View of the Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama, United States. Marchers march under a Federal Court Order and with the protection of the federalized National Guard units and regular troops. Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the 3200 marchers before it starts. View of the marchers walking on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Dr. King and fellow leaders including John Lewis marching with the crowd. The leaders are wearing white flower leis. Group setting up camp on grounds of a African American farmer near New Sister Springs Baptist Church. A helicopter circles overhead.
Shows a 100,00 ton tanker, the 'British Admiral' on its launch day in England. Large crowd gathered on the eve. Queen Elizabeth arrives at the christening platform, pulls a liver and launches the new tanker. The tanker gets underway in the water.
News reporter reports on the murder of Black Panther Party's Chairman Fred Hampton in his apartment in Chicago, Illinois. Investigations done at the crime scene. Attorney James Montgomery in a press interview speaks regarding Hampton's death. Police officer explains the events that took place on the day of Hampton's murder. Illinois State Attorney General Edward V Hanrahan speaks on what occurred at the raid of Fred Hampton's apartment in Chicago. View of bullets holes at the crime scene. Press officials ask various questions.
Part of a feature on the Czecho-Slovak Revolution. Shows 1918 celebrations in prague as the Habsburg rule ends and the independent republic of Czechoslovakia is established. Generalissimo (Chief Army officer) of the Czech Army, Dr. Scheiner and Rosicky read the oath of allegiance. Czechoslovakian troops returning from the Italian front receive a rousing welcome in Prague. Generalissimo and Rosicky review the troops. People and troops parade on the streets. Troops on horses and in horse carts. Czechoslovakian flags and banners in parade. Shows Minister Klofac, Dr K Kramarc and Dr Stanek, Minister of Public Works. Klofac addresses the people. The future of new republic is addressed by the socialist leader. Colonel Husak, Commander of the Czech forces in Russia addresses the crowd. Military band plays and the crowd cheers, waving hats in the air. View of uniformed French and British aviators in discussion, amongst the crowd. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Film begins showing Japanese flag spreading over the Pacific areas of Japanese control. Newspaper headline reads: "Japs Attack Pearl Harbor." Radio news broadcaster states the "While the Battle of the Pacific spreads over a 5 thousand mile front, the United States formally declares war on the Empire of Japan." A woman in her home goes to her radio to listen to the broadcast. A man listens to his car radio. A man and woman listen to the broadcast in the family living room. Film transitions to view of the Ford Motor Company Rouge River Plant in Dearborn Michigan. Then, the film begins to show products of the Ford Company as it converted to wartime production for the war. Several jeeps drive out of a yard holding thousands of them. View from camera below as jeeps drive above it. An Army officer and a civilian riding with a driver in a jeep being run through its paces at a Ford proving ground. An M4 tank running through mud. A 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10 (Tank Destroyer) Amphibious jeeps entering a body of water, Several seen driving on a dry road and then entering the water. Numerous Army trucks seen parked in an open field. View of an M-10 Tank destroyer running over some trees. A twin engine transport plane takes off towing a Ford-built Waco CG-4 glider behind it. Aerial view from above of several transport planes towing CG-4 gliders at low altitude below. Closeup of a Ford-built supercharger installed in a warplane. Closeup showing its flapper valve moving as a person spins its compressor with his finger. Aircraft engine starting up. Ford-built Electronic antiaircraft director is shown. The remainder of the film shows men and women assembling aircraft engines in a Ford Motor plant.
Ford Motor Company workers swarm around the the final assembly line for the new Model A Ford car. Overhead moving parts line carries variety of parts, such as exhaust pipes, needed by the workers, who select them as needed.
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