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ASF Commanding General Brehon Somervell speaking about the problem of substitution and conversion of needed World War 2 supplies

Production of supplies for American soldiers during World War II. Commanding General of Army Service Forces( ASF ) Brehon B. Somervell seated at a desk in his office in the United States. He explains the serious problem of substitution and conversion and what is being done by American science to meet these needs. Somervell states that he is issuing an order: A command to think along new lines regarding every product essential to the war. He asks: 1) Can it be made as well of some less critical material; 2) Can it be made better, faster, or in greater quantity by some other method of production? He calls on viewers to draw on the brains and ingenuity. View of ordnance insignia. Interior of an office. An officer and a draftsman examine a machine gun. Exhibit of mannequins wearing uniforms with supplies for soldiers and nurses. Miniature tents and kitchen equipment. An officer and executives from two rubber production companies check synthetic rubber and collaborate on improvements. Radio engineers at work in front of equipment checking new type equipment. Workers weighing equipment and finding ways to make needed supplies lighter in weight. Chemical warfare officers at work. A soldier with a new plastic gas mask comes out of a room. Medical and other industry leaders around a conference table. Men gathered around tables planning improvements. Workers entering a large aircraft production factory. A man places a paper in a suggestion box labeled "ideas for increasing production."

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076711
Vought F4U Corsair and other fighter aircraft taxis and take off in Espiritu Santo (WW2)

A Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft landing on a sandy airfield in Espiritu Santo during World War 2. Douglas SBD Dauntless landing. A United States pilot signals to an aircraft taxiing away. A United States Vought F4U Corsair lands, turns to park in airfield. A Vought F4U Corsair taxiing. A man runs ahead of the Vought F4U Corsair and signals to its pilot. Rear view of a group of Vought F4U Corsairs waiting in line for take-off. Group of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taxis and take off one by one.

Location: Espiritu Santo New Hebrides Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079553
General Twining at a news conference during Tushino Air Show in Russia.

Soviet and U.S. officials in a press conference. Officials including Nikita Khrushchev, Mr. Zhukov and Nikolai Bulganin can be seen. Car on a flooded road. Officials in conversation. General Twining at table, speaks on microphone.

Location: Tushino Russia
Date: 1956, June
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032565
Band and dancers of Oklahoma Sooners, and clowns performing on New Years Eve during 1958 Orange Bowl parade.

A huge gathering present for the 1958 Orange Bowl parade associated with the January 1, 1958 Orange Bowl game between the University of Oklahoma "Sooners" and the Duke University "Blue Devils" college football teams. Dancers and band of the Oklahoma Sooners perform at the parade. Girls dancing, instrumentalists pass by, a clown on a canoe with wheels and another clown on snow skis with wheels. Police motorcyclists perform a drill. Girls in dresses (Orange Bowl queen and court) ride by on a parade float.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1957, December 31
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032783
John F. Kennedy International Airport outside New York city: Planes, terminals, passengers, control towers, customs centers

Several passenger airplanes parked at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and views of passengers waiting inside the terminal building. People in early 1970s fashions. Views of an aircraft taking off. Exterior of the JFK airport, interior of a flight control room in the control tower with air traffic controllers at work Passengers in U.S. customs processing area. Terminal buildings of the JFK airport. Planes taking off and planes landing at the airport. TWA and Pan American airplanes seen among various aircraft. Passengers greeting family and friends with smiles. Sign boards (some electronic and some mechanical flipping signboards) show arrival and departure information.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1972
Duration: 4 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032799
Views of a new YG-1B inspected by representatives of the House Military Affairs Committee in Washington DC, United States.

Representatives of the House Military Affairs Committee inspect the auto-gyro YG-1B (early helicopter like aircraft) in Washington DC, United States. YG-1B takes off, views of YG-1B in flight. Auto-gyro lands, head of the House Military Affairs Committee seated in the rear cockpit in the auto-gyro.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032867
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