Printing Department at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington DC during World War 2. Men operate printing machines. A man stacks 1942 edition of "Police War Duties" booklets coming off printing press machine.
Recording messages at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington DC during World War 2. Two cryptographers seated at a desk in the laboratory. Stacks of books in the background. An alphabet roll on the desk. One cryptographer uses grids to decode a letter. The other records the decoded message. The first cryptographer holds up the grid. The coded letter. He places the grid onto the letter.
People eat various food stuffs in cities and suburbs in the United States, including new ready to eat foods and convenience foods, fast foods, frozen foods, prepared foods, and food from vending machines. A pigeon eats grains. People seated at a sidewalk cafeteria. Sidewalk vendors include a frankfurters and rolls vendor. A man sells food and drinks in a railway car. A woman takes a beverage in the car. Men eat hamburgers at a restaurant. Girls have cotton candy at a fair, a boy eats ice cream. Sodas, milk, ice cream vending machines. A man fills Coca Cola from a vending machine. People eat at various Automats. A man has corn on the cob. Frozen vegetables emptied in a pot. Reddi whip whipped cream from a can being put on desserts. A turkey "TV dinner". Frozen ices and French fries. Prepared, canned biscuits are placed on a baking sheet. View of hands opening a box of frozen pancakes and putting two pancakes in a toaster. View of pancakes being put on a plate after toasting and covered with maple syrup. a single-serving Raisin Bran cereal box is opened by a child using cut-out lines on the cardboard. Chocolate sauce on a dessert. A boy spreads toothpaste on a toothbrush. Elaborately dressed women eat at a restaurant. Woman sitting at a diner counter as bus boy clears dishes.
Temporary Government Building housing the Government Information Office in Washington DC during World War II. Exterior of the building. U.S. Information sign. Businessmen and women enter and exit the building. Traffic outside. 'War Savings Bonds Stamps' sign above a counter. A woman clerk attends to people over the counter. Bureau of Information Director Lowell Mellett and Assistant Director Phil Haublett in the building. Clerks talk to visitors over a counter. A clerk talks to a couple. Sign reads 'Services for men of the Armed Forces, war workers, visitors and DC residents'. A male clerk sells Government Publications over a counter. Men pay and buy the publications. Government publications on display titled 'Trade and Professional Associations of the US' and 'Work Will Win - The Story of Manpower'.
The Social Security Building in Washington DC during World War II. The Office of War Information inside the building. Office of War Information Director Elmer Davis and Deputy Director NS Eisenhower seated at a table during a discussion. Davis smokes a cigarette. A sign reads 'Mr Davis, Mr Eisenhower'. Entrance to the Social Security Building. A Diamond cab passes by. Man enters the building. Guards at the entrance.
Colonel William J Donovan in Washington DC. The Administration Building of the Coordinator of Information. Coordinator of Information Colonel William 'Wild Bill' Donovan stands reading papers in a doorway. A woman comes and gives him more papers. Officers and officials during a discussion. Right to left: Colonel N Preston Goodfellow, Colonel William J Donovan, Edward Stanley, Assistant Director of Information Colonel G Edward Buxton and Col William A Body. They go through papers during the discussion. A map mounted on the wall behind them.
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