Activities of Native American Indian Navaho women in the United States during World War II . Women come out of a building. Navaho women bring home cooked food for U.S. soldiers at a railway station. The soldiers take the food. A woman with her child and a U.S. soldier. Two women look at a board which tells the name of the Indians serving in the U.S. Army. Women at a handicraft shop make gifts and games for Red Cross packages. The home of a Navaho family. A close up of a Navaho chief.
Flight test of new U.S. Constellation cargo airplane in the United States during World War II . The cargo airplane moves out of a hangar. Ground crew in the background. A U.S. Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft parked at the airfield. The crew stands around the airplane. The propeller of the airplane rotates. The airplane taxis and takes off. The airplane in flight. Mountains in the background.
American industrialist Henry J. Kaiser ignites a blast furnace at a new steel mill on the Pacific Coast during World War II . The new steel mill at a Kaiser shipyard. Henry J. Kaiser ignites a blast furnace at a new steel mill tooled to support the construction of Victory ships. People gathered at the inauguration of the steel mill. A man at work. A view of the steel mill.
The U.S. Army trains dispatch riders in the United States during World War II . The dispatch riders ride motorcycles on a rough terrain. Trees in the background. The riders ride the motorcycles. A rider falls from a motorbike during the training.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Congress in Washington DC during World War II . The U.S. Capitol building. The U.S. flag in the foreground. New Congress members wave. Congress men seated in a hall. Roosevelt speaks into a microphone and addresses the Congress. He gives a speech on hope and courage.
Behind opening slate, is a closeup of Barrage Balloon with cables attached. Next, a formation of German Ju-87, Stuka dive bombers peels off and begins diving attack against Allied target in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of bombs dropping. A formation of German Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. A German Dornier Do-215 long range bomber in flight (notable features: twin tail and tail wheel). A German Messerschmitt Bf-109 rolling over to attack a ground target. Low flying German warplanes attacking bases and supply depots. German planes strafing an Allied air base. A fire raging from bombing somewhere in England. Scene shifts to a formation of American barrage balloons creating a maze of wire cables to prevent low flying enemy aircraft from striking important ground targets.
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