The Jack and Heintz war plant in Bedford, Ohio, during World War 2, where the company made various aircraft parts and accessories for the U.S. Military. Opens showing several employees at work with a chalk board behind them displaying box scores up to the last inning of a baseball game between St. Louis and Cleveland. One employee enters a "2" in the last half of the 9th inning, showing a 2-1 win for St. Louis over Cleveland. Local workers nod their satisfaction. This segment is repeated two more times, with the man writing in the "2" again. Closeup of the box score with last half of 9th inning blank. The worker with chalk repeats his entry of "2" in the last box. This time, a worker tunes a radio sitting below the box score and listens. Closeup of a fish bowl atop the radio, containing fish. Closeup of employee holding his ear to the radio as he tunes it. He lights a cigarette. Closeup of fish swimming in the fish bowl. Camera zooms in on fish bowl showing Company Logo and JAHCo. plus "One for All and All for One,"and a flag showing half Navy and half Army, all imprinted on the fish bowl.
The Canol (Canadian Oil) Project in Canada during World War II. A truck on a road carrying barges. A bulldozer tows another barge. A sign board reads 'Zone Quartermaster Warehouse, Class I and III Supplies'. The bulldozer clear dirt over logs laid across a section of the road. An African American soldier of the 388th General Service Regiment cutting a wooden log with an ax. The barge is transported across the road and lowered into a river with the help of a slide.
The Canol Project in Canada during World War II. A pile of steel pipes. African American soldiers of the 388th Engineers Regiment transfer pipes on two pipes lying parallel on the ground. Workers take out money from their wallets to gamble. They roll a dice on sand.
From a series of clips showing work on the Canol Project in Canada during World War 2. View of workers working at a construction site near the Mackenzie River. African American U.S. Army soldiers of the 388th Engineer General Service Regiment roll steel pipes on to a barge. The Engineers lift the pipes. (When the river was frozen, members of this regiment were sometimes referred to as the "Ice Road Truckers" moving equipment on the frozen Mackenzie River.)
The Canol construction project in Canada during World War II. Construction vehicles ferried across a river. African American soldiers of the 388th General Services Regiment relax aboard a ferry. Workers roll steel pipes onto a barge along the river. They lift heavy long pipes. Equipment on ferries. The workers roll the pipes on two parallel pipes on the ground. Piles of pipes in the background.
The Canol Project (Canadian oil) in Canada during World War II. A board reads 'Dawson Creek Welcomes You'. Vehicles on a street. A board on a shop reads 'Wade's Style Shop'. 'Dew Drop Inn' written on a wall. The Canadian Bank of Commerce building and the Dawson Hotel. Foot prints on snow covered surface.
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