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Soldiers and POWs engaged in repairing and reclamation of tires, inner tubes, shoes, and coats during World War 2.

Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Trucks parked in a tire servicing area. Tires of vehicles stacked. Men unloading tires from a truck. They are repaired by men inside a building. Techniques and machinery for tire salvage, repair, and reclamation are shown. Completely worn out tires are stacked to be used for other purposes including shoes for soldiers. German prisoners of war are shown making new shoes using reclaimed rubber. German POWs are also shown processing old coats and repairing them for reuse by American soldiers in World War 2. Narrator explains that unusable coats become typewriter covers.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076668
Men working on reclamation of storage batteries in the European Theater.

Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Men working on damaged storage batteries. Battery cells are replaced. Buildings in the background. Dead cells are lifted from cases. Dead elements are removed from the cells. New elements are prepared and reinserted in the batteries. Totally unusable batteries are sold for scrap. Some of the parts are melted down and reused in other things.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076671
Guards and civilian workers at the Pentagon, under construction during World War 2, in Arlington, Virginia

Views of construction underway on the Pentagon Building in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington DC, United States. Exterior views of the new military headquarters building, early during its construction period. Officers discussing construction plans. Excavator at work. Army guards patrol the site while civilian workers work building the Pentagon. Views of the Washington Monument in the distance, across the Potomac River. Guards march back and forth. Views of the constuction site from various angles. View of the U.S. Capitol building in the far distance in final shot.

Date: 1942, January
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076678
Men taking measurements of recruits for uniforms and shoes at a training camp in the United States.

A training film in the United States depicts training of soldiers in the army. A U.S. flag on a building. New army recruits seated in the hall. An officer addressing them. The army recruits taking the oath of the army. They arrive at a training camp. The recruits standing outside buses and officers instructing them. They march towards camp buildings. A board outside a building reads: 'Infirmary'. The recruits enter the building. Their physical examination is conducted. The recruits march towards another building after their physical examination. A board outside the building reads: 'Insurance and Allotments'. The recruits seated in chairs outside the building. An officer instructing them. They are given papers. The recruits reading the papers. Men taking fingerprints of the recruits for their routine records. The recruits lined up outside a building. Men taking measurements for their uniforms inside the building. Measurements for shoes are also taken. A board reads: 'Here Stands the Best Dressed Soldier in the World'. A recruit putting on his uniform. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076754
Wounded being treated after a tornado hits an area of Ohio in the United States, during 1974 Super Outbreak of tornadoes.

A documentary on occurrence of a tornado in the United States, during Super Outbreak of tornadoes in April 1974 that hit regions in many states, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York; and also the Canadian province of Ontario. Focus of clip is on areas of Xenia Ohio and Dayton Ohio. Exterior of a building. Interior of National Weather Service office. A man talking over a radio. Other men at a broadcast station warning about the tornado. Radars trying to locate the positions of the tornado. Information about the center of the tornado and the areas towards which the tornado is heading is shown. A train on a railway track. The tornado hits the train. Ambulances and rescue workers working to help them. Men in discussion. Cars driving on the street. The rescue workers searching for wounded and dead people. The tornado heading towards other areas. Men locating the areas of the tornado on a map. Warning being given out in other areas about the tornado. The wounded being taken to a hospital. Doctors treating the injured. A man plotting the location of the tornado on a map.

Date: 1974, April 3
Duration: 5 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076781
Recording, analyzing and circulation of weather information by the Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida.

A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. An aircraft in flight overhead. A routine report is sent by the crew of the aircraft to the hurricane center. The pilot, he co-pilot, the navigator and other members of the crew seated inside the aircraft. Weather conditions are observed and recorded. A radar operator working and looking for any unusual conditions. The information is transmitted to the center. Women working and typing messages at the center. A map locates Miami and information about weather conditions is circulated to other areas from Miami. A ship underway at sea. Men locating the position of a hurricane on a map. They discuss amongst themselves. The crew of the aircraft being instructed by an officer. An airplane parked at an air base. It takes off. Animation shows the position of the hurricane and the air movement. The information is circulated to people. A man reading news about the hurricane in a newspaper. A man and a woman seated at a beach. A sailing boat underway in the foreground.

Date: 1947
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076807