Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. The drafted men, all wearing civilian clothing, march along a road as they receive training drills from an elisted man. They march towards a supply building. An enlisted man marches with the new recruits.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps by personnel trained in detection of illegal ration currency in the OPA (Office of Price Administration) detection center in the United States. A woman shows a bingo sheet with few stolen stamps detected by the serial numbers on them. The list shows time and place from where these stamps were stolen. Women detect more stamps from gum sheets. Shows the manner in which endorsement sign differs on each stamp. News in newspapers about the arrests of gas black marketers.
Film titled 'Use of Training Films' on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. U.S. Army honor guard. Ground and elevated views of large number of United States Army soldiers marching in huge formation 12 or 14 abreast. Close up views of U.S. Army troops marching in formation. Men from various professions joining the U.S. army during World War II. New recruits in civilian clothes carrying suit cases stand in line at a Quartermaster to receive uniforms. They move in to barracks buildings. Training of men after they join army. A group of newly recruited soldiers making mistakes as they learn how to march and turn in formation. Service dress insignia of a U.S. army sergeant. Men fire rifles in prone position during a training. Men fire 155 mm howitzer. Men repair machine gun. Men are trained how to service a medium M3 tank. They are seen using wrenches to tighten nuts on the tank. Men learn to camouflage a piece of artillery and how to dig a foxhole. Soldiers practice bayonet drills. Soldiers seated in room being trained by means of training films.
The experiments being conducted by the Army Signal Corps for glider tactics in the United States. A man ties a rope to the towing aircraft. The aircraft takes off. The other plane being picked up. The aircraft in flight. People watch the new experiment.
Members appointed in Roosevelt's cabinet in the United States. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints the members of his cabinet. Claude A. Swanson as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Henry A. Wallace as the Secretary of Agriculture, George H. Dern as the Secretary of War, Harold L. Ickesas U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Daniel C. Roper as U.S. Secretary of Commerce are appointed. The new members of the cabinet give brief speeches.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines. Newspaper headlines in the United States read: 'SS Vigilancia', 'Torpedoed', 'US declares war' during World War 1. Women march in a parade with a banner "Wake Up America". President Woodrow Wilson with military and other officials marching on a New York City street decked out for a parade. U.S. infantry and cavalry pass led by General Pershing on streets of Paris France. Buildings along the sides of an American city street decorate with bunting for a parade. U.S. Army soldiers pass in parade review. Soldiers aboard a ship. The U.S. troop carrier ship underway at sea bound for Europe. Women and families on shore dock wave hands and scarves to the departing U.S. forces heading for the war front. Supplies being loaded onto a ship. Shipbuilders quickly working to build both steel and wooden ships to carry forces in the war, due to a lack of transport ships. A newly completed ship slides down the ways and takes float. Men standing on the deck of the ship. A newspaper headlines reads: 'War Ends'. A busy American shipbuilding and port area crammed with ships of all sizes. Ships sitting idle after World War I and some in disrepair including one with name "America" on the bow.
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