Mechanics work on USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) planes parked in a hangar in North Africa during World War II. Large gas and oil dump in North Africa. U.S. army trucks pass on highway to Bizerte. Semi-truck and trailer carry wrecked USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft. Interiors of a bomb wrecked hangar. Two mechanics walk to steel work rack at tail of B-25 Mitchell bomber, lift machine gun, and climb up to work platform. They install machine gun on B-25 tail. Large hole in hangar ceiling. Mechanic inside the tail adjusts pivot on the gun of B-25. Mechanic climbs on work rack and works on tail of B-25. Several gliders parked outside bomb wrecked hangar. Crew members clean glider nose.
Bomb being unloaded from cargo ship at Algiers harbor, Algeria during World War II. U.S. bomb dump shows stack of 500 lb. bombs in the foreground and bushes in the background. Bomb stacks nestled in bushes. Arab laborers and U.S. Army Air Force personnel load truck with bombs. Truck loaded with bombs moves down road leading to Rivet (large munitions dump). Laborers roll bombs onto a truck parked on the dock. Cargo ship in the background on dock. Bomb-loaded cargo net lowers onto quay of Algiers harbor. Arab dockworkers roll bombs. Bombs hoisted onto dock from cargo ship.
Amphibious forces of the United States capture Rendova Island, Solomon Islands during World War II. An animated map links up Guadalcanal with Rendova and Vanguna depicting the voyage of U.S. amphibious forces. U.S. troops disembark from ships onto landing crafts off the coast of Rendova. Armed troopers loaded on landing craft head for Rendova beach. The troops unload after securing Rendova beachhead. Tanks followed by heavy artillery unload from a ship. Japanese dive bombers and medium bombers in flight over Rendova. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over the beachhead. U.S. fighters in flight to intercept the enemy bombers. U.S. antiaircraft batteries fire at the Japanese aircraft. Flak bursts in the sky. Japanese aircraft being attacked. A Japanese bomber crashes in water. Aftermath of battle shows abandoned equipment, dead and wounded U.S. soldiers on the beachhead. Burning beachhead of Rendova. U.S. ships unload equipment on the captured island of Rendova.
U.S. Army Air Force aircraft attack enemy installations on Rekata Island, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. 13th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers drop bombs over Japanese installations on Rekata Island. Smoke billows up from the explosions.
A film titled 'Gas Racket' dramatizes the sale of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps to a retail gasoline dealer in the United States during World War II. Interior of a bar shows a gasoline peddler taking a look at counterfeit gasoline ration stamps being printed. The peddler shows counterfeit gasoline ration stamps to a gasoline dealer. The dealer checks the counterfeit stamps and talks to a woman in an open convertible. The dealer pays the peddler for the counterfeit stamps he buys. A car refueled at the gasoline station. The dealer places the counterfeit stamps received from the peddler and customers on a gum sheet and endorses them. The dealer buys gasoline from his distributor against bingo sheets. The distributor deposits these bingo sheets in a bank from where it passes on to the OPA (Office of Price Administration) auditors for verification. The stamps are separated by the OPA auditors and are detected by women trained for detection of illegal ration currency.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps by personnel trained in detection of illegal ration currency at the OPA (Office of Price Administration) in the United States. A woman shows a bingo sheet with few illegal stamps and details how illegal stamps are detected. The bingo sheet with un endorsed stamps, expired stamps, pre-valid stamps and stamps endorsed with same hand writing. The woman shows how real stamps look and the list of mistakes made during the making of counterfeit stamps.
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