The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against Japanese on Garapan, the capital city of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, during World War 2. U.S. artillery guns are fired at Japanese forces. U.S. troops carry their injured men under cover of a tank. Rockets are fired to take down enemy snipers. Incendiary grenades are fired to smoke the enemies out of their pillboxes. A Japanese soldier is taken as prisoner.
The world struggle for oil is depicted. Oil production of the United States is compared with that of other countries. Relative production in 1900 is shown. A political map of the United States. A dot in some states represents 1 % of the world's production whereas a cross in other states represents less than 1 % of the world production. A map shows Russia, Germany, Italy, Galicia, Roumania and other neighboring countries. A box on the map shows Japan with a cross. Another map shows India, Tibet, Afghanistan and their neighboring countries. Still another map shows countries of South America. Evolution of internal combustion engines, whereby gasoline is used, is shown using diagrams.
Quality of petroleum products is checked and scientific research for further improvement is carried out in the United States. A man carries out an experiment to check the quality of a petroleum product. He heats the product on a Bunsen burner using a pair of tongs. Then he lights a lamp using the petroleum product. Another researcher looks through a tube at a screen and makes some adjustments. He makes a note on a container and pours in the container. Scientific glass apparatus in a box on a stand. A man looks at them. He makes a note on a paper and takes a look at a paper in his hand.
U.S. Military officers and Chinese Army officers in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Military officers on a bridge. They walk away together. Chinese soldiers near a field. Military personnel walk together. A tent. The path to the tent is marked with bricks. A military area with thatched huts. Soldiers and officers outside a thatched hut. Jeeps parked nearby. U.S. and Chinese military officers come out of a tent. The military personnel walk together.
American Jewish Tercentenary Delegation presents a medal to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington DC. The President with the members of the delegation. Ralph Samuel presents the medal to the President. Close up of the medal which is presented to the President to commemorate the 1st Jewish settlement in the U.S.
The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, during World War 2. A railroad train pulls into a train station. Delegates of the member nations at the station. A van brings the delegates to the venue. Representatives from China. The representatives from the U.S. are headed by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. He opens the conference. The conference in progress. All the delegates pose together after the conference. (Led to establishment of International Monetary Fund. Bretton Woods System was precursor to World Bank.)
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