A film about events leading up to the independence of the Philippines. Filipino people milling about on streets after the end of World War II. People lined up to get food supplies. A sign reads 'Concor enrollment center'. Civilians being enrolled for reconstruction work after the end of World War II. The civilians work at reconstruction sites like railway tracks.
A film about events leading up to the independence of the Philippines. A boat underway off the coast of Manila Bay, Manila, Philippines. A diver puts on a mask aboard the boat. The diver being lowered into the water to search for coins part of the Philippine Commonwealth treasury before World War II. The diver underwater. A heap of Commonwealth period Philippine Peso coins.
A film about events leading up to the independence of the Philippines after World War II. Filipinos lined up at a bank. People transact at a counter. The bank teller holding wads of cash at the counter. Debris spread across an area. People work at a construction site. The Tydings Committee on Filipino economic affairs consult with Filipino leaders. Civilians at a political rally as a man addresses them. Filipino citizens lined up to cast their votes during the presidential elections. Manuel Roxas seated with officials after being elected as the President. Filipinos cross a bridge. A Filipino couple having rice for dinner together. An elderly Filipino woman cooks from a claypot or palayok. A child reads a book.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows USS Philippine Sea underway in the Panama Canal. U.S. Navy Admiral Richard E. Byrd in conversation with naval officers on the deck. Sailors attach ice skis to the landing gears of the Douglas DC-3 aircraft aboard the deck.
Aerial view of Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Railroad train. Close up of chunks of metal on a flatcar. Metal rolling machinery. Blast furnace interior. Foundry interior. Huge bucket on overhead crane. Showering sparks from molten metal.
View of a teeming (pouring) platform at the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Narrow-gauge train. Huge ladle on overhead crane. Showering sparks from molten metal being poured into ingot molds. Workers remove scaling with a rod, then place caps on the ingot molds . Worker with visor over face. Stripper crane removes the mold from red-hot ingot. Ingot is then moved to a soaking pit for uniform re-heating before being rolled in the mill.