U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull leads the U.S. delegation to the 8th International Pan-American Conference in Lima, Peru. The U.S. delegation arrives in Lima by ship. The delegates are received by Peruvian dignitaries and local crowds. Secretary Hull is greeted by the Peruvian dignitaries. Other delegates disembark the ship and greet the crowd. Little Peruvian girls with flowers welcome the delegation. The Pan-American Conference venue. Flags of the participating nations. Delegates and dignitaries arrive for the Conference. The delegates seated inside. Secretary hull opens the conference with a military speech warning dictator states abroad that the U.S. is willing and able to safeguard the Western Hemisphere.
Troops of U.S. 35th Infantry Division, 137th Infantry Regiment in Pont Bellenger, France during World War II. U.S. infantrymen on the road to Vire, France. A wrecked U.S. recon car. U.S. soldiers killed by a German land mine. German soldiers killed by the same mine. A dead driver and a passenger in a car.
Meat packing industry in the United States. All waste parts used to make by-products like hides, tallow and lard. Horns of cattle are used for making combs, pipes, buttons, forks and spoons. The hide is used for making leather and shoes. Candles are made of tallow. Blood used to make color. A sack of fertilizer. A pot of glue.
A World War II recruitment film bulletin 'Wanted: Men for Merchant Marine' asking men to join the United States Merchant Marines and go aboard Liberty Ships and other cargo ships supporting the United States war effort during World War 2. A World War II American ship convoy at sea. An official works in Ship Personnel Office aboard a ship. Merchant seamen board a ship. A group of engineers, seamen, radio telegraphers, cooks, bakers and mess men during a training. Supplies are loaded onto a ship. Tanks, bombs and locomotive are hoisted by a crane and loaded onto the ship. Seamen work aboard the ships. Narrator speaks of military materiel delivered by ships and a series of images of American military equipment in action in Europe during World War 2 is shown: Line of camouflage U.S. army tanks fire. U.S. Army Air Force bomber aircraft at an airfield including one with a damaged nose. U.S. Army tractor hauls a long artillery piece on war torn streets of a European city. U.S. Army tank moving by fast on a European paved roadway. A merchant ship at sea. A ship convoy at sea.
A World War 2 amphibious beachhead is seen with numerous ships offshore, and a barrage balloon aloft overhead. USS Landing Ship Medium number 553 is pulled up close to a transport ship from which an army truck is being offloaded. Numerous U.S. troops are seen on the transport deck. Another Landing Ship Medium (number 541) is c.lose to a transport ship. A Benham class destroyer is seen. A Coast Guard Captain smokes a cigarette as he looks out a porthole on his ship. A U.S. wartime supply convoy at sea. An officer sounds an alarm aboard a U.S. Combat Coast Guard Cutter. Crew responds and fires depth charges against a German submarine. The submarine surfaces and the Cutter fires at it using a deck gun. View of oil on the water.
The U.S. Army Air Force Troops Carrier Command in Wau, Papua New Guinea during World War II. A soldier at a typing machine. Insignia of the U.S. Army Air Force Troops Carrier Command. Animated map shows Troops Carrier Command advancing towards U.S. air bases in Papua New Guinea and Australia. An open field. Mountains in the background. A U.S. Army Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft lands and taxis.
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