A transcontinental non stop flight in the United States. A U.S. Army Air Service Fokker T-2 aircraft at Roosevelt Field in New York. ' Army Air Service Non-Stop Coast to Coast' painted on the side of the aircraft. Men near the aircraft. Lieutenant John A. Macready and Lt. Oakley G. Kelly are helped in their parachutes beside the aircraft. They pose. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. It lands in San Diego, California. Lieutenants Macready and Kelly beside the aircraft. People in the background.
Opening scene shows U.S. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, demonstrating, on a scale model, how prefabricated parts are assembled into a Liberty Ship, in World war 2. Closeup shows each section of ship labeled by number and name, such as, “Transverse Bulkhead, number 44.” Scene shifts to Permanente Metals Corporation No. 2 shipyard in Richmond, California, where Liberty ships are seen in various stages of construction. Views of keels being laid, superstructures being raised into position, View from interior as skeleton of a ship is being completed. Sign atop the Liberty Ship, Robert E. Peary, as it is being launched, announces that it was completed from keel laying, to launch, in 4 days, 15 hours and 29 minutes. (This was a record for shortest time.) Camera view of the Robert E. Peary, from across the yard area where she was built. A brief view of shipyard activity at night, followed by camera panning over shipyard in daytime. Change of scene to an aircraft factory where B-17 bomber aircraft are being built. Women are seen riveting inside a plane’s fuselage. Other women work on a vertical stabilizer and still others work inside airplane structural members Men assemble an aircraft engine. Women fasten parts of engines together. Engines move through the plant on overhead cranes. An engine and propeller being placed into position on a wing with use of a crane. A right wing with two engines installed is moved into position for installation on a B-17 aircraft. Scene shifts to other aircraft factories building Martin Marauder B-26 aircraft; P-47 fighter aircraft;Navy Catalina aircraft; Douglas A-20 fighter bomber aircraft; and more B-17 bomber aircraft.
Film opens showing a huge crowd gathered in New York’s Madison Square Garden for a rally in support of the American Red Cross, during World War 2. Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady welcomes and introduces Princess Martha of Norway. The audience applauds. Scene then shifts for Red Cross activities on the home front. Two Red Cross women remove items from a station wagon in preparation for a local Blood drive. A panel truck parked next to them is marked: “American Red Cross Blood Donor Service.” More Red Cross volunteer women remove items from the panel truck to set up the blood donor activity. View of many persons in beds at a blood donor center. Nurses and Red Cross volunteers working at the center with donors. One of the donors is an active duty sailor in uniform. Complete change of scene to California, where Hollywood stars are seen involved in a war bond drive. Closeup of several, including Irene Dunn, Ronald Coleman, Hedy Lamarr, and Greer Garson. Glimpse of crowd at the bond drive.
The beginning of the construction of Boulder Dam (later the Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River in the United States. Rocks on the side of the river. A boat in the river. A map shows the course of the Colorado River through different states of the country. The river causes floods in towns and farming districts of California. The dam site in the Black Canyon, where the river forms a boundary between Nevada and Arizona. A map shows the dam site. Materials at the dam site. Trains bring supplies. Power lines to the dam site. Men assemble materials for construction work. Men at a survey. Workmen come to the dam site in trucks from other states.
A new 22 ton flying fortress plane in flight. The plane lands at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Plane sets a record as it flies from California to New York in 9 hours and 14 ½ minutes. Major Ulmstead talks with people, standing near plane. Army Air Corps tries out a miniature plane in Dayton, Ohio. Model aircraft launched from a catapult. Plane controlled by radio from ground. A parachute brings it to earth safely.
Decorated floats and people during Christmas parade processions in various cities of the United States. Decorated and lighted floats on streets of Hollywood in California, with actors and actresses in the floats. A float depicting the Nativity scene. An actor rides Sabu the Elephant. A Dalmatian dog sits and rolls over. An actor and two actresses ride a polka-dot toy horse float. Dancer groups in the parade. Spectators on both sides of road stand and cheer. A decorated parade with Floats, gas balloons and mascots of cartoon characters during the parade on streets of New York. Dachshund dog and Teddy Bear balloons float over parade in New York. Toyland characters and floats watched by people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Christmas Papier-mâché figures on parade. Group of African American and white children watch with anticipation as a Santa Claus ascends a ladder with bag of gifts.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.