United States conducts nuclear test at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada, during Operation Plumbbob. Desert floor, mountains in the background. Area obscured by the brightness as shot Owens blast goes off in the background. Circular ring of smoke covers the ground area. The fireball and smoke churns upward. The top part of the mushroom cloud rise slowly and moves outward. Cloud dissipates from the blast, it mingles in with natural clouds.
Factories in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A man walks on either Maiden Lane or California Street. (These streets are now gone.) Smoke rises from the stacks of The American Tube and Stamping Company. The factory is viewed from the west side of the Yellow Mill Channel. Industrial smoke and smog pollution from stacks.
Women at a defense factory in Muncie, Indiana. A woman works at a lathe. An old man oils a machine. He checks a part of the machine. Women work at the lathe. Factory interiors, a girl works on a milling machine in the foreground. Women work on a sharpener in the factory. A man works on a machine. Sparks blow out.
A Victory Home advertisement in a store front window in Muncie, Indiana. A man looks at a window display. The display reads "This is a V home, Make yours a home too. Qualify for your V Home sticker." Poster displays advantages of the home described in 5 points. The display includes a home and sign V over it. People move past the display window. Two women stand and look at the window. Sign describes the five attributes of a Victory Home: "This home follows the instructions of its air raid warden. This home conserves food, clothing, transportation and health. This home salvages essentials for immediate contribution to war uses. This home refuses to spread rumors designed to divide our nation. This home buys war savings stamps and bonds regularly."
A World War II war bond drive in Muncie, Indiana. A sign at a booth reads 'Buy war bonds'. A man look at a stamp. Girl scouts in uniforms stand and sell bonds and stamps. A man buys a stamp from a girl scout.
A market in Muncie, Indiana. A Saturday afternoon crowd shops in front of stores. Street scenes, people shop. The main street of Muncie. People on the street walk and shop.
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