The Selective Service building in Washington DC, United States in World War 2. Exterior of the building. The U.S. flag flying atop the building. Officers entering and coming out of the building. A plaque on a wall of the building reads 'National Headquarters Selective Service System'.
The National Archives Building (700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408, United States) in Washington DC, United States. Exterior of the building. Statues outside the building. An inscription on the building reads: 'Archives of United States of America' and that on a statue reads 'Eternal Vigilance'.
The Munitions Building of the War Department in Washington DC, United States. Exterior of the building. Cars and various vehicle traffic passing on the street in front of the building. A sign over the door of the building reads 'War Department Munitions Building' (Constitution Gardens Pond, Washington, DC 20004, USA). Cars parked in front of the building. A flag flying atop the building.
Officers seated in an office in the United States. U.S. Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General George Marshall seated at a desk in the office. They discuss a map.
A documentary depicts activities of U.S. Department of War workers in the United States during World War 2. Scenes of various 1940's clocks on bedside tables. War department workers wake up with the alarms. They get ready for work. Cars passing on the streets of Washington DC. Buildings along the sides of the street. People lined up waiting for public conveyance. A bus arrives. Bus and car traffic on the "Highway Bridge" over the Potomac River toward Arlington Virginia. (The Highway Bridge, a swing-span through-truss bridge, was part of the 14th Street Bridge complex over the years. It was eventually replaced by the George Mason Memorial Bridge, and in 1967 the Highway Bridge was removed and taken to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia, to be used for bombing practice). View of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia, and views of large parking lots at the Pentagon filled with cars. Workers walking inside the Pentagon building corridors. A line of women seated and working at telephone switchboards in the Pentagon, and consulting an updated telephone directory. A sign at the door of a room reads 'Security Office, Identification Section'. A woman goes inside. Woman named 'Phyllis Hood' gets her identification card and finger prints for her identification in the office. She is seen taking an oath. Hood working at her desk. She files statistical reports. Exteriors of various Washington DC buildings being guarded by United States Army personnel for the Military District of Washington during World War II. A covered anti-aircraft gun installation in Washington DC is shown opening as US Army soldiers take up positions to use the artillery during practice drills. A guard standing outside the White House building.
The Pentagon U.S. War Department Building in the United States. People working inside the building. A woman in the Pentagon cafeteria an lunch time. The women seen filing reports. She types a document on a typewriter, and listens to and transcribes a dictaphone recording. The woman sits inside her house at the end of the work day. She is reading a magazine seated at her bed.
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