man.
American and French officers at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (WW2)
American U.S. Army officers and WAC (Women Army Corps) officers walk up to the Notre Dame Cathedral (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France) in Paris during World War II. A bus load of U.S. Army soldiers arrive and enter the Cathedral. Military Police (MP) officers march and line up outside the church. Civilians entering the church. French officers salute MPs on their way inside. Army personnel and civilians leave church. A USO (United Service Organizations) worker outside the church. MPs march away from the cathedral.