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The film "Action on the Homefront" was produced by Harold Chenoweth Films during World War II in Omaha, Nebraska. Like other films produced by Chenoweth, the film was shown in movie theaters.

Picture of Camp Toccoa, Georgia where troops trained in preparation for combat in World War II

Picture of Easy company "Screaming Eagles" before the drop on D-Day during Operation Overlord

B-25 Mitchell bomber with nose art "Rhode Island Red", photograph taken by Sgt Gert O. Uthman while stationed in the Pacific during WWII.

Lady Liberty stands at the entrance to east coast of the Untied States restricting entrance of refugees or immigrants.

Presumed sailor/seaman who is drowning and is pointing his index finger toward the audience.

This is a short clip from film The Nazi Strike that is one of seven films that make up the Why We Fight series created by Frank Capra. In this clip, you can see how the Nazis were often compared to the Huns in their need for conquest and cruel…

This is a poster from World War II that had a goal of inspiring all Americans, military and civilian, to do what they can to keep us in and winning the war abroad.

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware. Propaganda Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat wearing a rising sun fez, representing Japan, approaching a mousetrap labeled "Army / Civilian / Navy", on a background map…

Cheyenne River Sioux and First Lieutenant Marcella Ryan LeBeau poses for a photograph in her Army Nursing Corps uniform in 1944