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U.S. Army officials discuss a wall map in the office of General Henry Arnold in Washington D.C.

U.S. Army Air Forces officials in Washington D.C. Office of General Henry Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Colonel Trubee Davison, Colonel Thomas J. Hanley, Colonel Karl L. Naiden, Lieutenant General Arnold, Brigadier General Carl Spaatz and Brigadier General Martin F. Scanlon discuss a wall map and a globe. General Arnol points at places on the map and talks to the other officials. Spaatz, Davison and Scanlon looks at the globe.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942, January
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051702
The officials of the War Plans Division discuss documents and stand by a globe in Washington D.C. (WW2)

The meeting of the War Plans Division in Washington D.C during World War II. Officials seated at a desk. They discuss some documents. Colonel Harrison, Colonel Garson, Brigadier General Crawford, Brigadier General Dwight Eisenhower, Brigadier General Leonard Gerow, Colonel Handy, Colonel Sherrill, Colonel McKee and Colonel Mc Kelvie seated at the desk. Colonel WP Schobey stands nearby and gives a document to the officials. Staff stands by a globe and discusses.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942, January
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051703
The staff of the War Plans Division enter and come out of the doorway in Washington D.C. (WW2)

The War Plans Division in Washington D.C during World War II. A sign on the doorway reads: 'War Plans Division General Staff' with a sign in the background: 'Time is short'. Staff members enter and come out of the door.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942, January
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051704
Folders of the War Plans division kept on a table in Washington D.C., United States (WW2)

The War Plans Division in Washington D.C during World War II. Folders on a table. Inserts of folders marked: 'China, India, Java, Libya, Australia, Philippines'. A map of the Philippines, Japan, and surrounding countries on the table. Hands locate places on the map.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942, January
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051705
Assembly of liberty ships at Kaiser Shipyards, assembly of airplanes at aircraft factories in America during World War II

Opening scene shows U.S. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, demonstrating, on a scale model, how prefabricated parts are assembled into a Liberty Ship, in World war 2. Closeup shows each section of ship labeled by number and name, such as, “Transverse Bulkhead, number 44.” Scene shifts to Permanente Metals Corporation No. 2 shipyard in Richmond, California, where Liberty ships are seen in various stages of construction. Views of keels being laid, superstructures being raised into position, View from interior as skeleton of a ship is being completed. Sign atop the Liberty Ship, Robert E. Peary, as it is being launched, announces that it was completed from keel laying, to launch, in 4 days, 15 hours and 29 minutes. (This was a record for shortest time.) Camera view of the Robert E. Peary, from across the yard area where she was built. A brief view of shipyard activity at night, followed by camera panning over shipyard in daytime. Change of scene to an aircraft factory where B-17 bomber aircraft are being built. Women are seen riveting inside a plane’s fuselage. Other women work on a vertical stabilizer and still others work inside airplane structural members Men assemble an aircraft engine. Women fasten parts of engines together. Engines move through the plant on overhead cranes. An engine and propeller being placed into position on a wing with use of a crane. A right wing with two engines installed is moved into position for installation on a B-17 aircraft. Scene shifts to other aircraft factories building Martin Marauder B-26 aircraft; P-47 fighter aircraft;Navy Catalina aircraft; Douglas A-20 fighter bomber aircraft; and more B-17 bomber aircraft.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051748
New U.S. Warships commence operations during World War 2

A new U.S. Essex class Aircraft Carrier is docked during World War 2. Her crew of more than two thousand Navy personnel are seen boarding with all their gear. Next the entire ship’s company is seen on deck for her commissioning ceremony. A large American flag flies over the assembly. The carrier moves away from the dock, and is then seen out in the water, as some sailors on the dock wave their hats. Scene shifts to the USS Alabama (BB-60) at sea in her final sea trials. View from her bridge overlooking her triple 16-inch guns. Another look at the guns from portside forward deck. Sailors on deck in cold weather gear, perform lookout duties with binoculars. Another glimpse of the 16-inch guns. View of bow wave and wake at the stern

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051751
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