Nutritious packaged food is formulated and packaged for U.S. Army soldiers during World War 2, in the United States. Workers at soybean processing plants. View of Dr. Percy Lavon Julian, a chemist and soy expert, working in a laboratory (Dr. Julian was one of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry). Two workers carry soy flour in sacks and put the flour into processors. Wheat flour and eggs are added. Dough is kneaded in the processor. Soybean biscuits coming out of the processor in strips. Women workers at a chewing gum factory, modified for making K ration packets, stand on the assembly line and pack the K-rations. An army officer beside the workers. The workers, at an assembly line, put a tin of meat, soy biscuits, a concentrated chocolate or a fruit bar, lemon powder, cigarettes and chewing gum in individual containers. The containers are made water and air tight, and a scientist tests some of the kits for quality of packaging. U.S. Army soldiers move in a column on an airfield and get into an aircraft. Views of U.S. Army soldiers in different settings, preparing and eating food: A group of soldiers under a tarp in the jungle preparing food. Two soldiers seated inside a snow igloo eating food. A group of soldiers seated on a tank in the desert, eating food. Group of soldiers having food seated at tables in a dining hall or mess area.
Fads of 1933 in the United States. A woman pushes a child in a baby carriage while smoking a pipe. A woman cleans doorsteps as she smokes a pipe. Another woman at a desk in an office smokes a pipe while typing. Children seated on steps as they fit a jigsaw puzzle together. A janitor pauses while street cleaning to work on his jigsaw puzzle. A child in a pram tries to fit a jig saw puzzle. A man and woman work on jig saw puzzles while they cross a street. One of them crashes into a pedestrian and the pieces of his puzzle fall on the ground.
Aircraft carrier USS Wasp being launched in the United States during World War II. USS Wasp decorated before being launched. Sons of the naval officers who lost their lives in the Battle of Guadalcanal at the launching ceremony. A bottle of champagne being broken at the bow of the carrier as the ship is launched. The ship takes to water.
Livestock being shipped to Europe during World War II. The UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) ships livestock to Europe to improve the breed of cattle. Cattle being loaded onto a ship at a port in the United States.
A cattle ranch in the United States. Men work at the ranch. They hammer logs of wood. Cattle graze at the ranch. Men catch hold of the cattle and brand the livestock with an electric branding iron. Snow covered mountains. The cattle being branded by the electric branding iron.
Views of the Ford 999 racing car that was built by Henry Ford in the United States. Number sign on the back of the seat reads '999'. The gears of the vehicle are shown.
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