An airborne life boat experiment in the United States. Airmen wheeling a life boat to the under side of a United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on an airfield. Fumes rising from a boat at sea during an experiment. The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, with the life boat underside the fuselage, in flight over the sea. The bomber releases the life boat after spotting the boat in trouble. The life boat equipped with medicines and other emergency supplies is lowered by means of three parachutes attached to it. The life boat reaches the men waiting for rescue.
Nutritious food for U.S. Army soldiers in the United States. Scientists undertake experiments in the University of Minnesota for the development of nutritious food for American soldiers during World War II. A woman monitors tubes in a laboratory experiment. University of Minnesota physiologist Dr. Ancel Keys, who heads the experiments, speaks seated at a table. He says that if a soldier has vitamins and no food he would still starve. He says that it is not vitamins or pills that imparts energy but nutritious food in a wide variety. Few men in a bread factory taking vitamin enriched flour and using it to bake bread for the soldiers. Men kneading dough and arranging it in a tray. A man keeping the tray in an oven. Two men beside the oven. One of the men takes the tray out from the oven with a gloved hand. Quartermaster Corps cooking fresh food for the soldiers. Menu for the soldiers is prepared by a nutritionist. A Quartermaster Corps soldier beside him. Vegetables, fruits, milk and eggs are purchased in vast quantities by army officers and civilian experts. Cattle moving in herds. Quartermaster Corps butchers seen at work butchering and hanging meat. The soldiers debone the meat and other food materials are dehydrated for easier shipping. Eggs are examined for dehydration, yolks are separated from the whites and put through a drier. Pure yolk powder is made. Vegetables go through equipment to maintain their color, taste and vitamin content. Men working at a quartermaster laboratory.
A swearing in ceremony in the United States. New Secretary of State James F. Byrnes being sworn into office by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. The oath of office being administered to Secretary Byrnes. President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Byrnes. U.S. representative in the United Nations Edward Stettinius greets Secretary Byrnes. Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull signs the World Security Charter. Signatures of representatives of different nations on the charter.
The use and importance of a tire remover. Huge piles of worn out tires. Tires of U.S. Army vehicles as they roll. A flat tire. Men work on a tire with hammers and tire irons. Men assemble the U.S. Army tool Set number 8, namely: a heavy duty tire remover. The tire remover being placed on a tire as men work on it. A tire being removed.
Preparations underway for a Southeastern Governors' conference in the United States. Industrial consultant in headquarters of Southeastern Governors' conference Carroll Dowens dictates to his secretary. The secretary notes down as Dowens speaks. Various documents on a desk. A sign on a document reads 'southeastern Governors conference'. A frame on a wall with a sign that reads 'Economic opportunity number 1' followed by pictures of the Governors of the southeastern states. Another frame on the wall with a sign that reads 'with malice towards none'. A map of the south eastern states of the United States.
A film titled 'High Altitude dive and glide bombing' about means of attaining accuracy and pilot safety by carrier-based light aircraft dive bombers dropping special devices. A U.S. Navy dive bomber in flight in the United States. The aircraft rolls and dives down. A bomb impacts after being released. A massive explosion occurs (small atomic / nuclear). A mushroom cloud of smoke and dust rises up. A dive bomber in flight. The aircraft dives down and drops a bomb. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up.
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