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American farmers increase production of agricultural products needed during World War II

Film opens with series of animated maps of the United States, showing the States that are the typical sources of agricultural products, including wheat, corn, dairy products, beef cattle, cotton, flax, lumber, and fruits and vegetables. A woman in overalls places fresh cut corn from a truck on to a conveyor. Farmers pitch hay from trucks. Momentary glimpse of a warehouse on a waterway, with a railroad train running to it, and a large cargo ship docked beside it. A federal official briefs a group of farm state officials and farm families, about the need for increased agricultural production, during World War 2. Closeups of persons in the audience. Scene shifts to window of a modest wooden home with anchor symbol two blue stars displayed for family members in military service. Closeup of the two blue stars in the window. With many men gone in military service, women and youth fill the labor gaps. A women at the wheel of a piece of farm equipment. A boy picking fruit from a tree. View of a large vacant lot in a city being used for numerous "Victory Gardens." A girl digging with a spade in one of the gardens. Other gardeners conversing in the background. A woman storing mason jars of preserved fruits and vegetables on a shelf in her home. Farmers performing maintenance and repairs on farm machinery. Momentary view of farmers loading crates of foods onto an open truck. Women placing vegetables into cans at a factory. Cattle moving into a pen. Men loading bales of cotton onto a river boat. A large freighter being loaded at a port. A farmer treating the soil with something dispensed from a spreader behind his tractor. A farmer harvesting corn by machinery. Three dead pigs, on the ground, (victims of disease.) Cattle foraging close to one another in a pasture. Insects attacking crops as there is a shortage of insecticides during the war. Severe weather causing crop losses is seen. A farmer harvesting with a combine. A document is shown labeled PL 147 77th Congress (the Steagall Bill). (Narrator states it guaranteed prices of 90 percent of parity for war needed crops.) Brochures for alternate crops that farmers might consider because foreign supplies were cut off. A farmer removes an envelope from his mail box. (Narrator alludes to government supplied crop loans and dairy feed payments.) Corn being piled up. Pigs at feeding troughs. Men loading crates of food onto a truck. fresh cut logs rolling into a river. Complete change of scene to Piazzale Loreto, in, Milan, Italy, 1945, where Benito Mussolini and other fascist leaders are seen hung upside down. Adolph Hitler and Marshal Hermann Goering at Berteschgaden. Japanese Emperor Hirohito astride a white horse leading some of his senior military officers as they review assembled troops.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058166
Japanese businessmen and officials as well as sick or disabled persons are the first to board the Swedish Ocean Liner, M.S. Gripsholm at Jersey City, New Jersey, for repatriation to Japan in World War II

Japanese Nationals and Issei, with families, arrive by bus at Jersey City, New Jersey, to board Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm for repatriation to Japan, in World War 2. View of passengers being processed at Customs area of the port. From that point, on, the file shows dozens of Japanese men, the first to board, coming up the gangplank to the ship's deck. Most of them are wearing business suits. Two armed U.S. Navy sailors guard the boarding point. Closeup of one Japanese man standing on the deck. A uniformed policemen boards, carrying a Japanese woman over his shoulder A nurse follows carrying something in her arms. She and another nurse then head toward the area where the woman had been taken. Another Japanese woman is helped aboard by two Red Cross women. Two uniformed policemen carry a passenger on a litter, aboard.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058284
United States war equipment unloaded into India (WW2)

United States Army soldiers move about the market place in India and look at a man charming a snake. War equipment unloaded at a port and carried away on camel carts into Burma. Indian troops move up the jungle terrain in Burma and fight against Japanese troops in World War II. American airmen briefed at an airbase. They take off in bomber planes and drop bombs over Burma.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058313
Japanese troops surrender in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nanking China at end of World War 2

Victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese troops surrender Singapore and Hong Kong to British troops in Pacific Theater. Aerial view of city in Singapore. Allied ships in nearby harbor. Allied soldiers of Britain landing and marching on streets in Singapore. Next scene shows ships of British fleet seen in waters at Hong Kong. Low-flying aerial views of port areas and buildings of Hong Kong. British Navy combat teams move from building to building in small groups, flushing snipers from alleys, streets, and buildings. A British soldier rests a machine gun on an elevated porch and fires at an enemy sniper position. Several Japanese soldiers surrender to British forces. Next scene is in Nanking, China. View of officials gathering in Nanking for Japanese surrender ceremony at the Central Military Academy, which had been the enemy Japanese headquarters during the war.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058334
United Nations troops land at Pusan to aid South Korea in Korean War.

Map of Korea showing 38th parallel boundary. View of 38th parallel with the numbers "38" seen on the ground. The United Nations Commission meeting in Seoul. U.S. troops leaving the Korean peninsula. Aerial view of the harbor in Seoul. Fire and smoke in the mountains as North Koreans attack. South Korean soldiers marching into battle. Korean soldiers in trenches firing from hill top. The first Korean War refugees. The UN gathering at Lake Success, NY. General MacArthur receives the UN battle flag. Aerial view of the port at Pusan. U.S. troops landing in Pusan. A parade of troops led by U.S., U.N. , and Republic of Korea flags disembark at Pusan from a landing ship, number 222. U.S. troops firing weapons at North Koreans, including mortar, machine guns, and howitzers.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058357
Montage of scenes showing Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft and warships

Japanese Imperial Navy operations and exercises in World War 2. Large formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Nell) bombers in flight, over a bay. Shadow of one in water below. A formation of Japanese Mitsubishi A6M (Zero/Zeke) Fighter airplanes. Aerial view of Japanese warships executing coordinated maneuvers below. Two Japanese aircraft carriers in calm waters. Aichi D3A2 (Val) dive bombers take off from carrier. A Japanese battleship making way in heavy seas and later in fog and rain. A column of Japanese warships, including a battleship, underway. Close view of Takao class heavy cruiser. Japanese sailor signalling with semaphore flags. Ise class battleship underway and firing guns. View of torpedo tubes on a ship. Japanese Battleships firing heavy guns and antiaircraft guns during gunnery practice. During this exercise, the Japanese battleship Hyuga, experiences an explosion in the left gun breach of her #5 turret. Smoke billows from the turret and flames are seen coming out of, and around the the gun barrels. Column of Japanese heavy cruisers turning to port.The Japanese rising sun Naval ensign in the breeze.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675058389