A large crowd of the Democratic Party faithful, in formal dress, gather for a Victory Dinner, in the Willard Hotel, Washington, DC, to celebrate Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection in 1937. An orchestra plays "Happy Days Are Here Again." The President stands at a table (with a man assisting him) as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is escorted to his side. A battery of news photographers take their pictures. Mrs. Roosevelt speaks to President Roosevelt and then leaves. Scene shifts to banquet hall with guests seated at a long table, surrounded by others at round tables. The orchestra plays smooth dinner music. Waiters move among the guests. Reelected President Roosevelt chats with his Vice President, John Nance Garner, seated to his left.
Entourage of President Franklin Roosevelt passes by troops assembled at attention. President Roosevelt seen seated in front seat of his car, atop drivers seat to view as U.S. Army soldiers and equipment pass in review. Soldiers carrying full equipment march past the President. Horses carrying supplies follow the troops. Trucks carrying equipment and long boats pass. Next are armored trucks & weapons carriers lined up for inspection. Camera view alternates between troops being reviewed and view of the President as he watches and talks to military and civilian staff around his car. Jeeps pass in review with mounted machine guns. Barracks and buildings of the military base seen behind the President's car. President Roosevelt's doctor, Naval officers and aide in conversation. At end of clip is a view from a moving car passing by U.S. Navy sailors assembled and at attention during President Roosevelt's visit.
Documentary titled, ' Oil Is Blood ' on production and transportation of petroleum and its by products in United States. Crude oil in a pit. Man takes samples from the pit. View of derricks at an oil drilling site. Derricks at sea. Exteriors of a building near the derricks. Service station attendants, pumping gas and cleaning the windshield, on a 1942 Lincoln Continental convertible, at a "Tydol Flying A" gas station. Scenes of busy highways and plenty of fuel give way to empty roads, closed gas stations, and restricted hours for obtaining fuel, as it is rationed during World War 2. Views of persons obtaining ration stamps and books. Various gasoline ration books including the "A" books (allowing the smallest amounts) and "B", "C", and other books allowing larger rations to more essential users. Oil rig "roughnecks" inserting new sections of pipe and proceeding to drill. Closeup of a "gusher" before it is capped. Men filling railroad tank cars with petroleum products. A long train of tank cars pulled by a steam locomotive. Animated map illustrates the ocean shipping lanes that formally served as means to transport fuel and oil, before the German U-Boat threat made them too dangerous for general use. Drums of fuel and oil being loaded aboard a ship to supply the Allies during the war. A convoy of ships heading to the war zone of North Africa.
A map shows pipeline network for the transportation of oil and its by-products in the United States, largely for the war effort during World War 2. Shows the laying of the Big Inch petroleum pipelines in Arkansas, Texas, and other locations. Tractors and explosives being used to clear the ground for laying the pipelines. Oil pipeline being laid across a river bed. A welder welds the joints. Pipelines being laid in trenches. Men operate valves to turn on the flow of oil in the new Big Inch pipeline. High octane aviation gas is filled in an aircraft at an airfield. Soldiers fill gas cans all lined up in a lot. An oil tanker in the background. Troops load gasoline jerrycans on trucks. B-17, B-26, and B-24 Bomber aircraft in refueling operations on various airfields. B-17 taking off and formation of aircraft in flight. Long lines of jerry cans being filled with gasoline by personnel near a railroad track. Close up view of gasoline dispensing nozzle in top of Jerry Can and a hand opening the next jerry can in line. Jerry cans loaded into trucks, transported, and unloaded by U.S. Army soldiers. Motor oil being poured into funnels for use in vehicles. Narrator declares, "Oil for freedom. American oil. The blood of the mechanized legion!" A formation of tanks and military vehicles move along a wide field. Narrator encourages sacrifice of American people giving up home comforts of goods and fuels made from oil so that they can be directed to the war effort.
Oil fields in the United States. An oil camp for oil workers. Stacked pipes at the camp. Houses of the workers in the background. Children on a path in front of the houses. A board reads ' Sinclair Oils Power'. Pipes are carried on a long trolley pulled by a tractor. Casinghead gas which is rich in gasoline escapes out from an oil well. Derricks in the background. A part of a casinghead gasoline extraction plant. Machinery at the plant. Compressors which are run on diesel engines at the plant.
A public service announcement (PSA) depicts industrial development in the United States and urges the purchase of savings bonds to preserve American heritage and way of life. Water flows through the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river between Oregon and Washington for hydroelectric production of electricity. A power house for power transmission. Views of transmission towers and electricity is supplied to houses and industries. A glass tumbler factory. Robot machines using electricity in operation to make drinking glasses. A line of finished articles and items being made in factories using new materials like plastics. A man mixes a color in an industrial mixer. A scene with lightning flashing. A worker moves a large breaker handle in a power transmission facility. Neon lights of Times Square, New York City, at night, with many lit sign boards using electricity. Exterior view of U.S. Capitol on a clear day. View of traffic and pedestrians in front of New York Public Library. View of exterior of Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. A boy with a dog on a long driveway in front of a nice house. Farmers harvesting crops, a mechanic operating a large wrench, a professor in front of a chalk board in a class room, overhead view of a surgical operation underway by doctors, a business man at work in an office typing a paper. Hands of a banker spinning large wheel to open a bank vault. Scenes of busy traffic on streets of New York City. View of Empire State building skyscraper panning from ground to top of building. Welders working at a job site. Women shoppers or office workers in 1940s fashions walking on sidewalks of a city with a double decker bus in background. View of streets of a small town. A line of people to buy U.S. Saving Bonds. View of United States Savings bonds of various denominations being placed on a table. Overhead view of women office workers filing items in a business office. View of a skyscraper in New York City. Wide view of Manhattan New York City skyline from water. A view of Mount Rushmore. Two women serve food and drink to young children seated in chairs. View of Bill of Rights document. Statue of Abraham Lincoln inside Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. View of a U.S. flag being raised on a flag pole and fluttering in breeze.
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