Great depression life of a poor farm family living on the Appalachian Mountains in the United States on land that is too poor to grow crops. A mother prepares and serves food. Children get dressed in the morning and take their seats at a dining table. The food served to the girls and boys shows lack of nutrition. The children eat corn bread, pork sausage, and pork gravy. The young boys and girls eat the food. Narrator indicates that there are no green vegetables, no milk or calcium sources, and no vitamins to prevent rickets and scurvy.
Army Secretary, Kenneth C Royall, leaves a car at an Army base in the United States, and is escorted by a Major General, in a combat helmet, to a reviewing stand, where he takes a position, saluting, with several General officers. The major General in combat helmet, escorts Secretary Royall to a jeep in which he sits alone in the rear. Secretary Royall stands in the moving jeep and troops the line of U.S. troops. Spectators seated in stands beside the parade grounds. Secretary Royall takes a position with senior Army officers at edge of parade grounds. Color guard moves to a side position. Large military marching band leads parade of many troops past the spectators and reviewing stand.
U.S. Army Lady Marines train in the United States during World War II. The lady marines watch the demonstration of a flame thrower. They ride to a beach through a forest in an LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). Three LVTs loaded with lady marines are driven into water. Two lady marines in a parachute tower chair fitted to the top of a tower. The chair is released for a fall. It jerks to a halt.
A film titled 'What If They Quit' dramatizes promotion of war bonds in the United States during World War II. A man carries a box walks out of a building. He tries to convince a man named Joe who thinks that he cannot afford to buy war bonds anymore. Workers work in factories and on an assembly line contributing to war effort. A U.S. Task Force underway at sea. U.S. Marines hitting Pacific island beaches. Naval bombardment on sea waters. U.S. WACs (Women's Army Corps) parade in formation. U.S. troops advance on a beach under heavy fire. The man on the street convinces Joe to buy war bonds and says that if American troops can afford to fight then American citizens can also afford to buy bonds.
U.S. Army Air Forces Chief, General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, steps from his car and walks up the steps of the Pentagon, in Washington, DC, the United States during World War II. Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General George Marshall arrives separately and enters, carrying a briefcase. Cameramen photograph them entering the Pentagon Building.
American women work in war materiel factories in the United States during World War II. American women war workers leave their children in nursery schools before going to work. Children play and enjoy in the school. Children seated at a table as they eat food. Women work inside the factories to produce war materiel. They pick their children from the schools and arrive back to their homes.
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