Activities of the Army Service Forces (ASF) in the United States during World War II. Soldiers at a harbor. Ships docked in the harbor. Men load supplies and equipment onto a ship. A sign on a building reads 'US Army Transport Service'. Trucks, artillery and other equipment are loaded onto the ship. Interior of an office. Officials seated at a desk. Commanding General of the Army Service Forces Brehon Burke Somervell talks to staff officers. He walks down a corridor and comes out of the Pentagon.
Contribution of messengers during World War II. Wrecked tanks and equipment on a field. U.S. Army soldiers guarding prisoner of war German soldiers as they march. View of German prisoners at an encampment. Duties of an African American messenger at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Augustus Johnson walks in various corridors of the Pentagon building, carrying messages. He talks to an African American dispatching supervisor. He places an envelope carrying information on a rack. A sign board reads: 'Army Air Forces'. He meets a visiting official and escorts him to his destination. Narrator extols importance of the messenger job during World War 2.
Activities of civilian workers and soldiers at the War Department and Navy Department buildings in Washington DC, early in World War 2. Exterior of a building. 'Navy Department' written on the building. A crowd enters the building. Buses and other vehicles drive past along a street. 'War Department' written on a building. Soldiers stand outside the building. Soldiers and marines near a truck. Soldiers in front of the Munitions Department. Women come out of the building. Armed guards stand outside a building.
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, United States. A man and woman enter the building. People inside the building look at the Lincoln Memorial.
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, United States. A soldier stands outside the building. Cars drive past along the street in front of the building. A soldier walks on Arlington Memorial Bridge, monitoring traffic entering the city early during World War 2. Buildings and trees in the background. The U.S. flags flying atop flag poles on a building.
Men at a harbor in the United States. A ship docked in the harbor. U.S. Navy personnel aboard the ship. Some men standing near the ship on the dock. The ship leaves the harbor and gets underway at sea. Smoke from the ship stacks. Mountains in the background.
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