Ford's Willow Run Bomber Plant, designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1941, undoubtedly contributed to the outcome of World War II. With 3.5 million square feet of factory space, 650 B-24 Liberators rolled off the line every month by the end of…
Getting workers to and from Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant, 35 miles west of Detroit, was a significant challenge -- especially when wartime gas and tire rationing discouraged commuting by car. Buses offered a practical solution. Public…
Refugees from Nazi Germany on board the St. Louis en route to Cuba. The passengers were denied entry into Cuba and the US and were forced to return to Europe.
This photograph taken outside the camp captures the survivors huddled together in the camp compound. Duggan captioned the photograph "Prisoners freed by the US 3rd Army."
ARC Identifier 35906 / Local Identifier 111-M-1197. Reel 1, combat exhaustion cases are brought to an aid station, Army doctors are lectured on combat fatigue, and "hysteria" cases are examined. Reel 2 describes physical disorders resulting from…
This rarely seen U.S. Navy film BATTLE FATIGUE DEALING WITH FEAR was produced during or just after WWII, and attempts to explain the condition known as "Battle Fatigue" or what we now describe as PTSD or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. It was…