At the Goodrich Rubber Company plant in Akron Ohio, workers load large aircraft tires onto a truck that has been backed up to a loading dock. Each tire is nearly as tall as a man and is rolled onto the truck and then hoisted into place by a group of workers.
A military half-track truck with a covered bed, leaves the roadway and climbs sideways up a steep off road embankment. The truck has conventional wheels with tires in front but is propelled by a tank like track with treads in the rear. The rear track is shown up-close rolling over large bumps.
Interior of a tread manufacturing company in Akron Ohio. Workers at the assembly line working with various machines. Men assemble various parts of the half track tread with the help of a hand tool. Man checks a tread. Other treads piled up in lines on the floor. A man examines the assembled tread.
Interior of Goodrich Rubber Company plant in Akron Ohio. A tire inside a vulcanization machine undergoes the vulcanizing process. A man monitors the heat and pressure gauge. Another man operates the vulcanizing machine. Once the process is complete, a man hooks the tire to a pulley to pull it out from the machine. A clear view of the huge tire. Man stands in front of the gauge and checks readings.
Soldiers from the U.S. Army arrive in a jeep. The jeep is boarded on to a wooden raft in the stream. Motor and a steering gear is attached to a paddle wheel. The raft is propelled across the stream. Soldiers fire a 37mm gun and an anti-aircraft gun in response to enemy attack. Soldiers reach the shore. (World War II period).
Visiting Latin American military officers seated around a dinner table. They all wear dress uniforms. One of them proposes a toast and they all join in. They all applaud as one of them receives a liquor set from a senior officer.
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