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British worker and his American counterpart in labor exchange program visit the Lockheed aircraft plant in Los Angeles, Calfornia
A British guest on labor exchange program visit to the U.S. during World War 2. He leaves the home of his counterpart American host in Los Angeles, California. They leave in the American's car and drive a considerable distance to the Lockheed Aircraft Company facility. View of Honor Roll listing 15, 174 Lockheed affiliated members of the U.S. Armed Forces. The British-American pair walk past a Lockheed Ventura airplane under construction. View of a room filled with P-38 Lightning fighter planes completing final construction, outside the plant. A film clip of the maiden flight of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft (Later designated C-121 by the Army Air Corps) is inserted at this point. It shows the Constellation taking off from the factory airstrip in 1943, and climbing without raising its landing gear. View of aircraft fuselage under construction, where the British worker is inquiring about the manner of its assembly. Next he is seen observing a turntable press operation being run by men and women workers. View of workers using pneumatic hand tools to remove wrinkles from edges of pressed products. A woman punch operator is seen with safety straps on her hands that pull them away each time the punch comes down. Another woman worker demonstrates an electric spot welder. (The observing visitors are required to wear safety goggles in case sparks are created by the process.) Closeup of the aircraft part being spot welded. More workers operating similar machines in the plant, including an African American man and woman. Workers placing a large sheet of aluminum into a machine that fabricates wings for the P-38 fighter plane. Closeup of the British worker and his American counterpart on a balcony overlooking the production line for the Lightning aircraft. View across the production line floor. The two look into the factory first aid station available to workers and also see the transportation section where worker carpools can be formed. Employees are seen obtaining ration books and driver licenses from government clerks working in the plant itself. Employees are seen eating outdoors under foliage camouflage and others gather at an indoor eating site. Next, a section of a B-17 flying fortress wing, is seen moving out of a manufacturing jig. New components are immediately placed into the empty jig for construction. View of final installation area for B-17s, An overhead crane moves a finished wing, including engines, to be mated with its fuselage. Glimpse of numerous B-17s being assembled. A finished B-17 bomber being towed out of the factory.
U.S. African American soldiers and Pvt. (Private) Joe Louis salute arriving officers at the entrance of Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood.
African American soldiers of U.S. army and Pvt. (Private) Joe Louis (famous American boxing champion) stand at entrance of Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, California. They salute as U.S. Army officers arrive. (World War II period).
Singer Al Jolson sings for U.S. soldiers at Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, California.
Singer Al Jolson at Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, California. Al Jolson sings popular song "My Mammy" over a microphone on the stage for the U.S. soldiers. Man plays piano in the background. (World War II period).
American actress Loretta Young talks to various U.S. soldiers lying in bed at a hospital in Hollywood, California.
American actress Loretta Young at hospital in Hollywood, California. Loretta Young walks along sidewalk with a U.S. soldier and they both enter a hospital. Loretta Young talks to U.S. soldiers lying in bed. She speaks to various soldiers lying in bed. (World War II period).
Presentation of Bombardier Wing to Anne Shirley on stage at Ciro's High Club in Hollywood, California.
American actors and U.S. soldiers in Ciro's High Club, Hollywood. Exterior of Ciro's High Club shows neon sign of 'Ciro's'. Actresses Anne Shirley and Joan Davis with a U.S. officer seated at a table. Anne Shirley talks to a soldier. Soldiers and women dance. Presentation of Bombardier Wing to Anne Shirley. Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and two U.S. soldiers at a table. Ventriloquist performs an act with his hand, draped in a cloth napkin, and painted to look like a face. (World War II period).
Fictional film-making: Soldiers in jeep, explosions and dead soldiers beneath truck in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
A reenactment showing radio transmission security in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Two U.S. soldiers drive in a jeep. Explosions and smoke in the background. Dead soldiers lying beneath a truck and along the side of wreckage. Explosions as soldiers drive in the jeep and a truck passes along a road. (World War II period).