Japanese battleships and other warships fire their guns in live fire exercises at sea off Japan. Closeups from various angles of the Battleship, Nagato, firing her 16-inch guns. Following the live firing exercise, the warships maneuver at high speed in formation. Views of heavy wakes raised by their high speed operations.
Wartime activities of women in United States during World War II, narrated by Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn. A statue of a historic “Pioneer” American woman. American women work to save and help the nation. Women work at a laboratory as scientists. A woman looks under a microscope. Test tubes and other equipment on tables. Women handling chemicals in various flasks without protective gear. They work for the National Defense Program. A woman works near a machine that tests rubber or cloth for parachutes. Woman conducts abrasion test on clothing using a Wyzenbeek machine. She feeds guinea pigs and records their weights. Another woman works in the field of science. A woman gives a lecture on nutrition. A nutrition chart on wall. Other women attend the lecture. Women design working clothes for women. A woman wears a factory jumpsuit uniform.
Wartime activities of women in the United States during World War 2. American women wearing uniforms work at machines in factories, assisting with the war production effort. They perform work in operating machines including drill presses, sewing, and fine detail work with precision instruments. They sew airplane wing fabric and parachutes. They assemble and inspect precision instruments employing tiny bearings. The women war workers operate drill presses and lathes in a machine shop.
Wartime activities of women in United States during World War 2. American women work in an ammunition factory with men helping with war production. They check the shells at the munitions plant. A woman gives a lecture. A chart on wall. Other women attend the lecture. They wrap surgical dressings for the Red Cross. A woman gives blood to blood bank. Doctor and nurses take the blood in a glass container and put it in a box. The women participate in the defense program and war effort, filling many roles previously occupied by men fighting in World War 2.
Celebration of Army Day during World War II in Washington DC, United States. People gather in front of the Capitol Building to watch the event. Soldiers march. Trees along the sides of the street. Soldiers on horses. Secretary of War Stimson, General George Marshall and other high army officials review the troops. They salute the soldiers. Soldiers in Jeeps move on the street.
Soldiers and officers inspect tanks in Aberdeen, Maryland. They examine the tank 'M-3'. Officers watch the tank. Other soldiers stand. Tank moves across a small waterway. Splash in water. Tank moves on the field. Trees in the background. (World War II period).
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