Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Men working on damaged storage batteries. Battery cells are replaced. Buildings in the background. Dead cells are lifted from cases. Dead elements are removed from the cells. New elements are prepared and reinserted in the batteries. Totally unusable batteries are sold for scrap. Some of the parts are melted down and reused in other things.
Entrance to an American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen in Washington DC during World War 2. Army personnel dancing with women war workers. A soldier meeting a woman named Phyllis Hood. The man and the woman seated at a desk and talking. They dance. Men seated at tables in a canteen. They are being served food. Cars passing on streets of Washington. Several new, temporary office buildings along the side of the street, built for wartime demand. A filled, busy Washington DC restaurant. A hotel lobby where the hotel desk turns away a client, pointing at some people seated in lobby chairs asleep who cold not get a room. U.S. Capitol building in the background in one shot, and the Executive Office Building in another shot, with a newer temporary building in the foreground.
The use of oyster money in Raymond, Washington. Exterior of a building. A board reads: 'First Willapa Harbor National Bank'. Men and women working inside the bank. Emergency money is printed by the Chamber of Commerce as a stopgap measure after the bank fails during the Great Depression. The new currency bears the picture of an oyster. Men and women working inside the building.
The 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt with his daughter Anna Roosevelt and granddaughter Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall (sometimes known as Sistie) outside a building circa 1930. Roosevelt holds a cane while leaning against a column and plays with his grandson using the cane. People gather in the convention hall for the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Roosevelt addresses them, speaking of the need to "break foolish traditions" and "to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people." The people applaud.
The 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron National Guard being trained in Springfield, Illinois. The squadron gets new six ton armored cars. They learn 'Blitzkrieg' method of war. Men aboard the cars advancing on a field. Aircraft in flight overhead. They aim anti-aircraft guns from the cars at the aircraft.
New spring collection in Paris, France. Models display various costumes. They also display hats.
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