A documentary depicts activities of U.S. Department of War workers in the United States during World War 2. Scenes of various 1940's clocks on bedside tables. War department workers wake up with the alarms. They get ready for work. Cars passing on the streets of Washington DC. Buildings along the sides of the street. People lined up waiting for public conveyance. A bus arrives. Bus and car traffic on the "Highway Bridge" over the Potomac River toward Arlington Virginia. (The Highway Bridge, a swing-span through-truss bridge, was part of the 14th Street Bridge complex over the years. It was eventually replaced by the George Mason Memorial Bridge, and in 1967 the Highway Bridge was removed and taken to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia, to be used for bombing practice). View of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia, and views of large parking lots at the Pentagon filled with cars. Workers walking inside the Pentagon building corridors. A line of women seated and working at telephone switchboards in the Pentagon, and consulting an updated telephone directory. A sign at the door of a room reads 'Security Office, Identification Section'. A woman goes inside. Woman named 'Phyllis Hood' gets her identification card and finger prints for her identification in the office. She is seen taking an oath. Hood working at her desk. She files statistical reports. Exteriors of various Washington DC buildings being guarded by United States Army personnel for the Military District of Washington during World War II. A covered anti-aircraft gun installation in Washington DC is shown opening as US Army soldiers take up positions to use the artillery during practice drills. A guard standing outside the White House building.
Civilian citizens in Bangkok, Thailand in World War II. View of a street in Bangkok. Buses, streetcars, and vehicles on the road. Soldiers douse the fire caused by American bombing. Soldiers and civilians fight fire.
Cobra's venom is extracted at a snake farm in Bangkok, Thailand. Several hemispherical Cobra pits on the farm serve as shelter for the snakes. Man reaches down and picks up a Cobra. Man in apron removes poison from the cobra (snake milking). Several coiled Cobras. Cobras go back into their pits and some in water. Signs reading 'Cobra' and 'King Cobra' above individual facility.
Looking down on DeLong pier in Sattahip, Thailand. A ship is at the far side of pier. A truck coming down the pier towards the ship. Looking down the DeLong pier, two men are carrying a large basket down the pier next to a parked automobile. The truck backed up on the pier and cargo is being off loaded from the ship onto the truck. Some men are on the pier next to the truck. Others are in the truck. Pallets of 500 L bombs being off-loaded from the ship to the truck. Thai man works in the truck removing straps from the pallet. Work is being done at the DeLong pier at Camp Vayama, Sattahip. Another pallet of bombs being loaded into a truck on the pier. Off-loading of bombs to the truck on the pier.
Major Dale E. Wyckoff of SEATO Medical Research Laboratory and his assistants in jungles of Udorn, Thailand. A land rover drives off dirt roads in jungle. The land rover drives on rough surfaces among wild bushes and halts at a place. Major Dale E.Wyckoff steps out of it. He holds a shotgun and a pistol tied to his waist belt. His assistants step out of the jeep.
Major Dale E. Wyckoff of SEATO Medical Research Laboratory and his assistants in jungle of Udorn, Thailand. A land rover drives on rough surfaces of jungle and halts at a place. Major Dale E. Wyckoff steps out of it. He holds a shotgun and a pistol tied to his waist belt. His assistants take out traps from the jeep. A native assistant talks with Major Wyckoff.
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