Nomination of Former Vice President Henry Wallace as Secretary of Commerce in the United States. Meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones addresses the committee. He speaks about the qualifications and background which he deems essential in one who aspires to head the lending agencies which deal in billions. Wallace addressing the officials and talks about the RFC.
A film titled: 'Substitution and Conversion' on provision of supplies to soldiers in the European Theater during World War II. A slowly revolving relief globe. The Philippines on a map. Malaya, Borneo and Sumatra are also located. Narrator notes that a large quantity of raw materials was lost at these places during the war. Exterior of the Pentagon building in Arlington Virginia, outside Washington DC. Clerks working at their desks inside the building. A coat and hat rack filled with items belonging to civilian and military workers in the Pentagon. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Elevated view of columns of many U.S. Army soldiers standing at attention during a review. Closeup views of an American Army soldier showing his uniform and his equipment including helmet, rifle, gasmask, leggings, bayonet, ammunition belt, first aid kit, canteen, blanket roll, haversack. Soldiers stand in formation. Cots with netting on them in a barracks area. Corps of engineers soldiers building a wooden bridge over a waterway. Bomber aircraft and fighter aircraft in lines at an airfield. Columns of tanks parked in a field. Heavy artillery being towed on a roadway. Half track armored vehicles rolling by. View of tanks rolling by, and an anti-aircraft gun being cranked into position. Soldiers loading artillery shells from a storage area into a truck. View of storage tanks for gasoline. Convoy of supply trucks moving on a road. Closup view of train locomotive and its cars moving at and past camera position. Aircraft overhead in formation. View of ships at sea in convoy below. Animated map shows that 7 tons of equipment is required for each American soldier. Giant railroad gun firing. A Navy ship releasing a depth charge and explosion in water. Bombs away view of bombs falling from open bomb doors of a bomber aircraft. American soldiers racing onto a beach head. Animated map shows supply of war equipment to other places all over the world, from the United States.
Training of U.S. soldiers in the United States. An instructor should consider several points before instructing the soldiers. A group of soldiers seated in a field. An instructor instructing them. Traffic moving past on a road nearby. The soldiers are not able to understand due to noise. Another instructor speaking to the soldiers lined up. A unit working nearby. A smoke screen is laid for the training of the soldiers. The other unit gets disturbed. One more instructor instructing the soldiers. The soldiers seated on the ground. The instructor instructing the soldiers about M-1 rifles by reading from a manual. Some of the soldiers sleeping. (World War II period).
Training methodology for U.S. soldiers in the United States. Soldiers seated in chairs in a class room. An instructor speaking to them. He talks about types of gases and their identification. A diagram on a chart. The instructor has not prepared for the lecture. He arrives near a table to get a gas identification set. The set is not there. Another officer talking to the soldiers and speaking about the well preparedness for any action before it is being undertaken. The instructor preparing for the next lecture. He reads a book and makes notes. He assembles equipment and rehearses lesson. The instructor speaking to the students in a class. He speaks about a rifle and its working. He gives step by step demonstration of each phase. The students holding rifles. The instructor asks them questions. They discuss at the end of the lecture to sum up the important points and to clarify the doubts. (World War II period).
Training methodology for U.S. soldiers in the United States. An instructor instructs soldiers seated in a class room. He speaks about the correct methodology of teaching. A chart on a board reads 'Mechanism of instruction'. There are six steps in the mechanism of instruction. They are 'Preparation, Explanation, Demonstration, Application, Examination and Discussion'. The methods of instructions are also explained. These things should be considered while instructing 'The Lecture, the Conference, the Demonstration, the Group Performance Method and the Coach and Pupil method'. The lecture should be brief and interesting. Training films, slides, maps, models and other devices should be used. An instructor instructing a class. He takes a long lecture. The soldiers sleep in the class. (World War II period).
A training film United States shows an enactment of a search for snipers on a battlefield. Soldiers on a field in the United States. They fire as they locate an enemy sniper. Other soldiers advancing. More snipers can be there hiding in trees. The soldiers firing at the trees. (World War II period).
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