Examines the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on the steel production including the open hearth furnace and hot strip mill. Workers Mike Ubinski and Earl Strong remove a molten sample from an open hearth furnace and quench it in water. They then hammer the sample to prepare it for analysis. Earl Strong playing bass in the Youngstown Orchestra. The conductor is Michael Ficocelli, who is also time keeper at the steel mill. Shot of old man playing the violin. At the steel mill, the open hearth furnace is tapped. A 'pit gang,' several worker, throw alloy metal into the pit furnace from above. The 100 ton ladle containing molten steel is moved by crane and poured into ingot molds. A worker pulls another molten test sample from the ingots for testing. Ingots on train move from open hearth furnace to the ingot mill. Hot ingots being rolled by machine into slabs. Workers George Bannin and Clarence Ginny manipulate controls for machinery that rolls ingots into slabs. Worker Fred Ingram controls machinery that cuts steel slab using hydraulic sheers. Union workers gathered at a conference table as union leader Fred Ingram leads them in discussion. Hot strip mill where steels slabs are rolled into steel sheets. Sheet of hot steel moves down conveyor to end of mill. Steel workers leaving the steel plant at end of their shift. Exterior views of steel plant in Youngstown, Ohio.
Prior to Invasion of France. Surgical operation at progress in LST. Men busy operating a patient.
Prior to invasion of France. Officer explains surgery light system to other officers in LST. Operating equipment in surgery.
Preparations prior to the Allied invasion of France in World War II. American officers examine loaded vehicles aboard LST. Officers and crew watch. Elevator rises. Troops push away a truck from elevator. Signalman signals. Truck backs onto elevator. Officers smile.
American troops pull truck from elevator aboard LST, prior to the Allied invasion of France in World War II. Elevator rises with more vehicles. Star markings on trucks. Troops handle vehicles on deck of LST.
A United States Army officer briefing men aboard LST en route to Normandy before D-Day in World War II. The troops examine a map.
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