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War materiel production by American women at factories in the United States (WW2)

American women at work in war production factories during World War II. A woman working on a lathe answer why she is contributing to the war effort. They produce various war materials. They are asked about their engagement in producing the war materials. They cite their reasons for producing these materials. “My husband is a prisoner of the Japs in the Philippines. If he’d have a few more of these shells out in the pan, maybe he’d still be fighting. Whenever I get a bit tired, I think of him on that death march.” a woman answers, clenching a handful of shells from a container. They produce equipment useful in war and other products. A woman working on the plexiglass nose turret of a bomber aircraft in an airplane manufacturing plant. They wear uniforms and work on machines to produce for the war effort.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028451
Factory work by American women producing war materials in the United States (WW2)

War production work by American women contributing to the war effort in World War II. Women work in factories and other places producing war materials. View of nursery schools and personal services like banks, ration card issuance, driver's license issuance, and beauty shops open at longer hours in and near war production plants to help working women. Women meet their children in the schools. They enjoy meals in a women's dining rooms. Women enjoy leisure time bowling in a bowling alley. On the job in a factory, a view of several women welders in uniform, welding for war production. They produce soldiers' helmets and other war materials. They work on machines in manufacturing plants and factories. Women and men workers boarding buses at the end of a workday. Women using drill presses and driving trucks and forklifts. A ship blown up at sea during a World War 2 attack. View of Soviet soldiers helping a child and then a woman with a baby emerge from an underground bomb shelter in Europe. A woman on stage at a rally in Italy holds a small child. Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini steps forward and kisses the child. Women assembling tail assemblies and airplane fuselage in America for an aircraft. Smoking ruins of a leveled European city soon after a bombing raid. A body of a soldier floating in water at the edge of the ocean. A ticker tape parade in New York city with ticker tape streaming down. A view of the Statue of Liberty as seen from near its base, looking upward.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028452
African American troops of 923rd Aviation Engineers engaged in construction of a runway in France in World War II.

Report on African American troops of the 923rd Aviation Engineers in France in World War 2. It is part of the 1st tactical Air Force serving in France. Troop activities are shown with background soundtrack music of an Army chorus singing African American folk music (such as "I've been working on the railroad") and gospel spiritual music. African American engineers walk along the sides of tents. Military vehicles parked on ground. They sit on the vehicles and the vehicles move. An engineer repairs the wheel of a vehicle, other engineers repair other parts. Engineer welds a part of vehicle. They work on the construction of runway for the aircraft. Trees in the background. Large group of African American soldiers walk in a line and enter a mess tent for food. Engineers dig and lift concrete using cranes and construct the runway. Airplanes parked on the runway in construction. A P-51 Mustang aircraft with name "Cissy Three" on nose lands on the new airfield.

Location: France
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028479
President Roosevelt presents a Lend-lease Patrol Craft to the Greek Navy, at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC

Greece receives a lend-lease Submarine Chaser (USS PC 622) in Washington DC. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Officers and sailors of the U.S. and Royal Hellenic Navy attend the formal transfer ceremony at at the Washington Navy yard. Greek sailors wear caps displaying the words, "B Naytikon." The United States flag is lowered and the Greek flag hoisted on the ship. (The Greek Navy renamed the ship the "Vassilefs Georghios II.")

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1944, June 10
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028525
Downed British airplanes recycled for metal in Germany during World War 2.

German workers bring in scrap wreckage of downed American aircraft and British aircraft for recycling of metal. SK logo on body and B on wings of a plane clearly visible. Wreckage dumped into hot furnace. Melted aluminum ingot poured into molds to form brick shaped metal bars.

Location: Germany
Date: 1944
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028705
German Messerschmitt Fighters Me-109 and Me-110 in action above the Atlantic in World War II.

Allied bombers attacked by German 'flak ships' in English channel during World War 2. German AA crew members look out for allied bombers in skies and open fires. Shows a heat seeking missile chasing its target. German Messerschmitt Fighter pilots in battle above the Atlantic. Inside the cockpit view of a German pilot in mid air. Luftwaffe Me-109 and Me-110 aircraft open fire on U.S. B-24 Liberators and U.S. B-17 Fortresses and some are seen in flames. U.S. pilots eject in mid air. Smoking wreckage of downed U.S. fighters. Captured U.S. Army Air Force pilot taken away by German captors as a prisoner.

Location: English Channel Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028707
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