Newsreel titled 'Army Day in Coblenz'. General Patton inspects Allied military troops in Koblenz, Germany. General attends a ceremony of raising the first American Flag on the German soil, at a castle on the Western front of World War II. General Bradley addresses soldiers. The General, military officials and soldiers salute the U.S. National Flag.
U.S. Airmen killed by Nazis in France during World War II. Dead bodies of U.S. Airmen, all shot in head lying on the road to Gambsheim, in France. Pocket diaries and Holy Cross on an airman's dead body. White cloth with spots of blood covers the face of dead. Dead bodies scattered, all over a ground.
U.S. Marine infantry in defensive positions along a sand berm on Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Marine speaking on SCR-300 portable radio, and another looking through binoculars. In distance, marines are seen moving about on a broad barren stretch of land. They advance in groups to take up positions in hilly terrain. A Japanese shell bursts, followed by several more.
President Harry S. Truman, in shirt and tie, without his jacket, and wearing a sailors hat, strolls along the deck of the heavy cruiser, USS Augusta(CA-31) as she makes way in the Atlantic headed toward Europe, following the end of World War 2. A member of his party points out something of interest on the deck. The Augusta test firing her 5 inch guns. Turret 3 main battery 8 inch 55 caliber guns fire one salvo. Views of bow waves and ship's wake astern, as the Augusta and accompanying ships proceed at 27 knots.
Documentary titled 'Story of Automobile' depicts the working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles in South Bend, Indiana. Workers at a Studebaker automobile plant work on the frame of an automobile. Assembling the frame, assembling gear and worm. Worker assembles piston and shaft with gear box. Filling the housing with grease. Spark and gas control throttles connected with the gears.
The working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles in South Bend, Indiana. Workers at a Studebaker automobile plant work on fixing the engine on chassis. Making motor block mold. Cores made of oil and sand baked at 350 0C. Worker draws moulds from ovens. Placing cores in moulds for making cranks, and fixing them with screws. Molten iron poured into the mould. After cooling the workers remove mould and an automobile engine is ready. Engine trimmed, milled and given various tests.
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