Film opens showing sky full of black clouds from bursting flak as a Japanese Kamikaze plane dives down through clouds, in World War 2. It strikes an American Essex class aircraft carrier amidships and explodes in flames and smoke.
The Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) on the National Mall in Washington DC. Women climb up the steps of the Memorial. Men and women look at the sculpture of Abraham Lincoln seated on a throne. The dedication above the sculpture. Soldiers stand guard on the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Cars pass by. Helmet clad soldier with his rifle. A soldier patrols the Bridge. Potomac River and the city in the background. (World War II period).
A U.S. Naval supply ship at the pier in Alameda, San Francisco Bay, during World War 2. American sailors aboard the ship. Two men stand on the pier near the ship. Smoke emitted from a stack as the steamer leaves the pier. Hills in the background. Ship enters the Bay.
U.S. Naval Recruitment at the Federal Office Building in San Francisco, California during World War 2. U.S. Naval officers, sailors and civilians outside the building. U.S. Marine Corps recruitment poster to the right of the entrance. Male civilians enter to enlist in the U.S. Navy. A U.S. Navy recruitment poster reads 'Arise Americans'. Another poster provides details about the recruitment station at the Federal Office Building. A sign post reads 'US Navy Recruiting'. Young men crowd around a table to enlist in the Navy. An officer from the Navy Recruiting Service stands nearby. Chief Petty Officer seated at table for enlistment of the young men. A young man responds to his questions. The officers take notes.
U.S. Navy transfers submarines to British and Free Polish Governments in New London, Connecticut during World War 2.. Film begins showing an American Navy Lieutenant reading from a document as a Navy Commander stands nearby. They are addressing officers and crew on a U.S. submarine being transferred to the British Navy. A large audience of sailors stand on a pier across the water in the background. A British sailor is silhouetted as he salutes from the deck of the boat. The submarine's officers and crew step up onto the dock, and then sailors return to the submarine and stand in formation along with their captain and other officers, on the deck near the boat's deck gun. A sailor atop the submarine raises the British Navy White Ensign on its mast, as the officers and crew salute. The sailor then fastens the Royal Navy Commissioning Pennant containing the Cross of St. George, above and behind the Ensign atop the submarine. The officers salute again. Scene changes to a submarine transferred to the Polish, where Polish sailors raise a Naval Ensign containing the seal of the Polish Government in Exile. Closeup of Polish Navy Commander standing on the pier with Polish officers and crew behind him on the deck of the newly transferred submarine. Next, the Polish officers and crew are seen in formation on the pier. The Polish officers and crew on their submarine. Glimpse of the British Officers and crew on their submarine. A final scene with Polish captain and his crew on their submarine.
The Fingerprint Recording Section at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington DC, during World War 2. Women fill and examine fingerprint cards. A sign reads 'Time is Short'. A man walks in and searches for cards. A woman examining Personal Identification cards with finger print. She thumbs through the cards. Stacks of cards on tables. Fingerprints on cards. Four women examine, sort and pile National Defense Program application cards. Women wear finger covers. A man places stacks of cards on a table. Two women examine cards on a table.
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