A documentary depicts activities of U.S. Department of War workers in the United States during World War 2. Scenes of various 1940's clocks on bedside tables. War department workers wake up with the alarms. They get ready for work. Cars passing on the streets of Washington DC. Buildings along the sides of the street. People lined up waiting for public conveyance. A bus arrives. Bus and car traffic on the "Highway Bridge" over the Potomac River toward Arlington Virginia. (The Highway Bridge, a swing-span through-truss bridge, was part of the 14th Street Bridge complex over the years. It was eventually replaced by the George Mason Memorial Bridge, and in 1967 the Highway Bridge was removed and taken to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia, to be used for bombing practice). View of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia, and views of large parking lots at the Pentagon filled with cars. Workers walking inside the Pentagon building corridors. A line of women seated and working at telephone switchboards in the Pentagon, and consulting an updated telephone directory. A sign at the door of a room reads 'Security Office, Identification Section'. A woman goes inside. Woman named 'Phyllis Hood' gets her identification card and finger prints for her identification in the office. She is seen taking an oath. Hood working at her desk. She files statistical reports. Exteriors of various Washington DC buildings being guarded by United States Army personnel for the Military District of Washington during World War II. A covered anti-aircraft gun installation in Washington DC is shown opening as US Army soldiers take up positions to use the artillery during practice drills. A guard standing outside the White House building.
The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. Recruits at the training center. A sailor seated at a desk. The recruits gather nearby. They sign papers. A group of men undresses. They receive bundles from a man behind a counter. They take a shower. Men wrapped in towels present slips of paper at the counter. They receive clothing. The men dress in uniforms.
Scenes from wedding reception(s) of German Waffen-SS General Hermann Fegelein and Gretl Braun (sister of Eva Braun) at the Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus) in Berchtesgaden, Germany, following a civil wedding ceremony in Salzburg. Female cooks prepare food for Gretl and Hermann's wedding reception. A cook tastes the food. Guests seated around a large table as they eat a meal. Martin Bormann talking to the newlyweds Hermann Fegelein and Gretl Braun. Scene changes to the Great Hall in the Berghof where Gretl and General Hermann Fegelein pose with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and speak to him.
Bontoc children engage in athletics in the Philippines. Filipino school girls play volleyball. Mrs. Evans, the American head of a public school in Bontoc (the historical capital of the Cordillera region), accompanies Bontoc girls on the school grounds. Filipino women teachers accompany Mrs. Evans and the girls. Girls parade on school grounds. Exteriors of an American-style school building, constructed during colonial period of brick made by a schoolteacher visitor from Minnesota, USA. Native Bontoc children participate in athletic events like racing and jumping.
Natives of the Philippines. Exteriors of a newly built government hospital in Bontoc, Philippines. Filipino patients lying in beds at the hospital. Nurses and doctors in background Nurses look after the patients who receive free medical care.
Events during World War I. View into distance along newly laid railroad track, on round log ties, across plains of Russia. Railroad car containing construction materials. Construction workers maneuver wheel barrows of construction materials along a wooden path. Russian officers pose on platform, looking out over the newly laid tracks. A French officer is also seen on the platform.
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