Republican Presidential candidate, Wendell Willkie, delivers concession speech after losing the 1940 election to sitting President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who ran for an unprecedented 3rd term. Willkie expresses his gratitude towards those who voted for him. He speaks on topics such as unity among people, national defense and free way of life for American Nation. Shown is a newspaper containing election results. Headline of the newspaper reads, 'Winner' and picture of President Franklin Roosevelt beneath the headlines.
A dramatized training film illustrates techniques car thieves use to hide identity of a stolen automobile. Opens with a statement to law enforcement officers about the FBI training programs and is signed by J Edgar Hoover. Thief hot-wires car. A new vehicle identification number (VIN) is given to the car. After theft, car is repainted. Thief runs red light and is chased by police until he ditches his car. Car is identified as stolen and eventually returned to its owner. Police must be knowledgeable about how professional car thieves operate.
Using a beaker labeled crude oil, a man demonstrates that it yields petroleum products of 30% gasoline, 20% kerosene, and 42% lubrication oil and wax, and 5% coke. Animated diagram shows layers of rock and wells being drilled to various depths to tap oil reservoirs, avoiding water pockets. Another chart shows successive layers of natural gas, oil and salt water that may be encountered. On the surface, the boiler, mud pond, derrick, engine and pump are identified at drilling site. Well casing, drill and movement of drilling products are illustrated.
A training film titled 'Camouflage principles' about the means and importance of camouflage in World War II. Aerial view of an area. A soldier at map. Soldiers come out of a haystack and reveal a concealed artillery piece. A camouflaged tank on a field. A jeep amidst bushes to makes its detection impossible.
View from Niagara River gorge of the exterior of the Schoellkopf Power Generating Station, operated by New York's Niagara Power Company. The turbine deck of the power plant, with turbines being driven by water of Niagara Falls. Bank of electric generators in operation. Change of scene to open gondola rail cars containing coal for a power plant. A steam locomotive pulling a freight train. An electric powered freight train of the Virginian Railway moving through snowy landscape over its electrified 134-mile track in the mountains,from Mullens, West Virginia, over Clark's Gap, to Roanoke, Virginia. A coal car being emptied by a tipper.
A troop ship at a pier in a harbor in the Pacific Ocean. The bow of the ship. Sailors and Marines gathered at railings of the ship. The ship moves away and leaves the harbor. Other ships underway in the background. A U.S. flag on a flag pole. An aircraft in flight overhead. People walk near a railroad track.
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