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Workers making engines and hulls for Patrol Torpedo Boats (PT Boats) in the United States.
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.
Czech President Beneš and Winston Churchill meet President Roosevelt in Washington DC during World War II.
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.
Crew members undertake repair and maintenance work aboard a submarine in the United States after its return from Japan.
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.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek meets President Roosevelt and addresses the House of Representatives in Washington DC, United States.
The wife of Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, arrives in Washington DC, United States. Madame Chiang steps from railroad train and is greeted by U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. They walk out of the station. Madame Chiang gets into a car and talks to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt and Madame Chiang arrive at the White House. Madame Chiang shakes hands with senators. She addresses the U.S. House of Representatives. She speaks about China's willingness to cooperate to create a progressive world.
American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong performing in a bartender role, singing "I can't give you anything but love."
African American jazz trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong in the United States. Louis Armstrong, playing the role of a bartender, in the film Jam Session, with several actresses sitting at a bar. He sings "I can't give you anything but love." Louis Armstrong 'Cocktail' written beside the rack on a mirror. Louis Armstrong holds the arm of one of the women and sings. View of Louis Armstrong speaking and reflecting on that time (circa 1960).
Experiments are undertaken by scientists and doctors during the development of nutritious food for soldiers in the U.S.
Scientists determine nutritious food for U.S. Army soldiers during World War 2. Conscripts receive medical examination by an army doctor before going into the U.S. Army. The new recruits holding documents waiting in a queue for their turn to be weighed on a scale. An officer seated at a table. Two military draftees talking. Members of a U.S. Army Combat Service Support Branch, the Quartermaster Corps, cutting meat for preparation. A table set for soldiers with tea cups arranged and fruits in the center. The soldiers seated at tables and having food. Quartermaster Corps serving the soldiers. Scientists in a laboratory studying food that will impart energy, strength, and improved performance to the soldiers. A soldier seated at a table and a member of the Quartermaster Corps measuring out rice into a bowl that a soldier would have to have to provide the same nutrition as in his military rations. Dr. Ansel Keys, a scientist at the University of Minnesota, seated at a table and vitamins kept on the table for the soldiers. Narrator mentions that the German military supposedly has a super man vitamin pill. Doctor dispenses vitamins from a box. Doctor measures the strength of a soldier who has been taking vitamins. Doctor gives a soldier more vitamin pills. Two seated soldiers open tins of vitamin pills. Soldiers sleeping in a room maintained at a certain high temperature during an experiment to determine what foods are best for various climates. Soldiers carrying rifles walking on a treadmill. The amount of perspiration is measured.
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