Manufacturing of German weapons in Germany during World War 2. Opening scene shows steam and smoke rising from a German industrial complex in 1941. Inside the plant, men and women are at work in arms manufacture. A woman rides on a traveling crane, moving a large steel wheel suspended by a chain. Another woman operates a grinder from which sparks fly. A woman welder uses a torch on slabs of steel and another removes parts from a machine press. An array of new rifles moves past the camera, revealing men fitting barrels into rifle stocks. Closeup of a worker examining a rifle stock for symmetry. A man in protective clothing uses a long pole near a steel furnace. Bessemer-type furnaces emit flames as they are charged with oxygen. Caldrons filled with molten steel move while suspended below an overhead conveyer. A machinist turns the nose section of a large shell. A man uses white tape to tie finished munitions for shipment. Men working on several 122mm field pieces and others working on a line of 88mm anti-aircraft guns. Camera pans over assortment of shiny finished artillery shells. A container is raised up from an annealing operation. Men tend others where flame can be seen. Many workers walk in unison to a row of Junkers JU-88 aircraft fuselages. A 1,340 Junkers Jumo 211J twelve-cylinder engine for one is seen moving on an overhead conveyer. Assembled and painted Ju-88s are rolled through a hangar. One sits at the door of the hangar. A production line of Panzer tanks in various stages of completion. One moves through the plant on an overhead conveyer.
Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The exhibition of the program is inaugurated in Mexico City. Progress in technology. A man draws a sketch of Ford Motor cars. The sketch of different models of Ford cars on a board. The man explains the features of the new Ford car with the help of a model. The visitors listen to him as he explains. A close of the model. The visitors look at the model. A 1956 General Motors Firebird II. A car of General Motors being exhibited. Young children look at the car. A car of Chrysler Corporation on display. A man explains the capacity of the engines and mountings in the car. The visitors listen to him. A model of a car on display. A workshop. A man speaks into a microphone. Visitor stand near the workshop. A car with an open bonnet of a car.
Film opens showing a U.S. Air Transport Command C-54 aircraft taxiing in to park at the Washington National airport, Washington, DC. Next, U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, leaves the aircraft and descends steps, followed by a Congressional delegation, including Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. The airport ramp is crowded with Army Air Forces personnel, photographers, and news reporters. Other Air Forces members watch from in front of the Army Air Forces Transport Command Terminal in the background. Closeup of Byrnes greeting several men in the crowd. Part of the sequence repeats again.
American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen stands with his mannequin Charlie McCarthy near a desk. Hollywood executive producer Charles R. Rogers seated at a desk. He draws a contract for starring roles in new Universal pictures. A close up Charlie and Bergen. They both talk. They look at Rogers drawing the contact. A man enters the room. Roger hands over the contract to Edgar Bergen. Charlie McCarthy and Bergen look at the contract. They talk to the man. A close up of Charlie McCarthy and Bergen. Bergen talks to the two men inside the room and laughs.
France unveils huge new nuclear project. The Nuclear Center in Western Europe. A scientist puts a piece of radio active isotope suspended from a rod into a sealed container. Technician sets desired power on the power control panel. A scientist pours heavy water into the cyclotron. He puts an extended chain on the cyclotron to take out data.
Lockheed jet trainer aircraft tested in California. The student and instructor seated in a cockpit of the new Lockheed jet trainer. The jet taxis and takes off. The trainer and instructor seated in cockpit while formation. The jet aircraft lands at Burbank Airport. A parachute opens as the aircraft lands.
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