War damage in London, England during World War II. Exterior of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) building after a bomb explosion in the vicinity. Men view the damaged building. A burned and wrecked car belonging to a BBC announcer. Men standing outside a damaged building. A sign board on a wall of the building reads: 'Langham Hotel'. Two men remove rubble from in front of the hotel doorway.
Opening slate in Russian refers to "Oil for the front" (in World War 2). First scene shows an oil field with drilling derricks in place and trucks passing over a bridge. Scene switches to oil worker high in a drilling rig, making an adjustment to a moving oil drilling arm. Closeup from even with the moving arm shows drill suspended from it. On the ground below, two supervisors look at a drilling site. Roughnecks attach a block and cable to a hook suspended from drilling derrick. A closeup of crude oil flowing into a compartment hatch on an oil tank rail car. View of train with oil tank cars being filled from pipes. A locomotive engine begins the train of filled oil cars.
Opening slate in Russian reads "We will give the Country more bread." Soviet farmers are seen threshing grain with a machine in a field. A woman drives a cart full of grain pulled by a horse. Other horse-drawn wagons deposit more grain in front of the thresher. Men atop the thresher use pitchforks to guide grain into the machine. Closeup atop the thresher where men and women with pitchforks fill the input bin. Closeup of grain pouring from the threshing machine. More scenes of men and women handling harvested stalks and of grain pouring from the machine. Final scenes show huge piles of finished grain being stirred and handled.
Japanese soldiers in Kiukiang, China (present-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China) during Second Sino-Japanese War. An army and navy train pulled by armored car moves past on the rails. A Japanese soldier peers from the front window of the armored car. Men construct an army bridge under the direction of Japanese soldiers. They drive bridge piles. Japanese soldiers on a superstructure. Men at work. A Japanese soldier saws a tie. The soldiers aboard a train. Chinese coolies lay railroad ties. Japanese soldiers guard the coolies at work.
A reunion of former USAF Thunderbird aerobatic team members at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thunderbird crew stands in front of a United States Air Force ( USAF ) F-100C Super Sabre parked at the air base. A USAF C-123 Provider in the background. Officials inspect the Thunderbirds. The Thunderbird commander shakes hands with the officials. F-100Cs being prepared for a flight. The aircraft in flight in diamond formation. A crowd watches the aircraft. Mountains in the foreground. The aircraft leave behind vapor trails. People seated on chairs watch the aircraft.
Activities of civilians in the Philippines during World War II. The Capitol Building in the foreground. Vehicles on a street in the front of the building. Exterior of Santo Tomas University. Filipino students practice doing experiments in a laboratory at the university. Students studying in the class rooms in a school. They study in the schools in English language. Training of Filipino military cadets. A high ranking official seated at a desk in his office. He talks over a phone. Officials seated at a desk discuss amongst themselves. Filipino soldiers march.
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