The U.S. Coast Guard serves the U.S. Merchant Marine in the United States during World War II. A Coast Guard officer checks identity papers. A sign: 'this side to pay off'. The paymaster's table. Merchant marine personnel being paid.
Rationing during World War 2 in the United States. A dramatization: A farmer works at a machine. The farmer gets up and climbs up a hilly terrain. He looks down. He gets into a horse cart. He plows a field. He works in the field. He drives a tractor. He bends his head on the steering wheel as he gets tired. Production of grains, vegetables and fruits. The farmer talks about the inability of U.S. farms to produce enough food to feed soldiers, Navy seamen, Allies and U.S. population without rationing. A ration book for equal share in food. Close up view of hands of person on ration book, showing cover with title 'War Ration Book Two" and views of pages of ration stamps.
Postwar (after World War II) agriculture activities in the United States. Farming equipment in operation on farms. Canned food in a store. Flashback scenes to the Great Depression during the 1930s: A man carries a banner which reads 'Unemployed Will Take Any Job'. Unemployed men lying on a bench. A sign on a gate : 'No Men Wanted'. Shabby housing tenements and shacks of poverty victims falling apart in a rural farm area. Forward again to the post war 1940s: Smoke comes out off chimneys of a factory. American workers busy at a auto assembly line finishing new cars (appears to be 1946 or 1947 Chevrolet cars). Factory workers line up at a pay window to receive pay checks. An industrialist works in his office. Crowds of American citizens on busy city streets with pedestrians and automobiles, and shoppers looking in store windows, including store windows showing elaborate Christmas displays. A cooperative farm plan to produce what the industrial and consumer markets demand. A man milks a cow with an automatic milking machine. A woman using electricity on a farm to power a new open top clothes washing machine. Farm machines are used.
U.S. Congress repeals movie tax in the United States. The U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Sponsor of the bill to repeal the 20% tax on movie admission Noah Mason walks down the steps of the Capitol. Congressman Mason at his desk comments upon the passage of his bill which now awaits Presidential action.
The Korean Armistice Agreement signed by Communist delegates and United Nations delegates in Panmunjom, Korea ending the Korean War. UN (United Nations) honor guard lined up outside the building where armistice is to be signed. U.S. Army Lieutenant General William K. Harrison, Jr. arrives with other officials at the building. Delegate Harrison and Communist delegates sign the peace agreement. Harrison leaves the building. Far East Commander U.S. Army General Mark W. Clark signs the Korean Armistice Agreement at a base camp. Army cameramen take pictures.
A U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane being refueled at Ascension Island. U.S. Air Force Task Force Commander briefs Air Force flight crews.
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