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.
Processing of war materiel from scrap in the United States. Tin cans saved in scrap metal being loaded onto railroad trains. The train carries the collected metal to processing plants. Exterior view of the largest aluminum plant in the world during World War II. U.S. Navy sailors host a flag outside the plant. People watch the flag hoisting ceremony. Interior of the aluminum plant with war production workers busy. Aluminum is created and rolled out into thin sheets for use in war equipment manufacture, including aircraft bodies, wings, and engines.
After America declares war on Japan during World War 2, a propaganda piece urging U.S. citizens to be involved in the war effort, praying, working, and fighting for Freedom. Interior of an ammunition factory in the United States. Massive rail gun or naval gun barrel during assembly process. An assembly line with tanks. U.S. Army M2 tanks on proving ground being tested. Destroyer ships and Victory ships being launched. An aircraft factory showing fuselages of bomber aircraft lined up. Engines lined up ready for an assembly line. West Point Army cadets march. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur salutes troops. Narrator statement at end is "So wake up America. We must win or die." A large American flag shown waving.
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