A film on problems of military supply. Animation shows a shell being fired at a target board. Production of shells and guns in a factory in the United States. They are loaded in a train and the train moving on a railway track. Then they are carried by ships. They are loaded in an airplane and the airplane in flight overhead. They are then carried by trucks and finally by mules to a battlefield. The soldiers then are able to use the ammunition. (World War II period).
A United States Air Force Weather Service meteorologist points at a large synoptic chart and briefs about the weather, while being recorded and broadcast via television. USAF operators in a control tower as an airplane lands on a runway. To provide information to the pilots observation stations of the Air Weather Service are located at the end of the runways. A man enters an observation station. He works on equipment. Voice messages using pre recorded words translate machine weather data into understandable information for pilots.
A documentary on occurrence of a tornado in the United States, and on warning systems and emergency preparedness for tornado events. A man and a woman at their home. People from a local TV station and a meteorologist arrive at their house and discuss how to create a tornado safety plan at home. The meteorologist talks to the man and the woman. He talks about the use of a weather radio.
A documentary on occurrence of a tornado in the United States. Exterior of the Ben Milam School building in Wichita Falls Texas. The building was damaged by the tornado. A woman seated at a desk. A weather radio in operation. Warning being given from the radio. She gives the information to the school principal Bill Parks. Students come out of their classes. They kneel down along the walls of the building. A man instructs people. He holds a picture of a tornado. People taking notes. A man seated in a car talking over a radio. A tornado hits the area. The information is transmitted. Houses and buildings in the area. Information about the location and the directions in which the tornado is heading is given.
Safety measures for safe working conditions in the United States. Men in a waiting room. A man works seated at a desk. He gives a paper to other man. Attendants rush a patient on a stretcher through doorways down a corridor. A man cleans a water fountain and then a manufacturing plant worker drinks water from the water fountain. An attendant sprays germ killing agent on floors of a washroom, restroom, or bathroom. Workers in a plant yard. One of the workers is reading a newspaper and not paying attention, and is almost hit by a tractor. Inspection of cleaning materials in a worker's carrier box. An attendant cleans the water fountain.
Coal mining in the United States. A notice on a board. Men read the notice. It reads: 'Notice to men seeking employment. Unless you are willing to be careful to avoid injury to yourself and fellow workman, do not ask for employment. We do not want careless men in our employ'. A small drift mine. A loaded coal car being hauled by a rope. Mechanical haulage of mine cars on a slope. Loaded mine cars passing on a track. Haulage of the mine cars. A river barge is loaded.
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