Newly recruited American soldiers march from their quarters and line up for inspection at a World War I military training camp. U.S. Army officer inspects lined up men. WWI recruiting and training.
American soldiers during World War 1 write on notebooks with pens in a troop barracks area. Sacks lie in background. One soldier smokes a pipe. Two soldiers smile for the camera and one kisses the note paper. U.S. Army soldiers in World War I enjoy a meal, seated in a mess area. Men have toasted bread and soup.
Film begins showing the Ford bomber aircraft factory at Willow Run, near Detroit, Michigan, during World War 2. Views of the heavy industrial plant with smoke rising from smoke stacks. Cranes loading ships at various docks. Modern looking administrative buildings at the Willow Run plant. A wheeled tractor pulls a train of flat cars filled with parts for the assembly line, next seen, where B-24 Liberator bombers are being assembled. Partially constructed bomber bodies and wings are seen on a production floor. In another section of the plant, war production workers assemble aircraft engines. View of and engine, enclosed in a nacelle, being lowered by a crane. A gunner's compartment being lowered by a crane. Women's Army Corps (WAC) members at work replacing men called to serve in the armed forces. A contingent of WAC practice donning gas masks. Women in uniforms of United States Women's Naval Reserve (WAVES). Two women attendants service a car at a gas station. Women not engaged in war effort are seen shopping and on a golf course and swimming. A woman hanging clothes to dry on a backyard line. A flight of three B-24 bombers flies overhead, causing women in various pursuits, to look up to the sky. Cars arrive at the Ford bomber plant in Willow Run, carrying women volunteers. One middle aged woman punches a time clock in the factory. More views of the B-24 production line, and parts being stamped by a man operating a press. Scene transitions showing the man gone, and a women replacing him at the press. Women war production workers working on aircraft frameworks. A woman, walking on a sidewalk, pauses to look at advertisements encouraging women to work in the war effort. One read: "Women at war, We can't win without them." A sign outside an office reading: "War Manpower Commission." The woman enters that office.
Boxers Joe Louis and Arturo Godoy compete in a boxing match on June 20, 1940 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City. Louis knocks out Godoy in 8th round. Ground Infantry (GI) quiz ask a question about boxers and the answer is Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey. Views of Jack Dempsey while in the Coast Guard, demonstrating physical prowess. Multiple scenes from boxing match of Jack Dempsey versus Luis Ángel Firpo on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Multiple knock-downs of the boxers are shown, including one where Firpo knocks Dempsey completely out of the ring. GI quiz question on tanks. Picture of Sherman tanks knocking down trees. Picture of Leonardo Da Vinci. View of the Mona Lisa painting. Animations of various concept designs credited to Da Vinci including tanks, aircraft, parachutes, and submarines. GI quiz question on rockets. View of battery of rockets being fired from ground positions in World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. Army aircraft firing rockets at target. View of German V-1 flying bomb (early cruise missile) in flight toward a target. Animation showing future use of a rocket launched across the globe and reaching New York City (with artist's view of Statue of Liberty in foreground) as narrator says, "Scientists are convinced that the next war, if there is one, will be fought with giant remote-controlled atomic rocket bombs, capable of traveling thousands of miles in a few minutes, to completely destroy any target, anywhere, anytime."
Industrial Geography of the United States regarding mining of Anthracite Coal. Coal miners enter open sided elevator. Cross section diagram of earth about coal vein and its different levels. Diagram about the work level. Workers go into the rooms with light-caps. Air circulation maintenance and water drainage system. Water comes out of mammoth pumps. Hazards of coal mining.
People visit President John F Kennedy's grave-site in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, United States. Trees, river, branches, water and leafless tree. Flame over grave. Soldier stands besides the grave. The statue of President John F Kennedy. Wreath placed over grave. Members of the Kennedy family leave floral tribute on grave. Hats on grave. Soldiers of Squad of Green Berets salute. Crowd of some eleven thousand persons stand in line to pay homage to the Kennedy grave on the third anniversary of his assassination.
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