A press conference in an army office in Washington DC. U.S. Army officers seated in the office along with reporters. Brigadier General A. D. Surles and Lieutenant Colonel Stanley J. Grogan seated at a desk. Men and women of the press confer with them. They note down the information given by the officers in their note books.
A press group in Washington DC during World War II. The group standing outside an office. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Stanley J. Grogan comes outside. He hands out communiques to them. A reporter telephoning the message to an office. An insert of the communique reads 'War Department, January 8, 1942'.
Clip compares Washington DC to an industrial boomtown where the big business is government, during World War 2. Men and women working in offices. A young woman seated at a desk and doing clerical work. Identification cards of civilian women working for the U.S. Army. Pedestrians and workers walking on a street of Washington DC. Buildings along street sides. People at the entrance of Union Station. A woman identified as Phyllis Hood joins others in a Diamond Taxi cab leaving Union Station. Woman exits the taxi and looks at various buildings as she seeks a place to live in Washington. Boards on buildings read: 'No Vacancy', 'No Rooms' and 'Filled Up'. Wearing a fur coat and hat, she stops and sits on her suitcase, removes a shoe, and rubs her tired feet. She talks to a police officer on a traffic corner, who directs her to the U.S. Office of Information. She is seen inside the main hallway of the Office of Information. They direct her to an availble room at the former French Embassy building at the intersection of 16th Street and Kalorama Road NW in Washington DC, by Meridian Hill Park. She enters the building which that narrator says serves as a hotel for girls. She talks to a receptionist in the main hall lobby and then ascends the stairs. Phyllis Hood along with two other girls seated inside a room. They talk amongst themselves and relax. Woman hangs nylon stockings from a hanger to dry. The women going to sleep at night and turning out bedside lights. A large room with an operations maps, and clocks on the curved wall showing time in various international cities.
A documentary on a tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas. Clouds in the sky. Warm air from the south overruns the cold air from the north. Rain falling. Houses in the area. A tornado in the area. A black cloud rising up. Aerial view of rubbled area.
A documentary titled 'Terrible Tuesday' about a tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas. A tornado hits the area. People inside a building. They kneel down. A man instructing a class of people about the tornado. He shows them a picture of a tornado. Cars passing on a street. A woman walking with the help of a stick. She was injured in the tornado. A church in the background. The woman speaks about the day on which the tornado hit the area and how she escaped. A man who escaped from the tornado talks about how he escaped. Damaged houses and buildings in the area. Wrecked cars and vehicles. A woman walking on a street. She also talks about her experience when the tornado occurred. A damaged bank. A woman stands nearby and speaks about the tornado. Wrecked vehicles and equipment. Rubbled buildings in the area.
Members of the American Legion parade in Los Angeles, California. They parade at the end of the 20th Annual Convention. A large crowd gathers in a stadium to watch the parade. Men marching with flags. A train float moves past. Men seated on the float. Airplanes flying in formation overhead.
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