World's largest synthetic rubber plant in the United States. Men stand near a railway track. Men stand on a huge rubber tank. Exterior of the rubber factory. Workers stand in a line outside the factory. Interior of the factory and the production process of the synthetic rubber. Men examine sample of rubber produced.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek reviews United States Women Army in the U.S. She is the first lady of China. She reviews the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve) and women marines. They salute the dignitary and march in front of her. An officer near the dignitary discusses with her.
Argentine President Castillo is overthrown by revolution in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine Army revolts against the President. Army takes over the Government building. Men revolt in large number. Soldiers try to control them. Artillery on the street. Wreckage in a house. Vehicles move on street. Men destroy the vehicles. Bombarding and firing on the street. Smoke arises. Army leaders watch the activities of the men from the balcony of a building. Flag on the building. (World War II period).
Parade by French Foreign Legion bands in a review in honor of the American army at Sidibel Abbes in Algeria, North Africa during World War II. French guards dressed in traditional uniform of legionnaire at attention. Parade by the Arbar Cavalry(Sphais). French Foreign Legion troops armed with rifles march in columns. High ranking officers review the parade.
Lieutenant General Mark Clark of U.S. Army, British General Kenneth Anderson, British Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and French Admiral Jean Darlan review United States troops at Algiers in Algeria. U.S. troops salute passingt the high ranking officers. Robert Murphy, United States Minister to North Africa, conversing with U.S. soldiers. U.S. troops aboard a Landing Craft Tank (LCT). Guns mounted on the LCT. Buoy in the harbor and city of Algiers in the background. Distant vessels stand in the harbor. U.S. soldiers aboard an LCT. Black belts (light preservers) around soldiers' waists . Distant convoy of Allied ships escorted by British destroyers head to Bone, Algeria. A view of harbor at Bone. U.S. General Lee Tanks (M3) are unloaded from LCT at the shore. Men unload cargo of ammunition from a Britsh supply ship. Men handle ammunition crates at a supply depot.
Shows an air raid by German Messerschmitt bf 109 and Junkers 88 bombers on Bone in Algeria, North Africa, during World War 2. Allied forces counterattack and fire tracer bullets. Air raid sirens sound and people in streets flee for cover. Anti aircraft (AA) gun crew fires at German planes. British Supermarine Spitfire takes off from an Allied airfield in Bone. U.S. P-38s in the skies. RAF Spitfires and USAAF P-38s engage German Me-109 and Junkers 88. Burning wreckage of a downed Messerschmitt. Scenes of air battle at night. Several burning wreckages of downed Nazi planes. Parachute flares dropped from a German plane are hit by tracer bullets. Junkers 88 burns at night. Bombed buildings in Bone and people on the streets with their belongings. Local people signal ' V ' for their victory over the Germans. Wreckage of downed German planes such as Messerschmitts, Dornier DO-17s and Heinkel 111s scattered across a countryside field. Tail section of Messerschmitt with swastika symbol.
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