Agricultural progress motivated by the demands of World War II, in the United States. Houses and trees on a farm. Chickens roam in front. Night time battle scenes during World War 2 with smoke, bombs, and tracers. Men work in war material and munitions factories for the manufacturing and production of war tools and equipment. Molten steel poured in molds. A sign, "Defense Plant. Part of the Aresenal of Democracy." Cattle graze on the farm. Recruited and Mobilized United States soldiers march on streets of a town in America. Farmer supervises a grain processing machine in a field. Farmer works on a red Allis-Chalmers tractor. Wheat combine harvester in a field. Corn being harvested in a field. A soybean field and a farmer holds up a soybean plan. A rotating display shows harvested oils and their uses such as heavy soy oil for brake linings, soy flake flour, soy cake coatings and uses in auto parts. Tractor with attachment being used to harvest soybeans.Farmer on tractor on the farm. 'Lake County Oil Mill' written on an oil tank in Tiptonville Tennessee. Rotating display of bottled and canned linseed oil products including oil and paints for painting war equipment. Farmer on tractor harvesting flax seed for linseed oil. Close view of farmer's hands holding flax plants. Production of peanut oil. Farmers hand holding a bunch of peanut plants. Display of peanuts and peanut oil. Tractor driven on peanut farm. Workers harvest peanuts. Farmer on tractor drives on field of castor bean plants. Rotating display shows products made from oils including insecticides, plastics, fibers. Farmers hands holding a bunch of cotton. Worker in field picking cotton. Farmer shows a new variety of longer staple cotton and stretches out the fibers which can be used for parachute cords.
Activities of U.S. troops during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Three troopers are part of a mortar crew. A rocket being placed in a mortar. The mortar is fired. The mortar crew positioned amongst rubble fire mortar. Men in the background work to unload more rockets or mortar rounds from boxes. A partially sunken landing craft. Two troopers hide next to a building with rifles. U.S. forces behind stone wall fire rifles. Men behind the wall with M-16s. U.S. and ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) forces next to buildings, move ahead. A man with a rocket in his hand. A U.S. soldier fires an M-16 around the corner of a building. The soldiers move forward. (Vietnam War period).
The U.S. Army transport ship, Chateau Thierry, backing into a pier at Honolulu, Hawaii. Native swimmers are seen in the water at the side of the ship. The ship's deck is crowded with U.S. Army personnel in uniform, who watch as the Chateau Thierry docks at Army Transport Pier No. 5. Several other ocean-going vessels are seen in nearby berths. A mountain ridge is seen in background. Army personnel and several civilians crowd the pier to greet the arrivals. Several Army aviators are seen on deck. Sailors on the ship handle anchor chains. After the ship ties up, Army passengers disembark carrying their belongings. In a different setting, a parade ground is filled with American soldiers in formations holding U.S. and unit flags. Several round roofed buildings are seen clustered in a hill overlooking the Army parade field. The U.S. Army units march and pass in review before a large crowd of spectators.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference aboard American Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta (CA-31), anchored in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada. High ranking American military officers and officials attending include Presidential advisor, Harry Hopkins; U.S. Army Air Corps Chief, General Henry Arnold; U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold R. Stark; Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. President Franklin Roosevelt stands with his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., to meet the Prime Minister. FDR also greets other members of the British delegation, including British Minister of Supply, Lord Beaverbrook. British and American sailors mingling together. Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt are seen seated on deck, for a church service, aboard the British Battleship, Prince of Wales. They read documents and conclude agreements known as the Atlantic Charter.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill together with British and American delegates to the Atlantic Conference, and crew members of the USS Augusta and HMS Prince of Wales, assemble for Sunday church services aboard the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales. The service is conducted by Church of England clergy. U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill are seated side by side in the first row. Among those behind them are: Presidential advisors, Harry Hopkins and Averell Harriman; U.S. Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet; U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall; and British Field Marshal, Sir John Dill. Views of those assembled as seen between gun barrels of HMS Prince of Wales. A British Navy band ensemble provides music for the service.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference in World War 2 aboard USS Augusta in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland. U.S. General George C. Marshall, Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Admiral Harold R. Stark, descend steps to main deck of U.S. Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta, where they greet top ranking members of the British military establishment as they arrive for the Atlantic Conference. U.S. General Marshall is seen greeting British Field Marshall Sir John Dill. President Roosevelt is assisted by his son, Franklin, Jr. who helps him obtain a handhold on a fixture of the ship. (This is a rare shot of President Roosevelt where he is seen walking a few steps with his cane, assisted, as his disability was typically not captured on film to be shown to the public.) President Roosevelt greets British Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. He also greets British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives, salutes the President, and walks past. Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. steps forward and guides Churchill back to stand with President Roosevelt, for the camera.
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