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A man applies and receives a courier of his acceptance from the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps in the U.S.
A film titled 'Tomorrow's leaders of the Merchant Marine' shows merchant marine officer candidates in the United States. Sail boats at sea. Seamen operate artillery aboard a ship. The seamen take transfer to another ship. Men aboard a ship. A man applies to the Merchant Marine Academy to become a Merchant Marine Officer. He writes the address of the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps. The man works in his office. His mother receives a courier from the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps. She calls her son. The man reads the news of his acceptance and the order to be present for a physical examination.
Coast Guard officers of the Marine Inspection Division overseeing ship construction and marine safety equipment in World War II
A diagram depicts growth of merchant fleet with time. Coast Guard officers of the Marine Inspection Division review plans and construction of ships to assure that they adhere to established safety standards. Views of several ships in various stages of construction during World War 2. A new ship being launched and going down the ways. Coast Guard officers reviewing initial plans for a ship. View inside a laboratory at the U.S. Bureau of Standards. A civilian measures a test specimen using a micrometer as U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant from the Marine Inspection Division observes. Coast Guard officers examine defective parts from ships. Coast Guard officer inspecting a large steel part during manufacture. A vibrator machine testing the performance of ship parts under simulated sea conditions. Life boat davits being tested during manufacture. Coast Guardsmen testing materials for use in life jackets and testing the finished life jackets. A Coast Guardsman giving life jackets a final inspection. He rejects one.
Coast Guard vessels, buoys, lighthouses, helicopters and life saving service stations in the United States.
Opening scene shows an animated map of the United States and its inland waterways. An extremely long barge assembly is seen moving along a waterway, with industrial plant on shore in background. Another view of barges being pushed, View from a ship passing a city skyline. A Coast Guard ship passing an inland passenger ship in icy waters. View from bow of the Coast Guard ship moving through the ice. he U.S. Coast Guard side paddlewheel river tender, "Willow" is seen docked on the Mississippi River. Black smoke is rising from one of her funnels. A team of men works at a river bank, installing an aid to navigation. View of another such aid. A Coast Guard riverboat for installing and maintaining navigation aids, moving on a river. Closeup of a Coastguardsman wearing flotation vest, on deck. A buoy being raised by a crane on the ship. Glimpse of a buoy floating in the water. A new buoy being lowered from the ship into the water. Closeup of two Coast Guard officers watching as the buoy is set in place. View from deck of ship as the buoy is lowered overboard. Aerial view of a lighthouse. View of lighthouse from ground nearby. Glimpse of a Coast Guard station on a sandy shore. A Coast Guard boathouse with three rescue dories visible inside. A pontoon equipped Coast Guard helicopter taking off from a moving ship.
President Harry S. Truman gives a short address while dedicating Friendship International Airport in Maryland, United States.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman dedicates Friendship International Airport in Anne Arundel County Maryland, United States, south of Baltimore. Aerial view of the new airport. A sign on a terminal building reads 'Friendship International Airport'. President Truman disembarks from an aircraft together with Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., and is greeted by officials. He reviews an honor guard. A crowd seated during the dedication ceremony. The President speaks into a microphone and gives a short address (sound is present in clip for this portion). (The airport was later renamed Baltimore/Washington International Airport, and subsequently, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Also known as BWI.)
The United States demobilizes following World War II
Opening illustrated slate shows reduction of Amercan Armed forces personnel from more than 12 million in 1945 to only a little over 1 and a half million in 1947. U.S. Navy submarines are seen docked in storage. Men work spraying protective coatings over guns on Navy ships as they are placed in storage in the "Mothball Fleet." A lone sailor is seen on the deck of a ship with vast number of mothballed Navy destroyers in the background. A B-24 Liberator bomber being dismantled and a B-17 parked with engines removed, seen through stack of propellers in foreground. Airman sets a demolition charge. Views of several bomber aircraft being blown up as junk. Stacks of junked and scrapped American war materiel rusting. View inside a mill where molten metal is being processed (ostensibly recycled from junked war materiel). Narrator speaks of beating guns into plow shares. Several views of molten metal being poured into and from ladles. Views inside post-war factories returning to peace-time production, where industrial heavy equipment, railroad wheels, kitchen appliances, home appliances, rubber tires, and new 1946 Ford automobiles are assembled (looking exactly like the 1942 models).
Japan exploits human and material resources in occupied Asian countries of its Empire, to support its war effort against the Allies (WW2)
A solitary Japanese Army sentry walks his post along a seawall in a coastal area under Japanese military control in World War II. Local people go about their daily activities in a city under Japanese administration. A Japanese military policeman, wearing a white armband, directs traffic. A Japanese Army officer converses with another Japanese military policeman. A passenger speeds past them in a rickshaw. A Japanese military officer waves a loaded truck onward. Japanese replace old buildings and install new communication lines in a city. Japanese military engineers survey and Japanese troops build lines of communication, including a railroad bridge. Japanese officials scrutinize credentials of people at a checkpoint. A Japanese soldier searches a man. People are waved through a checkpoint after their credentials are reviewed. Workers in a textile plant. Laborers at construction sites use carrying poles to transport materials. Other laborers carrying sacks of material on their backs, as they unload a barge at a waterfront. Glimpse of a Japanese controlled harbor.
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