Sailors learn methods of hand to hand combat attack and counterattack during a training program of the Navy in the United States. Two sailors demonstrate how to disarm an assailant with a pistol pointed at the abdomen. They demonstrate the use of outward twist, inward twist, downward twist and side ward twist to disarm the opponent. The sailors also demonstrate different methods of attack and counterattack. (World War II period).
A training of tank destroyer crews in the U.S. during World War II. Trainee soldiers train in front of their supervisors. Trainee soldiers in water. They train under fire and crawl under barbed wires. They are in front of a house while learning the techniques of street fighting. A soldier crouches behind a wall. Another comes out of a door with a pistol in his hand. The trainees operating M3 Gun Motor Carriage half tracks armed with 75mm M1897A4 Guns. They fire their guns at targets including tanks and buildings, creating explosions.
A cotton picking contest in the United States. Cotton pickers pick up cotton in a cotton field. A referee signals the end of the competition by flying a flag. The pickers with their bags on their shoulders move towards a weighing machine. They empty the contents of their bags. The winner is presented a prize.
Public service announcement for patriotic citizens encouraging fuel conservation during World War 2 in the United States. Scenes of a ship burning in sea. A man operates a machine and people see the work going on. Scenes of pipelines. A man comes out of a building and meets a man in dungarees. A big ship comes to a port. Scenes of tanker and oil depots. A man takes fuel pipe to an aircraft. Men working on boilers converting oil heating to coal heating to conserve fuel. Smoke coming out from a chimney. A man adding insulation in a home attic to conserve energy. A needle in a temperature meter indicates hot water temperature and narrator encourages limiting use of hot water. A man inserts nails on a door. A man applying caulk sealant as weather stripping. A man washes his face and shaves over a home sink. An early model automatic clothes washing machine in use. A thermometer on a wall. A man and woman dress and get ready, adding more clothing to stay warm so they do not need to heat too much. Scene of various home radiators and hands near controls of radiators. A man lights fire. A man turns off a knob.
Farmers loading ripe harvest on a horse cart during wartime of World War II in the United States. A man drives the cart. A boy helps the farmer and other family members help. Tractors loaded with harvest of corn. Farm machinery harvesting wheat and sugar beets. Hay being piled up high on a truck for transport to a barn. Farmers pick apples. Scenes of ripe on the vine watermelons, squash, grapes, tomatoes, green beans, and lettuce. Children taking pumpkins in hands. Local farming families enter a church. Clergy and other people pray to God and choir sings in a church.
U.S. 563rd Infantry's helmeted soldiers descend landing net and load into boat in United States. Soldiers climbing up and going down landing net. Men rowing their boats after loading and unloading from their boats. (World War II period).