Clip compares Washington DC to an industrial boomtown where the big business is government, during World War 2. Men and women working in offices. A young woman seated at a desk and doing clerical work. Identification cards of civilian women working for the U.S. Army. Pedestrians and workers walking on a street of Washington DC. Buildings along street sides. People at the entrance of Union Station. A woman identified as Phyllis Hood joins others in a Diamond Taxi cab leaving Union Station. Woman exits the taxi and looks at various buildings as she seeks a place to live in Washington. Boards on buildings read: 'No Vacancy', 'No Rooms' and 'Filled Up'. Wearing a fur coat and hat, she stops and sits on her suitcase, removes a shoe, and rubs her tired feet. She talks to a police officer on a traffic corner, who directs her to the U.S. Office of Information. She is seen inside the main hallway of the Office of Information. They direct her to an availble room at the former French Embassy building at the intersection of 16th Street and Kalorama Road NW in Washington DC, by Meridian Hill Park. She enters the building which that narrator says serves as a hotel for girls. She talks to a receptionist in the main hall lobby and then ascends the stairs. Phyllis Hood along with two other girls seated inside a room. They talk amongst themselves and relax. Woman hangs nylon stockings from a hanger to dry. The women going to sleep at night and turning out bedside lights. A large room with an operations maps, and clocks on the curved wall showing time in various international cities.
A film titled: 'Substitution and Conversion' on provision of supplies to soldiers in the European Theater during World War II. A slowly revolving relief globe. The Philippines on a map. Malaya, Borneo and Sumatra are also located. Narrator notes that a large quantity of raw materials was lost at these places during the war. Exterior of the Pentagon building in Arlington Virginia, outside Washington DC. Clerks working at their desks inside the building. A coat and hat rack filled with items belonging to civilian and military workers in the Pentagon. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Elevated view of columns of many U.S. Army soldiers standing at attention during a review. Closeup views of an American Army soldier showing his uniform and his equipment including helmet, rifle, gasmask, leggings, bayonet, ammunition belt, first aid kit, canteen, blanket roll, haversack. Soldiers stand in formation. Cots with netting on them in a barracks area. Corps of engineers soldiers building a wooden bridge over a waterway. Bomber aircraft and fighter aircraft in lines at an airfield. Columns of tanks parked in a field. Heavy artillery being towed on a roadway. Half track armored vehicles rolling by. View of tanks rolling by, and an anti-aircraft gun being cranked into position. Soldiers loading artillery shells from a storage area into a truck. View of storage tanks for gasoline. Convoy of supply trucks moving on a road. Closup view of train locomotive and its cars moving at and past camera position. Aircraft overhead in formation. View of ships at sea in convoy below. Animated map shows that 7 tons of equipment is required for each American soldier. Giant railroad gun firing. A Navy ship releasing a depth charge and explosion in water. Bombs away view of bombs falling from open bomb doors of a bomber aircraft. American soldiers racing onto a beach head. Animated map shows supply of war equipment to other places all over the world, from the United States.
Italian aviation cadets at the Royal Academy of Aviation in Caserta, Italy during World War II. Cadets parading and running on the grounds. Trees in the background. A building in the foreground. The cadets exercising in a formation. The cadets come up to a judges' table and receive medals. Several officers standing near the table. The cadets shake hands with Italian Blackshirt Italo Balbo. Balbo along with other officers walking on the academy grounds.
Italian aviation cadets at the Royal Academy of Aviation in Caserta, Italy during World War II. Italian aviation cadets on horsebacks. They jump over hurdles. Officers watch the cadets. A building and trees in the background. The officers discuss.
Italian aviation cadets at the Royal Academy of Aviation in Caserta, Italy during World War II. The Italian flag flutters from a flag pole. A review of the cadets. A cardinal speaks to the cadets. The cadets carrying banners stand in formation. Several officers and dignitaries present during the event. A cadet being awarded.
Italian aviation cadets at the Royal Academy of Aviation in Caserta, Italy during World War II. The cadets carrying banners stand in formation on the grounds. Officers review the cadets. The cadets goose step across the grounds. A building in the background. The officers and a cardinal walking on the grounds.
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