Film begins with camera panning over the desert at the U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War 2. Moving vehicles spew smoke, forming a thin smoke screen across the background. Military vehicles of various kinds are maneuvering over the site. Two M3 Lee tanks raise dust as they move toward the camera. Closeup of one with gunners in the main and the sponson turrets of the tank. Various military vehicles, including half M3 half track armored personnel carriers, jeeps and trucks move along a dirt road. An M3 lee tank moves down from an upper road to a lower one, creating dust clouds as it does. It passes between some foot soldiers and an M3 armored personnel carrier (M3). Lots of dust is raised by the tank.
Tanks and troops moves across the desert at U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War II. A smoke generator mounted on a truck throws a heavy smoke screen. Billows of smoke rise up.
Japanese-American citizens at a Manzanar war relocation center (internment) in California during World War II. Sign reads 'Religious Headquarters'. A Japanese-American girl gives service to religious education at a war relocation center. Shows Japanese-American girls attend a woman. At Vacation Church School a girl with a bible. Children make clay sculptures. Pastors at Pastors Federation. Music teacher takes a class. Woman reads from a Caucasian church bible. Young girls hold bibles. A Japanese-American man imparts religious education. Young Japanese-American boys and girls at Manzanar relocation center in California. Church services at Manzanar.
Efforts to obtain employment and resettle Japanese-American citizens from Relocation Centers (internment) in the United States, during World War 2. A woman attends a Japanese-American girl in an office. Japanese-American men and women seated. A Japanese-American family at table in front of a map, discussing resettlement with an official. Japanese-Americans, who have found employment, leaving Manzanar relocation center with their families. Friends wave farewell to those who are leaving. At another location, a Japanese-American wife hugs her husband before he leaves to obtain employment so he can resettle his family. Japanese-American men getting on a bus leaving a relocation center.
Steel being produced in a mill in California, United States during world War II. Machines in operation as steel is being produced in the first steel production facility on the U.S. West Coast. Famous industrialist and shipbuilding titan, Henry J. Kaiser, looks at the production process in the mill. Tanks roll out of an assembly line. Many lines of completed medium tanks and heavy tanks lined up in depots and ready for use in World War II.
United States Army tanks during a maneuver in California, United States. Aerial view of several tanks in the desert of California during a maneuver. Nearly 2500 tanks roll ahead.