Reenactment shows a meeting of Head of American Physics Department George Pegram and Dr. Vannevar Bush in the United States concerning atomic bomb during World War II. Dr. Pegram and Dr. Bush talks at dinner. Pregram, just returned from Britain, reports to Bush that the Germans are working on an atomic bomb. He says that the British scientists are of the opinion that a uranium bomb is practicable but big industrial output necessary makes it imperative. Therefore work must be done in America. Bush says he is to see the President the next day, and he is confident they will get all the help they need.
A film based on IRS (Internal Revenue Service) Agency of United States which collects taxes. Workers at IRS service station attend calls from tax payers. A woman at home checks for IRS district office phone numbers in a newspaper for assistance. Students attend classes where a teacher gives income tax instructions by displaying tax forms on board. Income tax returns processed by IRS personnel using the electrical machines at service station. Tax return documents are verified by trained personnel for errors. Workers work at service station. A family fills out business and personal returns at home. The workers sort documents at service station.
Armorer's workshop in the United States during World War II. Man displays 16th century gauntlet body armor, and 15th century helmets. Various old style and present day helmets. Helmet with steel ear-flaps designed for pilots. A man puts on an armored suit. 16th Century Elizabethan 'Jack' or armored jackets with new type of armor for aviators. Man hammers a helmet. Headless mannequin dressed up with armored suit. Demonstration of how quickly aviator's armor can be released in case of bailouts over water. View of lock on new type of armor.
Developments in aviation by United States during World War II. A wingless aircraft is tested on a field. The aircraft warms up in front of hangar and taxis for take off. The aircraft takes off and in flight.
Civil Air Patrol Pilots in the United States during World War II. Pilots being inspected. An aircraft takes off and flies over mountainous terrain. A crashed aircraft is spotted by a patrol aircraft. A radio message is relayed to headquarters. A fully equipped rescue party heads for the location of crash. Men and women on horseback move ahead. Wounded pilot of the crashed aircraft is rescued.
Reenactment shows American folk blues musician Huddie William Ledbetter (Lead Belly) singing in a prison in United States. Lead Belly and other two African American men wearing striped prison uniform in a cell. Lead Belly sings and plays a guitar. Muisicologist John Lomax appreciates folk song sung by Lead Belly and says that he has recorded the songs on recorder. lead Belly refers to sending the recording to Governor Allen (Oscar K. Allen) of Louisiana, in hopes of influencing him to commute his sentence.
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