Union members picketing alongside Goodyear Plant in Akron, Ohio, during strike in February, 1936. Sign at entrance of building reads 'Join Now'. Traffic along road. The U.S. flag on top of building. Men walk alongside the building. A tent of sorts is erected on the sidewalk where pickets can get hot drink. Police officers are seen. But the activity is peaceful.
Workers gathered outside Goodyear Plant during Goodyear strike in Akron, Ohio. Workers stand alongside road. Traffic passes on road. Men mill around outside gates of the Goodyear Plant. Automobiles parked along road.
A police officer walks back and forth in front of a modest frame bungalow on a quiet street in Seattle Washington. A hotel building. Exteriors of large buildings in downtown Seattle.View of the window in Congressman Zioncheck's office on the 5th floor of the Arctic Club Building at 3rd Avenue and Cherry Street in downtown Seattle. Man on sidewalk looks up at the building and down where Congressman Zioncheck's body struck the sidewalk. Three men stand outside the First National Bank building, looking up at the Arctic Club Building. One points to the window from which the Congressman jumped. Congressman Zioncheck's suicide note.
Clock on stand shows time. Map of Europe with flames of war sweeping over it. Two men seated in office. A family sits at dinner table in home. Two men in a news broadcast studio. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses Congress during World War II. Clock pendulum swings. Views of American heavy industry: steel making and power lines crossing the country. General Electric factories, all over the United States and thousands of company employees. Close view of GE worker standing. View of machinist's hands, as he stops a lathe and uses micrometer to check dimension of piece being turned. Workers punching a time clock. View of night shift at work.in a defense plant.
Interiors of a house. A worker wakes up from bed, turns off his alarm clock, next to which his pipe sits. He washes, shaves, brushes his teeth and prepares eggs, over-easy, in frying pan and toast for breakfast. He takes his lunch box and heads off to work.Traffic along road. Cars pass on road. Workers arrive for work production work at General Electric factory. Guard checks workers entering for wartime production. Workers work with various machines. Metal-milling machines, boring mills, foundries, presses and forges in operation. Designers and engineers work. Scientists in laboratory with beakers and test tubes. Organizers and managers in discussion. Men and women at desks in office. Official adds worker to payroll in employment office. New workers examined and receiving orientation lectures. They are trained to operate complex machines. Construction machines in operation. Large crane operates. Workers build a brick wall. Door signs read 'Restricted Area - Aeronautics and Engineering Department'. Aircraft industry shows men working with various aviation instruments. Man wears electric warming flight suit with General Electric logo on its back. Aerial view of numerous Douglas B-18 Bolo aircraft in flight. Interior cockpit view of a pilot flying a B-18 aircraft. Men work with and assemble radio equipment. Workers at radio assembly line. Men work on artillery and ordnance production. They test a line of howitzer barrels, aiding in war material manufacturing effort.
Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested by war production workers. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.
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