Major General Vandegrift, Commander of the First Marine Division, praises members of all services, including civilians, for their contributions to victory during the battle of Guadalcanal. He remarks that American civilian workers, Army, Marines and Navy exhibited loyalty and sacrifice for their country and the victory was a result of team work. (World War II period).
Allied officers greet the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammad V, as he arrives to visit allied warships at port in Casablanca, during World War Two. The Sultan is accompanied by his son. They board a motor launch which proceeds to carry them toward a warship.
U.S. Army Air Force B-17s in formation flight over enemy terrain in Europe during World War II. Interiors of a B-17 in flight. Pilot in cockpit of B-17, with hand on throttles. Copilot next to him. Other crew members at their stations. View from aircraft as it crosses coastline. Navigator checking his charts with pair of dividers. B-17s generating contrails in the sky.
U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses in daylight bombing missions over enemy terrain in Europe during World War II. Interiors of a B-17 in flight. Crewmen at their stations. Views of industrial sites and ships in water below. Airmen with helmets and oxygen masks on. Heavy Flak bursts at the same altitude. Attacks by German Me-109 fighters. Waist gunner of B-17 firing at the German aircraft. A bombardier in the nose of the aircraft, at a bomb sight. Bombs drop from B-17s and hit the ground. The bombardier signals "OK". Heavy smoke from target area. B-17 gunners firing at German fighters. A B-17 hit in number 2 engine. Me-109s attacking. B-17 falling, out of control. A B-17 with smoke coming from number 3 engine and descending.
Agricultural progress motivated by the demands of World War II in United States. Cattle graze on the farm. Cattle at the waterway. Houses and trees. Farmer works in a farm. Tractor moves on the farm. Men and women work. Farmer harvests the crop with the help of a tractor.
Agricultural progress motivated by the demands of World War II, in the United States. Houses and trees on a farm. Chickens roam in front. Night time battle scenes during World War 2 with smoke, bombs, and tracers. Men work in war material and munitions factories for the manufacturing and production of war tools and equipment. Molten steel poured in molds. A sign, "Defense Plant. Part of the Aresenal of Democracy." Cattle graze on the farm. Recruited and Mobilized United States soldiers march on streets of a town in America. Farmer supervises a grain processing machine in a field. Farmer works on a red Allis-Chalmers tractor. Wheat combine harvester in a field. Corn being harvested in a field. A soybean field and a farmer holds up a soybean plan. A rotating display shows harvested oils and their uses such as heavy soy oil for brake linings, soy flake flour, soy cake coatings and uses in auto parts. Tractor with attachment being used to harvest soybeans.Farmer on tractor on the farm. 'Lake County Oil Mill' written on an oil tank in Tiptonville Tennessee. Rotating display of bottled and canned linseed oil products including oil and paints for painting war equipment. Farmer on tractor harvesting flax seed for linseed oil. Close view of farmer's hands holding flax plants. Production of peanut oil. Farmers hand holding a bunch of peanut plants. Display of peanuts and peanut oil. Tractor driven on peanut farm. Workers harvest peanuts. Farmer on tractor drives on field of castor bean plants. Rotating display shows products made from oils including insecticides, plastics, fibers. Farmers hands holding a bunch of cotton. Worker in field picking cotton. Farmer shows a new variety of longer staple cotton and stretches out the fibers which can be used for parachute cords.
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