Music Maestro, Arturo toscanini, is seen in the library at Wave Hill, the mansion in which he is living during World War 2. His grandson, Walfredo Toscanini, is relaxing on a sofa in the background. The Maestro, paces the floor, as he listens to a phonograph record. Toscanini family pictures are seen on a piano, where the maestro is seated playing from a musical score. He pauses to annotate the score.
Arturo Toscanini conducts orchestra and chorus in Verdi's Hymn of the Nations, at NBC's Studio 8-H, New York City. The NBC Symphony orchestra includes typical instruments plus harp. Tenor Jan Peerce is joined by the Westminster Choir onstage. Among other national themes, the performance includes British and American national anthems, concluding with the latter. (Note: This film was produced by the U.S. Office of War Information.)
Twenty thousand people including high military and political leaders of the Chinese National Government gather to pay respect to countrymen who have died in the war torn China. Chinese troops parade. Chinese political leaders review the parade.
View of cranes and workshops at at shipyards in California during World War 2. Construction of Liberty ship at the shipyard Workers arriving for their shift at the shipyard. Hammer Crane picks up a shell plate. Shell plates are sent to the planers. Flame planers are used to plane shell plates. Machine makes rivet holes in the shell plate.Edges are bevel-burned with an acetylene torch. Holes being drilled with machine. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)
Constructing Liberty ship at shipyards in California during World War 2. Shell plates are put through shaping rollers. Torch burns radius holes into shell plates. Parallel burning of shell plates. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)
Liberty ship being assembled at shipyards in California during World War 2. Workers weld pieces of ship. Bent and rolled shell plates. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)
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