The working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles in South Bend, Indiana. Workers at a Studebaker automobile plant work on fixing the engine on chassis. Making motor block mold. Cores made of oil and sand baked at 350 0C. Worker draws moulds from ovens. Placing cores in moulds for making cranks, and fixing them with screws. Molten iron poured into the mould. After cooling the workers remove mould and an automobile engine is ready. Engine trimmed, milled and given various tests.
The working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles in South Bend, Indiana. Manufacturing stages of crankshaft and engine. Repeated blows from a six ton ramming hammer mold a metal block into shape. Worker draws this under another ramming hammer. Twenty different machines work on a crankshaft. Soap water on crankshaft during working. Workers testing with tapes for balance checking of the shaft thus formed.
The working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles. Assembly and finishing of the automobile passenger cabin at plant in in South Bend, Indiana. Wooden structure of body of car covered by sheet metal paneling. Workers work on lathe machines to impart finishing to the automobile body so formed. Painter coats enamel three times on the body of car. Sets of lined up car bodies with seats. Windscreen, seats, hood and other accessories mounted on the body, seen in a progression using stop action filming. Body mounted on chassis. Finally the finished Studebaker cars are driven out of the factory.
The Distinguished Service Medal being presented to U.S. Army Major General Albert C. Wedemeyer, South East Command Asia during World War II. A general formation of U.S. officers as U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell pins up the medal on Major General Wdemeyer. General Stilwell talks to staff officers. An officer reads a citation. The group of U.S. offices at attention as General Stilwell pins a medal on General Lord Louis Mountbatten and shakes hands with Wedemeyer. Major General Wedemeyer with the Distinguished Service Medal.
Landing craft (LC) approaches the Inchon port. U.S. troops embark on landing crafts. Trucks driven into landing craft. Troops on deck of LC. LC on shores. One LC pulls away. Mountain in the background. Landing Crafts underway at sea. South Korean refugees crowd a railroad station. Refugees cook and eat food. A child cries. A man and woman have soup. Refugees loaded in a freight car. Refugees crowd at harbor. Ship at harbor. Refugees walk along pier to board ships and boats. Boat underway off the harbor. Explosions light up Inchon at night. Heavy smoke arises from explosions. Debris burns in deserted street. Smoking ruins of an airfield. Destroyed bridge of canal. Ruins in a Korean city.
Liberated Chinese prisoners from Korean War prison camps, getting onto U.S. trucks to reach Incheon harbor in Seoul, en route to Taiwan where they are defecting from Communist China. They were known as "Anti-communist Heroes." The United Nations Transportation Corps and the United Nations officials take care of transportation process. Chinese Ambassador to Korea and other officials bid farewell to the Chinese prisoners. Trucks loaded with Chinese prisoners move along road. Chinese prisoners hold flags on trucks. Trucks stop in between before reaching Incheon. Prisoners have soup. Trucks loaded with prisoners begin the journey. Incheon city streets decorated to welcome Chinese Prisoners. South Korean civilians line up streets. Chinese prisoners greeted by 47th Overseas Chinese Organization members and the United Nations band. Crowd with flags and banners welcomes the Chinese prisoners. Chinese opera with people in colorful dresses. Freed Chinese prisoners march in Incheon harbor. Chinese prisoners holding the Chinese flags march along pier. Crowd cheers at harbor. Stick points out sea route from Incheon to Taipei, Taiwan. Convoy of warships and planes escorts liberated Chinese prisoners heading to new life in Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC).
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