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Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense. Photo shows pupils at Phelps Vocational High School class in aircraft maintenance and repair, learning the intricacies of an airplane motor

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense. Photo shows class in model airplane construction at Phelps Vocational High School

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense. Photo shows class in model airplane construction at Phelps Vocational High School

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense. Photo shows pupils at Phelps Vocational High School class in aircraft maintenance and repair, learning the intricacies of an airplane motor

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense, and Phelps Vocational School has become an important training center for workers in war plants. Photo shows young women operating a lathe in the machine shop at this school

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense. Many of the schools have their Victory Gardens. Photo shows boys preparing the soil for their community Victory Garden under supervision of one of their teachers

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense which includes military drill for both high school boys and girls as part of the physical fitness course

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. The schools have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense, and the buying of war bonds and stamps is a regular practice in the schools of the District

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. Photo shows vocational high school pupil learning welding preparatory to becoming an industrial war worker

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense. Photo shows pupils from model airplane class demonstrating types of fighter planes

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Airplanes and blimps above National Mall, Washington Monument, Potomac river and around.

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01/01/1943
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Smith, Roger, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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Aviators and Airplanes in DC

National Capital: The good old days of aviation
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal. Types in the native market. Women wearing skins as partial garments

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line at Inglewood, California, a B-25 bomber is prepared for painting. Paper is taped to those areas to be painted. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

A North American P-51 nicknamed "My Girl" takes off from Iwo Jima, in the Bonin Islands

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Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

Bedouins in Jordan and other locations

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. As rapidly as they are assembled, American P-40 fighter planes line up at an African airport, are fueled and given final adjustments prior to taking off for the battlefront

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A woman employee in the enclosures department at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation assembled the windshield on a B-25 bomber. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Mohawk fighter readies to take off at an air field in India. Planes like this one were originally build for the French and later taken over by the British under lend-lease. The ground crew stands in the background as an R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) pilot taxis his lend-lease Mohawk fighter to the runway

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing planes for their men at the front. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at the plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense, which includes child care and training. At the Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School, pre-school guidance as well as free play activities are provided. Miss L.C. Randolph is principal and Mrs. Vivian T. Turner, instructor in the child care and training classes

Civilian defense in the United States

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives washington schools war sections country curricula pupils participation effort war effort program civilian defense civilian defense photo model airplane class model airplane class types fighter planes 1940 s 40 s united states history home front library of congress