Interiors of a house. A worker wakes up from bed, turns off his alarm clock, next to which his pipe sits. He washes, shaves, brushes his teeth and prepares eggs, over-easy, in frying pan and toast for breakfast. He takes his lunch box and heads off to work.Traffic along road. Cars pass on road. Workers arrive for work production work at General Electric factory. Guard checks workers entering for wartime production. Workers work with various machines. Metal-milling machines, boring mills, foundries, presses and forges in operation. Designers and engineers work. Scientists in laboratory with beakers and test tubes. Organizers and managers in discussion. Men and women at desks in office. Official adds worker to payroll in employment office. New workers examined and receiving orientation lectures. They are trained to operate complex machines. Construction machines in operation. Large crane operates. Workers build a brick wall. Door signs read 'Restricted Area - Aeronautics and Engineering Department'. Aircraft industry shows men working with various aviation instruments. Man wears electric warming flight suit with General Electric logo on its back. Aerial view of numerous Douglas B-18 Bolo aircraft in flight. Interior cockpit view of a pilot flying a B-18 aircraft. Men work with and assemble radio equipment. Workers at radio assembly line. Men work on artillery and ordnance production. They test a line of howitzer barrels, aiding in war material manufacturing effort.
Operations after floods in Rapid City. Wrecked trailer court in grassy area and a wrecked trailer home on side of road. Truck passes towing a new trailer home.
Cattle ranching in Western United States. Man and woman on horseback, overlooking valley where cowboys work a large cattle herd. New England scene in Eastern U.S.A. waterwheel turning by an old mill. Boy lying on his back in wagon pulled by horse. He waves and jumps off as it arrives in village. Boys swimming in river. Neighbors conversing on front porches and sitting in porch swings. Horse drawn wagon moving down village street. High rise buildings and skyscrapers in crowded cities in America.
(Audio only). Radio news reporter Robert Bob Trout reports on the battle of Rhine and General Patton's forces advancing in Europe. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group overcomes German resistance. Advance of the American 1st Army in Ruhr Valley. He also reports on General Eisenhower's message to German soldiers asking them to surrender. (World War II period).
Events during World War I. New Russian Army recruits, holding rifles,are lined up by an officer, who then reports with a salute. In response to commands, the recruits face right; left shoulder arms; and present arms. Military parade shows officers giving salute to troops,on parade, as spectators watch. Field artillery is drawn up in formation in front of log buildings, where people walk on sidewalk. Artillery unit on horseback pulling caissons and field pieces, as spectators watch. Russian machine gunners pose, sitting on ground by their weapons on tripods. Other troops stand around them.
The change of Ministry in Paris. Albert Sarraut, new President of the Council of Ministers poses with officials and members of the cabinet. Dignitaries talk together. French Minister, Leon Blum, steps from a car and enters building. Leon Blum, holding papers in his hand, speaks into a microphone, and draws laughs from his comment.
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