Railroad transportation for military divisions in the United States. Soldiers of the 201st Armored Division exercise in a field as a railroad train stops nearby. They run and take an outdoor shower below an elevated water spout that covers the group. The locomotive train approaches and moves along tracks as seen from low camera position with train approaching. The soldiers play mouth organs. The train moves across a bridge. A man lowers a middle berth. The soldiers prepare to sleep. A soldier gives an order of no smoking. (World War II period).
Railroad transportation for military divisions in the United States. A train moves along a railroad. A soldier of the 201st Armored Division brushes his teeth. A soldier shaves. Several soldiers look at a map. The train moving towards its destination. Army vehicles on the train. The train stops at its destination. (World War II period).
World War 2 film 'It's Up to You!' shows farm activities during time of war production in the United States. Views of farmlands. An American farmer with his cattle cart on a field. A corn crop. A tractor driven in farm. A farmer gives grass to his horses. The farmer looks at the sky. The farmer loads haystack on his horse cart. A tomato crop. Views of bushels, eggs, pigs, cows and milk bottles.
Rationing during World War 2 in the United States. A dramatization: A farmer works at a machine. The farmer gets up and climbs up a hilly terrain. He looks down. He gets into a horse cart. He plows a field. He works in the field. He drives a tractor. He bends his head on the steering wheel as he gets tired. Production of grains, vegetables and fruits. The farmer talks about the inability of U.S. farms to produce enough food to feed soldiers, Navy seamen, Allies and U.S. population without rationing. A ration book for equal share in food. Close up view of hands of person on ration book, showing cover with title 'War Ration Book Two" and views of pages of ration stamps.
Rationing of food in the United States. People go to stores with ration cards. Tins of food on shelves. Food packets and vegetables in a store. People buy food using the ration cards. Clothes on a string. People walk along a road with their rations. Shops and stores along the road. A dramatization: A house wife comes in a store to buy black market meat. The conscience-stricken housewife refuses to buy black market meat when the consequences (high price and lack of food for military) are explained to her. The housewife goes away. Pictures of soldiers, Marines and pilots. (World War II period).
Rationing of food in the United States during World War 2. Propaganda song jingle heard on film soundtrack with words "It's up to you, mister, what do you say? It's up to you, sister, starting today." Other lines include "You can fix that shoe and you can wear it. And you can cut down food, and you can share it. Mister, sister, it's up to you." American citizens walking in American towns. A woman passes a storefront. Poster in window says "Your blood may save your next of kin" (encouraging blood donations). Another sign recruits woman SPARS for military service. Women exiting a church. A woman working tilling a victory garden. Men and women pedestrians and workers crossing city streets during a work day. A large crowd gathers in an open square.
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