A man seen walking out of doorway marked: "United States Coast Giard Identification Unit." Inside uniformed Coastguardsmen are seen talking with individuals who require access to docks, piers, and other waterfront facilities. Closeup of a Coastguardsman checking the credentials of a man in uniform seeking a pass. Men showing their passes to Coast Guard inspectors as they enter a port. A small work boat tying up to a large ship. Its occupants board the ship and show their passes to uniformed Coastguardsmen. A boat containing a Coast Guard boarding party is seen moving in a harbor. Closeup of officers from U.S. Customs & Immigration; Public Health Service; and Coast Guard , comprising a boatding party.. The officers are seen on the deck of an arriving ship, before she docks. The boarding officer interviews members of the main branches of the crew. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A diagram depicts growth of merchant fleet with time. Coast Guard officers of the Marine Inspection Division review plans and construction of ships to assure that they adhere to established safety standards. Views of several ships in various stages of construction during World War 2. A new ship being launched and going down the ways. Coast Guard officers reviewing initial plans for a ship. View inside a laboratory at the U.S. Bureau of Standards. A civilian measures a test specimen using a micrometer as U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant from the Marine Inspection Division observes. Coast Guard officers examine defective parts from ships. Coast Guard officer inspecting a large steel part during manufacture. A vibrator machine testing the performance of ship parts under simulated sea conditions. Life boat davits being tested during manufacture. Coast Guardsmen testing materials for use in life jackets and testing the finished life jackets. A Coast Guardsman giving life jackets a final inspection. He rejects one.
Chart shows number of Merchant Marine seamen increasing as World War 2 progresses. Agents of the Coast Guard, the U.S. Maritime Commission, and the Public Health Service collaborate to assure fitness of Merchant Marine seamen. Some are seen being given physical exams by a physician. A prospective seaman demonstrates his skill with ropes. Coastguardsman observes skills of a candidate seaman at the wheel of a ship. A candidate receiving his Merchant Seaman's Certificate from the Coast Guard. Officers enter the Marine License Examination Room. Inside, men are seen taking exams to qualify for licenses as Masters, Mates, Engineers, and Pilots. Merchant Marine seamen being sworn in. Licensed seamen engineers being finger printed. Coast Guard officers supervise the signing of Shipping Articles (contracts between masters and crewmen). A line of seamen waiting to sign on to a ship. Coast Guard offices on shore where seamen may sign on to a ship. Seamen receiving pay under supervision of the Coast Guard.
An aircraft manufacturing plant in Tennessee, United States, shortly before the entry of the United States into World War 2. Interior of the plant where aircraft for Lockheed, Martin, Northrop, Boeing and North American corporations are built. A sign :'US Army Process'. Training airplanes are build. Men work on a machine. Men work on aircraft. A man beside the propeller of an aircraft. Molten metal is processed. Machines and war production workers produce war material like engines and munitions shells. A tower and cable lines. A machine in operation. Steam boilers in operation. Men work with a welding machine. Seals are put on supplies before transporting them outside. Giant trucks carry the supplies out of the plant. The supplies are transported via railroad trains.
U.S. troops entrain at the New York port of embarkation, United States for transportation to the European Theater during World War II. View of cars, a factory, buildings, a river and waving people as seen from a train window, including some in a building with signs, "Electro Dynamic Works Electric Motors, Elco Works Cruisers, Electric Boat Company.:" The citizens and war production workers are waving to the troops on board the railroad train, who are bound for service in World War 2. Factory workers wave from windows to wish the troops well. A suburban rail road station platform. Children near tracks wave to the passing train of troops, including children on steps of East 33rd Street rail station in Bayonne, New Jersey.
World War 2 film 'It's Up to You!' shows farm activities during time of war production in the United States. Views of farmlands. An American farmer with his cattle cart on a field. A corn crop. A tractor driven in farm. A farmer gives grass to his horses. The farmer looks at the sky. The farmer loads haystack on his horse cart. A tomato crop. Views of bushels, eggs, pigs, cows and milk bottles.
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