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US Army soldier and a woman visit various monuments and buildings in Washington DC.

Monuments and buildings in Washington DC during World War 2. Exterior of U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). A and a woman looking at the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson by Mills in Lafayette Square. They are seen at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery (123 Patton Dr building d, Fort Myer, VA 22211, United States) where they read the inscription on the tomb. Tourists arrive at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). They next are seen ascending the steps and entering the U.S. Capitol building. They look at statues of various famous Americans in the U.S. Capitol, including Daniel Webster, Samuel Adam, Stephen Austin, Lew Wallace, Will Rogers, Robert E. Lee, and George Washington. Exterior of U.S. Capitol building. The man and the woman coming out of the building.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076689
Scenes of Washington DC, and people working inside various Federal buildings and government offices in Washington DC (WW2)

A World War II documentary titled 'Boomtown DC', a part of 'This is America' series, compares Washington DC to an industrial boomtown where the big business is government. 1930's and 1940's cars parked along a tree-lined street in a Washington DC neighborhood with homes visible. A cat jumps down from a wall behind a neighborhood home, with the U.S. Capitol seen in the background. Scene changes to U.S. Capitol building exterior close up. Close up views of souvenir stand trinkets in Washington DC, including banners, snow globes, and postcards of buildings and monuments of the city. View on the National Mall in Washington DC toward the Lincoln Memorial, interrupted by temporary wartime elevated walkways erected between buildings of the rapidly expanding Navy Department on either side of the National Mall. Smoke stacks from the chimneys of a factory superimposed over various images of buildings in the city. A woman exiting a voting booth, followed by a man entering the same voting booth and closing the curtain. A US Army guard standing outside the White House. Exterior of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia. Sign "War Department" on the War Department building at 21st and Virginia Avenues. Exterior view of a Navy Department building, then exterior view of the Treasury Department building. Close up view of hands holding and flipping through a stack of IRS individual tax return documents, then of hands sorting through a stack of U.S. government bonds. View of the Justice Department, and then view of sign on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Scientists in a laboratory operate various equipment and run tests. A scientist near some beakers and test tubes in the lab. Scientists look through microscopes. View of underground rifle range in the FBI building as personnel practice marksmanship. View toward shooters on the range during firing, and toward targets. US Army guard in front of the State Department building. Exterior view of the Department of Labor building and sign. View of the U.S. Office of War Information building (OWI) with sign "US Information" inscribed in large letters on the top of the building (possibly the "Temporary V Building" of the OWI?) Exterior view of the Supreme Court Building. View of Declaration of Independence document on display. Exerior view of U.S. Capitol, then view of House of Representatives in session. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seated at a desk signs a document. Citizens and workers walking on streets of Washington DC. Sopme people enter the Department of Agriculture building. Men and women enter the Office of War Information. Civilian and military hats being hung on a hat rack. Hand reaches for a 1940's era telephone. Women filing papers, views of filing cabinets. Close-up of 1940s era typewriters in use.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076698
Meeting supply needs for U.S. soldiers in battle during World War 2

A film titled: 'Substitution and Conversion' on provision of supplies to soldiers in the European Theater during World War II. A slowly revolving relief globe. The Philippines on a map. Malaya, Borneo and Sumatra are also located. Narrator notes that a large quantity of raw materials was lost at these places during the war. Exterior of the Pentagon building in Arlington Virginia, outside Washington DC. Clerks working at their desks inside the building. A coat and hat rack filled with items belonging to civilian and military workers in the Pentagon. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Elevated view of columns of many U.S. Army soldiers standing at attention during a review. Closeup views of an American Army soldier showing his uniform and his equipment including helmet, rifle, gasmask, leggings, bayonet, ammunition belt, first aid kit, canteen, blanket roll, haversack. Soldiers stand in formation. Cots with netting on them in a barracks area. Corps of engineers soldiers building a wooden bridge over a waterway. Bomber aircraft and fighter aircraft in lines at an airfield. Columns of tanks parked in a field. Heavy artillery being towed on a roadway. Half track armored vehicles rolling by. View of tanks rolling by, and an anti-aircraft gun being cranked into position. Soldiers loading artillery shells from a storage area into a truck. View of storage tanks for gasoline. Convoy of supply trucks moving on a road. Closup view of train locomotive and its cars moving at and past camera position. Aircraft overhead in formation. View of ships at sea in convoy below. Animated map shows that 7 tons of equipment is required for each American soldier. Giant railroad gun firing. A Navy ship releasing a depth charge and explosion in water. Bombs away view of bombs falling from open bomb doors of a bomber aircraft. American soldiers racing onto a beach head. Animated map shows supply of war equipment to other places all over the world, from the United States.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076709
Men and women working in different war production factories for the production of raw materials and armament for World War 2 effort

The production of war materiel and supplies for soldiers and sailors in the United States during World War II. Newspaper headlines read: '1942 income 117 billions'. Men working in war production factories. Manufacture of aluminum and steel for the war effort. Sheet of aluminum rolling down conveyor in factory. View of assembly floor in a production plant building bomber aircraft. Brass being processed in factories, and hands of a worker sifting through new bullet casings in an ammunition factory. Use of copper exemplified in engine wiring and telephone communications applications. Steel being forged in factory. War ship being launched and a new Liberty ship SS Richard Bassett being launched from ship building slips on May 22, 1942. Tanks being built in a factory. Elevated view of many wood army barracks being built at an army base or camp. Then a view of homes being built as housing for war production workers. Lumber operations underway and coal miner in coal mines. A chart depicts the last year's production goals and then animated chart showing the production goals for the coming year shooting sky high. A sign on a door reads: 'Lt. Gen Brehon Somervell, Commanding General, ASF'. Lt. General Somervell seated at a desk in his office. He talks about engineers and technicians working for the U.S. Army and making materials go further to do more jobs than ever before.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076710
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
Italian aviation cadets parading, running and exercising at the Royal Academy of Aviation in Caserta, Italy.

Italian aviation cadets at the Royal Academy of Aviation in Caserta, Italy during World War II. Cadets parading and running on the grounds. Trees in the background. A building in the foreground. The cadets exercising in a formation. The cadets come up to a judges' table and receive medals. Several officers standing near the table. The cadets shake hands with Italian Blackshirt Italo Balbo. Balbo along with other officers walking on the academy grounds.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675076928