Opening scene shows U.S. Army Brigadier General Charles H. Bonesteel, Commander of the VI Corps Area, seated in a new jeep with Ford Motor Company President, Edsel Ford, at the wheel in a Ford Motor Company factory in during World War 2. This jeep is the first in an order for 1500 jeeps being delivered by Ford to the U.S. Army. Ford Company executives in business suits, covered by white lab coats are in the background, along with regular factory workers. One executive signals for the jeep to be moved ahead, out of the factory. Next, the film shows jeeps being demonstrated at the Ford Motor testing ground. Army officers and Ford Company executives line a ridge overlooking the test ground as drivers take several jeeps through their paces in demanding circumstances. Scene shifts to Fort Benning, Georgia, where jeeps of the Army's 4th Division are seen driving along a dirt road towing small field artillery pieces. Several are also seen driving (without artillery pieces) through dense woods and other obstacles at the Army base.
Activities at Ford River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan during World War II. Freighter being loaded by a huge crane. Locomotive wheels turning. Smoke stacks of the Ford River Rouge Complex. Foundry and sparks flying in the factory. Metal poured into smaller ladle. Molten metal being moved by crane in a large ladle. Machine in operation. Crankshaft on conveyor. View of crane hooks and machine. Worker punching time card. Feet of workers walking in the plant yard. Automobiles in traffic that narrator states are nowadays equipped with safety glass.
Restaurants in Miami, Florida. A sign outside a restaurant reads 'Fish Dinner with two vegetables and coffee with white belt dairy cream 30 cents'. A parked exotic car with extremely long hood and one piece curved windshield partially opened upward above the car hood. Sign at restaurant beside the car advertises "Hot fish sandwiches 10 Cents." A sign on sidewalk reading "Bar-B-Q. Fish and Beer." left front wheel of a car parked nearby. Camera focuses again on "Hot Fish Sandwiches" sign. Another view of the "Fish dinner for 30 cents," sign.
Tourists during winter vacations in Miami, Florida. People at a club. Two men sitting in the club. A man sits and observes. Female club dancers perform. People watch and clap as the group of chorus girls dance. People watch a woman dancer performing flips and other gymnastics. She is wearing a devil horn hat on her head. Sign reads 'Royal Palm Club'.
Tourists during winter vacations in Miami, Florida. People gamble at slot machines at the Royal Palm Club in Miami, Florida. Woman laughs.
Tourists during winter vacations at a night club in Miami, Florida. People sit and enjoy as a band plays at a night club. A band master with a stick. Men play saxophone. Hand of a man plays a guitar. Men play trumpet and saxophone. A man smokes a cigar and claps. Men play horn. Woman laughs and talks. Another woman points a finger on her face and talks. Woman sits with men and smokes.
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