Japanese battleships and aircraft carriers including Kaga (ahead) and Zuikaku (trailing to port) underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Pearl Harbor. Japanese planes line up on aircraft carrier. Japanese pilots briefed. Japanese pilots run for their planes, board and take off from carrier. Two Nakajima B5N (Kate) Dive bombers taking off, in succession, from aircraft carrier deck. A Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" taking off. A formation, of B5N aircraft , in flight, carrying torpedoes underneath. View from Japanese attacking airplanes as they bomb the Naval Air Station on Ford Island. Heavy black smoke rising from the ground. Next bombers attack the capital ships on Battleship Row. Burning U.S. battleships. Still photographs annotated (in Japanese) point to the various ships targeted, including the USS California, USS Arizona, USS Maryland, USS Utah, and USS West Virginia.
Scenes of destruction at Hickham Field in Pearl Harbor after bombing by Japanese. View of wrecked planes and hangars as seen from a slow-moving boat. Scene then switches to the airfield, with heavily damaged hangars and twisted metal of destroyed U.S. Army Air Force aircraft on the airfield. Several intact bi-planes and float planes seen at the end of the clip, outside a heavily damaged hangar. (World War II period).
A tug pulls the "Lucky 7," the 7,000th Ford Liberator bomber (B-24) from a hangar at the Ford Willow Run plant. Views of the "Lucky 7," on the tarmac with other B-24s. scene shifts to an earlier period, showing a B-24 with labeling on its fuselage, reading: "5000th Ford Built Liberator." Henry Ford, in a straw hat, handles some papers with a British officer, as his grandson, Henry Ford, II, and an American military officer, stand nearby. Plant manager,Mead L. Bricker, is seen momentarily, at left of the group. Henry Ford shakes hands with the British officer. Closeup views of aircraft's engine and propeller with Hamilton Standard logos displayed on propeller blades. View of the aircraft's leading edge deicers (boots) and the "Lucky 7" sign painted on its fuselage. Closeup shows signatures of Henry Ford and Henry Ford II, next to the large painted 5000th sign. Change of scene to a later time, showing the 8000th Ford built B-24 Liberator bomber. It is labeled: "Ford's 8000th Liberator,"and displays "8" intertwined with the letter "V." U.S. Army Air Forces officers and Henry Ford,II, along with Ford executives, including plant manager, Mead L. Bricker, pose in front of the B-24. Henry Ford,II (using his left hand) scribes a line with a pen, under the bottom of the "V," and poses for the camera.
Worker operates air hammer at a Ford automobiles factory in the United States. Another worker attaches center nut and bolt. Workers clean spokes of assembled wheels using sandpapers. They drill holes in flange plate and insert nuts. Bolts are tightened with machines. Men on assembly line for wheels. Workers place ball bearings in the hub of wheel and assemble hub. Rims are machine drilled and bolts installed. Painting on rims is done by machinery.
Women workers in industrial plant with cans. Workers remove air from cans by vacuum and solder lids on them by using machines. Workers place and remove cans from steam retorts. Labeling and wrapping done by machines and manually. Meat chopping machinery in operation. Workers operate meat grinding machinery. Sausage and cold cuts.
Workers manually fill cans, remove air from cans by vacuum and solder lids on them by using machines at a Meat canning factory in United States. A plunger stuffs the meat from cylinder into the cans.
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