A training of the Army Service Forces (ASF) in the United States during World War II. War Department technical manuals. Training of the soldiers. The soldiers in fox holes. They fire rifles in a battlefield. Officials gather around miniatures of railroad yards and warehouses. An officer lectures on supply routes. Entrance to the school of military government as officers file in and out of the building. The officers study in a library and hold brief discussions on the military government. Officials seated at a desk discussing. A wall map in the background.
Activities of the Army Service Forces (ASF) in the United States during World War II. Interior of a printing office. Men and women print invasion money. Interior of an office. A sign reads: 'Army Service Force Plans Division'. Officers study a relief map placed on a table. A TWX machine sends a message to All Service Commands. A message marked 'secret' is opened by an officer. The officer reads the message and picks up a telephone. Paratroopers stand on a parade field. Members of the Women's Army Corps (WACs) pack barracks bags. WACs board a truck.
Activities of the Army Service Forces (ASF) in the United States during World War II. Soldiers at a harbor. Ships docked in the harbor. Men load supplies and equipment onto a ship. A sign on a building reads 'US Army Transport Service'. Trucks, artillery and other equipment are loaded onto the ship. Interior of an office. Officials seated at a desk. Commanding General of the Army Service Forces Brehon Burke Somervell talks to staff officers. He walks down a corridor and comes out of the Pentagon.
Men at a harbor in the United States. A ship docked in the harbor. U.S. Navy personnel aboard the ship. Some men standing near the ship on the dock. The ship leaves the harbor and gets underway at sea. Smoke from the ship stacks. Mountains in the background.
A film titled 'Seconds for Survival' depicts the techniques used by people in case of emergency for their safety in the United States. American actor Raymond Hart Massey talks about the safety techniques. Men aboard sailing boats underway at sea. Warning about an upcoming storm in the sea arises on a teletypewriter. Sailors aboard a motorboat warns the people about the storm. Everybody is safe because of the quick warning and actions. Men and women working in a bank. A man arrives at the counter and shows a pistol to the employee during a bank robbery. He asks him to give all the money. The employee presses the button of a silent alarm to call the police. The man comes out of the bank with the money. The police arrives in time and captures the criminal.
A film titled: 'Flood weather' on the working of weather bureau in the United States. Snow covered area. Mountains in the foreground. The weather bureau gathers information about the weather and gives early warnings to people. A map locates different areas. A member of the weather bureau working to collect the information. He reads and records the information with the help of gauges. A man working with the help of cable and transmitter. The information is recorded for the purpose of providing the same, as and when required. The exterior of a building. A ship underway at sea. Smoke from the stacks of the ship. A map locates different areas.
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