Famous Hollywood personalities on stage holding scripts as they prepare for a radio broadcast before an audience of U.S. military personnel during World War 2. . Seen are Fred MacMurray, Rita Hayworth, Ginnie Simms and Lou Holz (with Don Wilson behind them). Camera focuses on MacMurray and Hayworth, as they stand listening intently to someone (unseen) who seems to be giving them directions. Then, they applaud, even shaking the scripts as they clap their hands. Next, Camera focuses on Rita Hayworth listening to the director. She looks at the script and applauds. Camera focuses on MacMurray, who listens again to director. Then camera focuses on Simms and Holz with Wilson between and behind them. The three of them converse momentarily, and then break into applause. Camera shows them again seemingly conversing with the director. Next, the audience is shown, consisting of Servicemen in uniform, and friends. They listen and applaud. View of the broadcast studio control room, with two U.S. Army officers there, one of whom is speaking. He wears a U.S. Army Service Forces Shoulder patch. He motions with his hand as it to signal the start of the broadcast. (Perhaps he was the unseen director.)
Training and education of African American soldiers and officers in World War 2. African American soldiers of the U.S. Army attend a graduation ceremony at West Point, New York during World War II. African American soldiers receive commission at U.S. OCS (Officer Training School). They parade on a field. One African American cadet among West Point cadets stands at attention. West Point Auditorium at graduation ceremony. An African American cadet receives his diploma from the U.S. Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson. African American Flying cadets lined up at an aircraft. A Flight Officer pins wings on an African American cadet. African American cadets lined up at graduation ceremony.
Shows activities of U.S. Navy sailors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. A group of sailors roll barrels along ship decks. A woman shares an apple with a sailor. A group of sailors watches them. A sign in the background reads 'National Apple Week'. The sailors and Navy officers stand around barrels of apple. A woman distributes apples to he sailors. A woman and the sailors eat apples. Sailors pose with woman showing an empty barrel. They lift her up.
New York University beats the University of Notre Dame in a game of basketball played in Madison Square Garden in New York. The game in progress. New York University beats the University of Notre Dame with a score of 25-18.
A film based on the Plum Island Animal Disease Center( PIADC ) off Long Island, New York. Commuters employed with the U.S. State Department of Agriculture board a ferry in Long Island. Animated map highlights the PIADC established for study of foreign animal diseases. The map shows locations of laboratory, dock area, administrative area, animal holding area and research buildings. Research units in the research building. Security fences around the building. The coast of Plum Island showing installations.
Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Long Island, New York which is dedicated to study of animal diseases. Visitors and employees of the United States Department of Agriculture board a ferry in Long Island and head for Plum Island. View of dock as ferry approaches. A sign reads 'U.S.D.A. Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory'. Personnel pass the ferry dock area to enter the guarded gates on Plum Island. Regular employees show passes to enter. The personnel leave the bus used for transportation from the gates to the working area. The employees after entering the building divide into three groups and head for three different locker rooms. Doors of the locker rooms painted red. The employees get rid of their belongings and clothes and proceed through a turnstile to the next locker room to put on a complete set of laboratory clothing. They enter a laboratory to carry out tests.
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