Salvage and reclamation activities in various Theaters of Operation during World War II. European Theater: Wrecked tanks, cranes, locomotives, cars, trucks and other wreckage on the ground. Men standing nearby and working. Writing visible on some tanks including names some names: Clipper (of "C" Company 1st Corps Medium Tank Battalion, U.S. Marines), Booze Hound, and Creeping Headache. Men working on the reclamation. Marine evacuating a hit and disabled tank on the battlefield in Okinawa, Japan. Smoke rises after the tank is hit . A smoke screen is laid to obscure it during repairs. A tank retriever aids the tank. The tank is repaired by crew. As smoke screen dissipates, the the tank and tank retriever have completed repairs and drive on. Men working on reclamation activities, refitting and redeploying tanks in a tank reclamation factory.
Views of construction underway on the Pentagon Building in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington DC, United States. Exterior views of the new military headquarters building, early during its construction period. Officers discussing construction plans. Excavator at work. Army guards patrol the site while civilian workers work building the Pentagon. Views of the Washington Monument in the distance, across the Potomac River. Guards march back and forth. Views of the constuction site from various angles. View of the U.S. Capitol building in the far distance in final shot.
The Pentagon U.S. War Department Building in the United States. People working inside the building. A woman in the Pentagon cafeteria an lunch time. The women seen filing reports. She types a document on a typewriter, and listens to and transcribes a dictaphone recording. The woman sits inside her house at the end of the work day. She is reading a magazine seated at her bed.
United States Army guards in Washington DC, on detail at the White House during World War 2. The army guards standing in front of the White House. They march as an officer instructs them. Secret Service personnel seen talking to a press reporter who is seeking entry to the White House grounds. The agents search the reporter's bag and then allow him to pass. US Army soldier guards the entrance of the White House and stops a man from entering a secure area.
The Munitions Building in Washington DC during World War II. Exterior of the new War Department Building. A guard standing at the door of the building. Personnel entering and coming out of the building. The guard talking to a man. Officials entering the building. Exterior of a building. A sign reads: War Department Munitions Building'. The U.S. flag flying on the top of the building. The Washington Monument in the background. Exterior of the Quartermaster General Headquarters building. A sign reads 'Office of the Quartermaster General War Department'.
A press group in Washington DC during World War II. The group standing outside an office. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Stanley J. Grogan comes outside. He hands out communiques to them. A reporter telephoning the message to an office. An insert of the communique reads 'War Department, January 8, 1942'.
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