Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.
Equipment like transformers, switchboards, motors and turbines are manufactured in General Electric industries of U.S. Workers work with equipment in a General Electric Plant. Industrial equipment being operated in factories, producing goods needed for the war effort in World War 2. Stacks emit smoke. A General Electric worker returns home after work. General Electric factory seen in the background as the worker climbs a hill. He looks out over the General Electric factory area. Close up view of the American worker standing with his lunchbox under his arm, as narrator describes his important contribution to the war materiel production effort, with the man's work clothing being akin to a military uniform.
View of buildings in New York and ferries in water. The New York skyline with skyscrapers. Ferries go back and forth in the foreground. Various buildings in the background.
Lower tip of Manhattan shows New York. The New York skyline at the lower tip of Manhattan. Ferries go back and forth in the foreground. A hospital ship is underway.
New York skyline seen from a boat moving in the harbor of New York City. Portion of the New York skyline with skyscrapers. Ferries in the foreground with boats entering and leaving. Ferries at dock. Traffic of barges and tugboats.
German troops advance in Russia. Transport lines destroyed by German troops. Railroad station set afire in Russia. German troops advance on streets. Billows of smoke rise from burning buildings. Troops street fight and advance under fire. Troops fire in prone positions. Russian civilian and military prisoners marching under guard of German infantry. Churches used for warehouses and factories. Poor conditions of Russian civilians show unsanitary slums and emaciated infants. (World War II period).
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