Omaha Class U.S. cruisers at sea. B-17 D Flying Fortesses lined up to take off. A B-17 D Flying Fortess takes off. Flying Fortess in formation with close up of engine and spinning propellers. PT boats (patrol torpedo boats) under construction at factory. PT boat at sea. Formation of PT boats at sea. Narrator notes that all equipment is bound for England as part of the Lend Lease Act. USA flag superimposed over signature page of the Lend Lease Act.
Russian and British Trade unionists stand at the steps of Hamilton House in England. Colonel John Ward, Member of Parliament and Mr WA Appleton Secretary of Federation of trade unionists receive Russian Trade Unionists. They stand in front of the building shake hands, talk and pose.
A Ford stake bed truck, loaded with boxes, approaches, climbing up a hill, toward the camera. An elevated highway carrying traffic in background. The truck turns and proceeds up another street. Scene shifts to the truck moving on a highway. Then begins a sort of anatomy of the truck. Its various parts are shown. Beginning with the chassis, the film reveals its side rails; steel crossmembers; forward end;and 4-cylinder,50HP Ford engine. A cutaway of the automobile engine and animated illustration show cylinder, pistons, valves, intake manifold, and carburetor. Rotating crankshaft, fuel pump and filter, and positive lubrication system are shown in action. Cutaway view of crankcase shows lubrication and valve lifters and springs in motion.The entire engine lubrication system is shown. The cooling system is described and shown.The ignition system and distributor are shown.Three point rubber insulated engine mounting is shown. The 4-speed transmission is shown in cutaway with gears moving. Single plate clutch is shown and the drive shaft assembly.
Robert P T Coffin, poet of New England talks with men and women. He is surrounded by people at a gathering. They all sit in the shade of trees. Two ladies sit at a round table. They are surrounded by a group of young people sitting on its circumference. One of them writes down on a pad, as the group begins a conversation.
Doctors operate on a cancer patient at the New England Deaconess Hospital, in Boston. Cancerous tissue excised from patient's body during surgery is saved to test behavior of the cells when exposed to radiation. The tissues are cultivated and then.examined under microscopes fitted with a movie camera. Cells divide. Radioactive material in a pack with warning, 'Hazard' written on it. A doctor exposes cancerous tissue to the radioactive material. Cancer cells die after exposure. Exterior view of the White Plains Hospital building in White Plains New York. A child runs to a woman in front of the hospital building. She picks up the child and both smile.
German officers await air evacuation in European Theater during World War II. German officers await air evacuation to England. Germany officer boards U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain plane parked at an airfield. U.S. soldiers stand around as German officer boards C-47. Door of C-47 closes.
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