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Depicts activities of the Army Air Corps in Pennsylvania, New fJersey, and England, as well as views of crews in Italy and the South Jpacific. Show ceremonies in Washington, D.C. honoring Yugoslavian units. Highlights scenes of servicemen at work and at leisure in Atlantic City while in training a...
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1942-1945
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Depicts activities of the Army Air Corps in Pennsylvania, New fJersey, and England, as well as views of crews in Italy and the South Jpacific. Show ceremonies in Washington, D.C. honoring Yugoslavian units. Highlights scenes of servicemen at work and at leisure in Atlantic City while in training at the Air Corps base and while attending the redistribution center. Atlantic City views depict physical fitness programs, first aid instruction, maneuvers, drills, and recreational sports. Other images portray airplane target practice at the Millville, N.J. base, air training in Dover, WACS in training in New Castle, and military service by Pennsylvanians in England. Includes scenes of the jpreparation and opening of the Municipal Airport Officers' Club and Philadelphia society girls encouraging enlistment. Focus is on the interceptor command post in Philadelphia. These items show mission practices, airplanes being serviced, the control center, transmitter trucks, medical care, eating, and leisure time activities. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and |
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Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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128 photoprints : silver gelatin |