The United States Naval Academy in the United States. The midshipmen seated on chairs. An officer standing at the podium, addresses the midshipmen. Other officials seated on chairs in the background. The officer speaks about the U.S. Army and the duties the middies have to perform. The midshipmen cheering and applauding after the address.
General Billy Mitchell wearing fur coat and western style hat. Animated illustration of U.S. Army Martin bomber operating at 15 thousand feet during the famous demonstrations of air power against battleships, in 1921. This was possible because the aircraft engines were supercharged, an outgrowth of Dr. Sanford Moss's developments at General Electric Company.World War 2 scenes of U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft that use supercharged engines: P-51s; P-47s; P-38s; B-24s; B-17s and B-29s. View of atomic bomb explosion.
The Jack and Heintz war plant in Bedford, Ohio, during World War 2, where the company made various aircraft parts and accessories for the U.S. Military. Opens showing several employees at work with a chalk board behind them displaying box scores up to the last inning of a baseball game between St. Louis and Cleveland. One employee enters a "2" in the last half of the 9th inning, showing a 2-1 win for St. Louis over Cleveland. Local workers nod their satisfaction. This segment is repeated two more times, with the man writing in the "2" again. Closeup of the box score with last half of 9th inning blank. The worker with chalk repeats his entry of "2" in the last box. This time, a worker tunes a radio sitting below the box score and listens. Closeup of a fish bowl atop the radio, containing fish. Closeup of employee holding his ear to the radio as he tunes it. He lights a cigarette. Closeup of fish swimming in the fish bowl. Camera zooms in on fish bowl showing Company Logo and JAHCo. plus "One for All and All for One,"and a flag showing half Navy and half Army, all imprinted on the fish bowl.
The film 'Devil Boats' shows the construction of Patrol Torpedo Boats in the United States. A young woman stands on a small bridge. A Patrol Torpedo Boat in the background. Two patrol boats underway at sea. Naval officers stand in a line. Workers enter the ELCO Marine Division plant. Assembly of PT boat hull and wiring. A woman worker examines wiring. One of the oldest workers, Frederick Buckley, supervises. Scenes from the Packard factory in Detroit Michigan, where the engines for the PT Boats are made. Engineers and technicians work on building a boat. Ingots thrust into ladels and poured into iron cauldrons. Drop hammer at work on hot pieces. Aluminum crank case moving on assembly line and then anodized by dipping in anodizing solution. Welders weld jackets to cylinder heads on the engine. Engine block lowered into position and joined to completed crank case. Final assembly of engine for PT boat. A woman paints yellow color on a part of the boat. After completion the Patrol Torpedo Boat is lifted by a crane. Shows Bob Palmer who used to be a factory worker and is now in the Navy in the PT service. Naval officer shakes hands with Palmer who had been painting his ID on the engine block.
Leaders of different nation meet U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House in Washington DC, United States. An honor guard at the White House. President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš arrives. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull greets him. Beneš greets President Roosevelt and his daughter in the White House. Beneš talks to Roosevelt. Cars pull up at the White House. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Roosevelt seated in a car as they confer about World War II.
A U.S. submarine at a port in the United States on its return from Japan during World War II. Crew members aboard the submarine. Some of the men hold puppies. A man works on a naval gun aboard the submarine. Crew members paint the submarine at the port. Japanese flags on the conning tower of the submarine. Officers stand against the conning tower.
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