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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."

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076711
USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the 8th Air Force, in flight over Europe during World War II.

Aerial view from one of the aircraft in a Large formation of U.S. Army Air Forces 8th Air Force B-17 bombers in flight over Europe, during World War 2. Brief view of P-47 thunderbolt fighter escort plane, as it flies past the camera. The B-17s display "Square A" tail codes of 4th Bomb Wing, 94th Bomb Group(H) and "Triangle C" tail codes of 1st Bomb Wing, 303rd Bomb Group(H). The sequence tracks the formation over farmland and cumulous clouds.

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076934
U.S. aircraft in flight overhead, drop supplies in Burma.

Dropping of supplies for U.S. soldiers in Burma during World War II. A U.S. aircraft in flight overhead. Supplies are dropped with parachutes from the aircraft. The parachutes descend towards the land.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076942
Smoke rises as Chinese soldiers go through gun drills with a 75 mm Pack Howitzer in Burma.

Chinese soldiers in Burma during World War II. Soldiers dig out mud from a field. They fire rifles and a 75 mm Pack Howitzer. Smoke rises from the firing. The soldiers load shells in the howitzer.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076943
A doctor removes a shrapnel piece from a soldier's leg in Burma during World War II.

Chinese soldiers in Burma during World War II. Soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a litter. Other soldiers standing in the background. A doctor removes a shrapnel piece from a man's leg.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076944
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jacob L Devers and British Army General Henry Maitland Wilson meet in North Africa.

Officers meet in North Africa during World War II. Interior of an office. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jacob L Devers and British Army General Henry Maitland Wilson standing behind a desk. They discuss. Both of them seated at the desk. They look at a theater of operations map.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076948