Bernard M. Baruch, Chairman of the War Industries Board during World War 1, poses with other men outdoors. Individuals arrive at a building to attend War Industries Board meeting. Individuals arrive and depart. Several women arrive by car to attend the meeting.
Ex-Servicemen Strike to announce the condemnation of war in Paris, France. Thousands of Ex-Servicemen from World War I march in a stirring of parade with banners. They hold hands as they march with an anti-war, pacifist theme. Several people in the center on tricycles. Also disabled veterans in wheel chairs. Banners state 'Les Croix de Bois'. Ambient sound from the rally is heard.
American infantry and horse-drawn artillery move along a road in World War 1. U.S. troops moving quietly through serpentine trenches at the front during final phases of World War 1. "Linga, DCI, Rincalzi" stenciled on wood sign near trenches. The area is battle-scarred, but no hostilities are in progess. Another scene shows American troops in a deep trench behind barbed wire, with rifles and fixed bayonets at the ready. Scene shifts to German and Turkish prisoners of war being escorted by American soldiers, past destroyed buildings and rubble. Several prisoners wheel wounded comrade on a gurney. Another change of scene shows small contingent of U.S. Cavalry, carrying American flag as they ride out of village, along a debris strewn road, followed by several U.S. soldiers riding bicycles. Later, a large number of troops march along the same road led by Army band musicians in uniform. Brief glimpse of Ottoman troops on horseback.Smoke or gas rising along battle line. American troops run toward it and one appears to reach for his gas mask. Glimpse of troops and some civilians making their way down a broken boardwalk at edge of a bay. A bomb or shell crater in midst of open fields.
War material funded by Liberty Bond drive in the United states during World War 1. Naval ships being constructed with factories in the background. View of shipyard and partially completed warship. Biplanes lined up in a field. An aircraft takes off. A massive railroad gun artillery piece pulled by a locomotive on railroad track. Workers seen sittin on the whole length of the massive rail gun barrel, and then climbing down. Children sit near the rail road track. A U.S. Navy battleship of World War I anchored at harbor and a submarine underway at sea.
Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany after World War II. Training film for U.S. Army soldiers occupying Germany after the war. A flashback shows a Hitler Youth parade. People gathered in large numbers as they salute in Nazi style. Contrast with a peaceful German people is shown: German men gathered at a bar or pub drinking as they sit around a table. A man and woman in traditional German dress dance. Men work in a farm. Two girl children eat cherries from a basket. Contrasting again: Scenes show young German boys during World War 2 climbing atop an artillery piece and raising its barrel as German soldiers look on. A teacher in a school classroom stands beside the Nazi flag and demonstrates Nazi salute. Boys in the Hitler Youth beat drums and march in a parade. An Allied military police officer questions a German man at a door. The man shuts the door. A sign on the door reads ' Off limits. Occupied by civilians '.
Agricultural progress motivated by the demands of World War 2, in the United States. Efforts made to develop substitute crops for foreign products now unavailable. Farmer on a tractor in the farm. Crop planted and harvested with the help of tractor. Man takes seeds in hands from a bag. A 100 pound bag of 0-14-14 fertilizer reads: 'AAA for use only in carrying out soil building practices. Agriculture Conservation Program of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency." Farmer Harry Vetch in Mississippi shown in his field of nitrogen rich legumes that he is growing in order to obtain nitrogen fertilizer since nitrogen is needed in the war effort and unavailable to farmers. View of a field of crimson clover also for use in obtaining nitrogen. View of soybean and clover also used for nitrogen in corn fields. Man on tractor spreads manure fertilizer. A sign board reads: "Emergency Rubber Project. Quail Creek Nursery. Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture" outside a building. A man examines a test planting of a Mexican hule rubber plant needed to meet war demand for rubber. Man beside a 'Department of Agriculture' truck bounces a chunk of rubber. Also shown is a test planted row of Kok-saghyz Russian dandelion used to produce rubber. Milkweed and goldenrod plants are shown. Narrator talks about Victory Gardens as images of farmers plowing small fields are shown. Samples of Victory Garden vegetables shown on a table with signs noting the nutrients in each such as calcium, iron and vitamin B. A woman in a home victory garden holds up produce. View of a shelf of canned vegetables from a victory garden. Houses and trees on a farm, as a combine harvester works the fields. Mountains in the background. A row of grain silos. Man plows a field with yoked oxen. A woman works on a farm and drives a tractor. Farmers drive tractors and harvest potatoes or onions in a field.
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