Nomination of Former Vice President Henry Wallace as Secretary of Commerce in the United States. Meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones addresses the committee. He speaks about the qualifications and background which he deems essential in one who aspires to head the lending agencies which deal in billions. Wallace addressing the officials and talks about the RFC.
The recruitment of Women Army Corps (WACs) for medical units in the United States during World War 2. Surgeon General Norman Thomas Kirk and commanding officer of the WAC Oveta Culp Hobby seated at a desk. A wounded soldiers on stretcher on a field. Soldiers carrying another wounded soldier. Medics treating the wounded in field hospital tent. An ambulance carrying the wounded soldiers arrive at a hospital building. Doctors and nurses perform surgery on wounded in operating room. Wounded lying on hospital beds. Nurses treating them. Women in a large room examine specimens under microscope. Women filing medical records. Woman lowering a X-ray machine device into position over a patient. Woman delivering completed xray films to a doctor for review on lighted background. A woman chemist works in a laboratory. A woman assists a recovering soldier with physical therapy. A woman helps a wounded soldier light his pipe. A recovered officer shakes hands with the nurses and leaves the hospital.
A film version of the legendry 1940s stage show in the United States. The Navy personnel inside a building. Two men arguing. Men and women seated in a theater. Men dressed in Navy uniforms arrive and perform. They sing a song. Replica of a ship and a gun mounted on it on the stage. Men standing on the replica and singing. People applaud.
Salvage and reclamation activities in the United States during World War II. Damaged communication equipment are reclaimed. Switch boards, radio receivers and transmitters, walkie-talkies, microphones and other equipment are repaired. Men working on the reclamation of these equipment. The equipment are cannibalized. Women working on parts of the equipment.
Officers seated in an office in the United States. U.S. Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General George Marshall seated at a desk in the office. They discuss a map.
The office of U.S. Army Chief of Staff in the United States during World War II. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall seated at a desk. Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Byrden seated along with them. They discuss a map. An officer arrives and hands over a document to General Marshall. He sits at the desk. The officers discussing.
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