The Marshall Plan at work in Great Britain. Mining operations undertaken by people. Men operate different machines during mining. Freshly plowed farm land and a factory set up near the farm. Women work at a production line of a factory for what appears to be soap bars. Wome at work in a textile mill, processing raw cotton and spinning it on large industrial loom equipment. A man rolls a barrel of whiskey. Barrels of scotch whiskey are readied for export. Text on barrel indicates it is 1938 aged scotch from Glen-Kinchie Distillery, then one marked Cragganmore Glenlivet, then a barrel marked Aultmore Glenlivet. A man inspects different whiskeys and tastes them. Scotch Whiskey is bottled in a bottling factory and labeled. Readied whiskey bottles. People purchase whiskey from an export shop. A tourist in a British clothing store. A man looks at different clothing in a clothing shop, as a tailor shows him bolts of cloth for making a new suit. A woman inspects a sweater that she might purchase.
The Marshall Plan at work in Great Britain. Newly built British Vauxhall cars drive past on a road. Buildings in the background. British Vauxhall cars lined up at a dock for export. A ship at the dock. Grain flowing down a chute from a ship to a shore British food goods on sale at shops in the U.S. Traffic on the streets of New York City. A late 1940's Jaguar convertible automobile parked in front of a car dealership. A man and a woman seated in the parked Jaguar car. British goods on display. Plummer Glass on 5th Avenue. 'British Tweeds Ltd.' written on a building Church's English Shoes storefront in Manhattan. A woman buys clothes from a shop. Different British goods shops in the U.S. People and traffic on the streets. Goods being loaded in a ship. Ships at a Thames shipyard and cranes for loading the ships, with London Bridge in the background. Men and woman play bowling in a field area. Men and women enter a British pub and drink while seated at the bar tables. British workers and pedestrians crossing a bridge while double decker buses and trucks move by on the road beside. A train crosses a bridge.
A film depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical Great Depression day. Clark Mills's Lieutenant General George Washginton equestrian statue at Washington Circle. A cemetery and men work at the cemetery. They use a machine to help lift old grave markers up out of the ground. The grave markers appear to be circa civil war era. A marker with number 7566 on top is lifted out of the cemetery grounds. Elevated view of Pennsylvania Avenue, Old Post Office Building seen on right, and traffic on the street. Close up elevated view of 1930's automobiles stopped a stop light. Several views of 1935 year license plates or number plates of cars from various states including California, Georgia, New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio . A horse eats food from a bucket. A woman seated on a footpath drinks and enjoys lunch. A family seated around a table during a lunch break. People at the National Zoo. They look at animals and stand behind a cage. A young girl plays with leopard cubs. Picnickers seated in a garden, with cars on roadway behind, possibly Rock Creek Park area. A close up of a young girl eating. Children swinging on a swing set.
Christening ceremony of 6 cargo ships and 2 U.S. Navy Destroyers at a shipyard in Maine, United States, during World War 2. A sign reads '48 days' representing a new record achieved in building a ship in only 48 days. People gathered for the christening ceremony. Women stand holding flowers. The crowd gathered at the shipyard cheers. Men and women open champagne bottles. Various ships slide down ways into the water during launch.
A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. warship fires at Japanese ships. Animated map shows the main objective of the Japanese that is to capture Guadalcanal. A U.S. bomber lands and taxis. A signal officer gives a signal. A pilot in a cockpit. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester William Nimitz seated in a chair discusses the strategy of attack with an officer. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr. looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship. U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animated map shows the positions of ships underway in different directions. A U.S. ship underway. Troops on its deck. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets off a car in New Guinea. U.S. infantry troops in trucks and jeeps advance along a dirt road. Troops in a jeep wearing gas masks. Troops seated in a truck hold guns. U.S. soldiers stand around an aircraft. A U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off. The troops get off from the aircraft. Infantry men advance through a jungle. Men lay logs to make a bridge. A convoy moves over a bridge carrying supplies. Soldiers load shells in an artillery and fire. The troops advance through a jungle. They fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. The infantry advances across jungle swamps.
A new route links the United States and Alaska during World War II. Trucks parked on a highway. Men stand holding the U.S. flags. Canadian Mounted Police men stand in formation. The U.S. flag is raised up. The soldiers stand wearing woolen hats and coats. Officials cut a ribbon and pay tribute to the U.S. Army. The soldiers applaud. The Alaskan Highway Alaska is officially opened. A truck convoy rolls northward.
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