Chief of the Office of Personnel Management OPM Knudsen visits Seattle's Boeing manufacturing factory. Knudsen inspects factory accompanied with factory officials. This is probably Plant 2 on the Boeing grounds. Assembly line production of various Boeing planes goes on. Overhead view of 3 Boeing fuselages under construction. This is a few months before the United States' entry into World War 2.
The 22nd National Flower and Garden Show in Seattle, Washington. Cars driven in line in front of the Civic Auditorium (321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109, United States) in Seattle. The board at the entrance of the building reads 'National Flower and Garden Show'. People move in front of the decorated flowers. Dramatization: women enjoy in the gardens. Women clean the gardens and water the plants. Woman moves around amidst flowers. American flag formed by the flowers. Different formations of flowers. A woman holds flowers and laughs.
View of cars and crowd at a Boeing plant in Seattle. Aircraft workers and their families at Boeing plant inspecting B-17Ds. 7th Bomb Group B-17Ds in flight and formation over Mount Rainier. View of glaciers. (World War II period).
Crowd including National Defense workers and their families at a Boeing Aircraft plant in Seattle. Aircraft workers and their families inspecting aircraft B-17Ds. 7th Bomb Group B-17Ds in flight and makes a formation over Mount Rainier. Shows aircraft flying over Mount Rainier. (World War II period).
Demonstration for aircraft workers and civilians. Views of 6 B-17D planes over Mount Rainier. Glaciers in background.
Views of Martin bombers in production at Middle River, Maryland. Special tempering of aircraft parts in sodium nitrate bath at 900 degrees. Aircraft workers working on aircraft parts. Eight B-26s being prepared and crated for shipment abroad.