The lumber industry in forest areas of the United States. Transportation of wooden logs is done through rivers. A group of workers in a boat. The logs come down with the force of water. Workers remove blocked logs at various points using long poles. The wooden logs reach a mill where they are sorted. The logs roll into water from flatcars.
Film taken at the new Statler Hotel in Detroit, Michigan (opened in 1915). The Statler Hotel main dining room Ala Carte menu is shown. A waiter in tuxedo takes orders from wealthy patrons. Glimpse of clams served on half shells. Closeup of a woman in fur coat eating soup. Waiter presenting a poultry entree. The woman eating a large portion. Side dishes of vegetables seen on the table. A different waiter (in white tie) taking order for the next course. Closeup of the woman eating a parfait with a long spoon. Dessert cookies seen in a dish on the table. The table of four all eating parfait, and one woman taking a cookie. One of the men passes the plate of cookies. Wider view of the dining room with many persons being served dinner by formally dressed waiters. The frame rate increases showing much activity quickly in the dining room.
Chefs and employees working in the restaurant kitchen of the Hotel Statler (1539 Washington Boulevard Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit Michigan. Opening slate of film reads: "Here we are in the heart of the hotel, looking down the long line of ranges where Broiled Lobsters and Roast Chicken are done to a turn. (At lower right of slate is statement: "Produced by Ford Motor Company.") More than a dozen chefs in classic white uniforms are seen preparing meals that are being picked up by waiter in tuxedos. Another view of chefs at work. A slate reads: "If cleanliness is next to Godliness, surely this is a wonderful place to work. It is unknown, while pots and pans shine like milady's mirror." Several views of a young woman tending several large coffee pots and dispensing pots of it to waiters. Another slate reads: "System! There is enough of it here to delight a General. Note the order and precision with which everything is carried forward." Views of kitchen staff interacting with the formally dressed wait staff members who check each order before taking it on trays to the dining room. Next slate reads: "Dainty salads with sweet cream and delicious fruits, prepared by the hand of an expert."Four women are seen behind a counter, making these fancy salads and passing them to waiters. Closeup of one being prepared.
Japanese officials arrive to coordinate arrangements for a formal Japanese surrender, at a Conference in Manila, Philippine Islands. Headed by Lt. Gen. Torashiro Kawabe, Vice-Chief of the Army General Staff, the sixteen-member Japanese delegation descends steps from U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport Aircraft, tail number 44-9045, at Nichols Field, near Manila. General Kawabe salutes American Colonel Mashbir, coordinator of the Allied translator and interrogator Section. Major General Charles Willoughby, Director of Intelligence, leads them to waiting cars. Meeting in the City Hall in Manila, the Japanese officers surrender their personal swords and present documents delegating them powers Plenipotentiary by the Japanese Government. They file into a conference room, where they and American counterparts take their places across a long, black table. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Richard Kerens Sutherland, General MacArthur's Chief of Staff, presides over the discussions, accompanied by Major General S. J. Chamberlin, General MacArthur's Operations Officer. They are supported by Allied translators and interpreters. The conference is concluded successfully and sets the stage for the final formal surrender of Japan. (Note: Plans for this critical conference were developed by Colonel David Larr, Chief of Planning on General Chamberlin's staff.) The clip concludes with views of many U.S. warships and of cargoes being loaded in readiness for the occupation of Japan.
The Canol construction project in Canada during World War II. Construction vehicles ferried across a river. African American soldiers of the 388th General Services Regiment relax aboard a ferry. Workers roll steel pipes onto a barge along the river. They lift heavy long pipes. Equipment on ferries. The workers roll the pipes on two parallel pipes on the ground. Piles of pipes in the background.
A picture of German leader Adolf Hitler. Footage of Pearl Harbor attack by Japan during World War 2. A reenactment shows landing of Operation Pastorius would-be saboteurs in Long Island, New York and presence of the FBI at the site collecting evidence the Germans had buried. Evidence of their plots to bomb various sites in the United States is collected by the FBI and presented to the United States Military. Views of some of their captured equipment and uniforms. Faces of the Operation Pastorius captured criminals (who included George John Dasch, Ernst Peter Burger, Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heinck, Eddie Kerling, Herman Otto Neubauer, Richard Quirin, Werner Thiel) during their military tribunal hearing in July - August 1942.
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