United States high school students work part time at aircraft plants during World War II. 'James A. Garfield High School' written on the school building in Los Angeles. Boys and girls in the school campus. Students relax in garden and the campus. The students work at the Lockheed and Douglas aircraft plants. Girls get ready for their part time job. They work in the company. The boys perform different tasks like drilling and welding in the aircraft plant. Older men help them. Aircraft parked on ground. Three boys are interviewed. Aircraft in flight.
United States Army and Navy newsroom where combat films are processed. The combat films are made by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marines. A man with a roll of negative. A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains how the footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater was taken. Marines aboard the ships. Chaplains carry out a religious ceremony on the ship. Marines read prayer books during the religious ceremony on deck. Some Marines are seen kneeling in prayer. Marines hold a cake with inscription “A Jungle Plus Coconut Tree Equals Jap So Keep Your Eyes Open”. The Marines and the cameraman instructed about the operation. Officer points to a map. Naval guns fired. Heavy smoke and explosions. Invasion barges beached. The troops land on the beach. Some Marines wade on water. Troops fire. The wounded are carried on stretcher and evacuated on Higgins boat. Dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. A bloated body of a Japanese soldier with arms and legs outstretched. Prisoners on beach. Soldiers clear airstrips. A kitten hides under a tank. Soldier feeds kitten. Naked soldiers washing themselves outside a village. Artillery on the beach. Troops go to see the raising of U.S. flag. (World War II period).
Models display fashionable beachwear in Chicago, Illinois. A model in her one-piece bathing suit. A blond model smiles as she wears a halter neck beachwear. A model shows off her woven straw hat. Another model takes off her jacket to show a revealing strap back swimsuit. Models at a preview at the Merchandise Mart (222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States). Other models seated in the background.
A stationary plane on an air field in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers fly the plane. One of the Wright brothers seated at the controls. The plane takes off. Forty years later General Henry Arnold awards Orville Wright at a ceremony in Washington DC. Huge crowd attends the ceremony. The United States Air Force planes in flight. Aerial view of land.
The United States Army and Government officials dedicate a smokeless powder plant (for firearm and artillery propellant) in Radford, Virginia, early in World War 2. Officers seated on stage. A man gives a speech. A crowd seated during the ceremony. View of the munitions factory. Interior of the plant. View of what appears to be cordite filaments being extruded from machinery. Men work in the munitions plant. Men slide on inclined safety slide escape at the entrance.
The United States Army officials and government officials stand near a Pitcairn autogiro in Washington DC. A man enters the autogiro. The aircraft takes off immediately. Pilot seated in the cockpit. Pitcairn autogiro in flight. The Pitcairn autogiro lands. Buildings in the background.
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