British shipyard workers go on strike for 10% raise. Workers stand by the gate. Giant cranes idle at the British shipyards. Union leader speaks with workers. Queen Juliana launches a new ship, the Prins der Nederlanen (The Prince of the Netherlands) in Holland. It is designed for the West Indies service. She speaks as she breaks champagne against the bow of the ship..
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrives at Decca Records, one of England's largest phonograph record production factories. Sign above the front door reads "Decca." Prince Philip is given a tour of the Decca Records Pressing Factory (Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, New Malden, Surrey, UK). A woman shows phonograph record that has been pressure molded from master recording. She trims waste edge from the newly manufactured record. Prince Philip is escorted through the shipping department of the establishment, where numerous records are displayed in boxes, ready for shipment.
Men participate in the Mr. Ontario body builder show in Toronto, Canada. Crowd watches and judges discuss as participant body builders show off their muscles. Ken Togara of Toronto wins one of the awards. A young boy imitates the men and attempts to flex muscles. The 'Mr Ontario' title goes to 23 year old Jerry Richards of New Brunswick. Richards holds the trophy.
Soviet military prepardness documentary film from June 1941, in World War II. Newspaper article, dateline: 12 June 1941, names military leaders recognized by the Soviet Central Committee. Next, Soviet Marshals, Kliment Voroshilov, and Semyon Timoshenko, stand in a grain field. Timoshenko greets new recruits to the Red Army, who come forward. Glimpse of some Russian T-26, model 1933 tanks charging down a hillside. Marshal Timoshenko seated at a Russian M1910 Maxim machine gun, conversing with three soldiers. The legs of another Marshal are seen in background. A Russian BT-7 tank passing the camera at high speed. Marshal Timoshenko walking ahead of staff officers as they visit troops in the field. He is seen in a trench with soldiers, where he personally moves some camouflage branches in position. Timoshenko and Marshal Semyon Budyonny (aka Budyenny) coversing with a tank commander and other officers in the field.
Soviet spokesmen and soldiers speak at military recruitment event during World War 2. Young men in the audience applaud. A soviet soldier leads the new recruits are led off, carrying their belongings. Next, they are seen marching along a city street, swinging their arms in a cadence. A small group of Russian recruits is introduced to the manual of arms and drill by a soldier. The group marches toward the camera, led by several regular army soldiers.
Film begins showing an armed member of Soviet home guard standing in a wheat field during World War 2.. Nearby a tractor is pulling a harvesting combine machine across part of the wheat field. The harvester is being operated by a woman. A man stands by her side. Closeup of that man and then of him and the woman operating the harvester. Many children are seen bent over gleaning remains in the wake of the harvester. They bring their findings to a boy who empties them into a large sack. Another girl empties a bucket of gleanings into the boy's sack. View of two men standing on platform of the harvester, where they are filling sacks with harvested wheat and depositing them on the ground as the harvester moves along. Closeup of the man and woman atop the harvester. Closeup of the reaper blades cutting the wheat. Camera pans to edge of the wheat field, where civilians are busy building defenses. Camera moves closer and shows the worker in deep ravine to serve as a tank barrier. This group are mostly men. The next scene shows women and girls shoveling earth. Scene shifts to men cutting a new tank trap. Others are burying wood obstacles into the ground. A woman is seen preparing food in a large kettle over a fire. She uses a large ladle to sample the food. Women and girls are working on the defense works in the background.Change of scene shows men placing large logs into the edge of a deep multi-level tank trap. Men and women shovel earth to the top of a log fortification.
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