Smokestacks in a steel factory in the United States during World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott, the President of the Lukens Steel Company in Coatesville, Pennsylvania (the oldest steel mill in commission within the United States), and also chairman of the American Industry Salvage Committee, speaks about the importance of scrap metal in steel production for the war efforts in World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott speaks to two men inside his office. Wolcott’s office is decorated with patriotic posters on the use of scrap for war production (“Half the Metal in every ship, every tank, every gun is SCRAP!”). Behind Robert W. Wolcott is a sign saying “American Industries Salvage Committee”. “This decline in scrap must be checked. Steel, scrap must flow to the mill. This is becoming a serious situation. And it is a definite challenge to industry” concludes Robert W. Wolcott.
Shipbuilding and shell production in the United States during World War 2. Men on scaffold work on a ship in dry dock. Man applies white paint to mark decking. Man takes out a molten metal from foundry furnace. Man working a shell casing on a lathe. Man operating a drilling rig moves shell casings. A group of shells are carted away. Men working on molten steel furnace and casting shells. Men arranging newly made shells.
War materiel and construction items to be shipped to United States soldiers and Allied nations fighting during World War 2. Stacks of metal frames in port. Rolls of chain link. Men arrange stacks of rolled barbed wire. Light tanks on flatbed rail cars readied for transport. Men load fuel steel drums into train box cars. Men drive Ford GPA "amphibious jeeps" onto train platform. Jeeps, artillery and war materiel on docks. A field gun is lowered to a ship by a crane. Sign says “Iron SCRAP Steel”. A crane moves a box of scrap metal. Man shears scrap metal. A wrecking ball falls, breaking scrap metal. Men performing use cutting torches and chains inside a factory to break down scrap metal. An obsolete WWI tank is carried by a crane and lowered onto a pile of other WW1 scrapped military equipment. Man uses cutting torch to dismantle a very large artillery cannon. Junkyard magnet crane unloads two obsolete shells onto scrap metal pile.
View of The Pentagon in Washington DC. Entrance facade of The Pentagon. Sign says “Director of Materiel Army Service Forces Major General Lucius D. Clay”. Major General Lucius D. Clay, Director of Materiel speaks about the importance of steel in the production of US war materiel for World War 2. A secretary writes down his speech. “However our contribution to the collection of scrap can in no way meet the demand. We must depend on our home front, to exert its best effort, to collect the huge tonnage of scrap. The steel industry must have the scrap if our arms services are to obtain the high quality of steel needed for invasion. The collection of steel scrap is a vital part of our war supply program” Major General Lucius D. Clay says as he concludes his speech.
View of the Navy Department building, also known as the Main Navy and Munition Buildings (now demolished and turned into Constitution Gardens. Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). Sign says “Bureau of Ships”. Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane speaks about the United States Navy’s shipbuilding and maintenance program during World War 2 and great needs for steel. To underscore his point, he notes that, "A single salvo of the main battery guns of such a ship as the South Dakota, for example, will take 10 tons of finished steel." He goes on to say, “Our job in the Navy until the war is over is using steel to build and to fight. We must continue to rely on the Homefront efforts to collect the big tonnage of heavy industrial scrap which is needed to make a fine quality steel in huge quantities which we need in the Navy” concludes Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane.
"The Big Picture” host Alexander Scourby interviews General Omar Bradley, the architect of Operation Cobra in Normandy during World War II. General Omar Bradley recounts his experience with handling Operation Cobra in Normandy. Omar Bradley attributes several factors for Operation Cobra’s success such as the aggressive and strong fighting spirit of the American troops, the teamwork displayed by the combat armies and air force, the alertness of subordinate commanders such as General Collins. On Martin Blumenson’s book, “Breakout and Pursuit”, General Omar Bradley says that reading the book sounds like “traveling down the road in the daylight than is the time you had taken it in the dark. It is generally familiar, which is always interesting to see the whole picture- part of which is hidden before”. General Omar Bradley gives a positive review on the historicity and veracity of “Breakout and Pursuit”. General Omar Bradley speaks about the value of military historians studying the events of World War 2. “Despite the fact that the weapons of war changes, the principle of war remain the same” said Omar Bradley. “War was a big thing in all our lives. We’ve been reading about the Revolution, the Civil War for a long time, to get a clear picture of ourselves as a nation. The Army is giving us the ability to do that now. The greatest war we have ever fought in our history” said General Bradley as he concludes the interview.
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