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).
Snow covered area in British Columbia, Canada. Vehicle passes on the snow covered area. A man walks with a dog sledge on the snow. A man cuts trees with an axe. Vehicle moves. Women stand at the back side of the vehicle.
President Franklin Roosevelt's son at a shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Junior reports for active duty with the fleet. He goes aboard the USS Mayrant and shakes hands with other officer.
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