Old man works on multiple-bit drill press in Douglas Aircraft Factory, Long Beach, California, during World War 2. Old men work on grinders. Both elderly women and young women war production workers in upholstering department. Women war workers wear protective helmets and shields and serve as welders. They weld parts in the aircraft factory to aid the war effort.
Shell assembly at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California during World War 2. Women riveters at work. Deck plates hoisted aboard Liberty ship in ways. Welders and burners on fore peak assembly. Hoisting after mast on ship in ways. Large crane hoisting and setting in place LIberty Ship midship deck house weighing 75 tons.
Liberty ship construction in World War 2. Midship deck houses weighing 75 tons hoists on board ship in ways at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California. Welders work on bow peak. Men work on after peak. Deck house rose aboard ship by large crane.
Construction of Liberty Ships during World War 2. Sign over entrance to the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, one of the U.S. shipyards where Liberty ships were being constructed. Change of shift in Kaiser Company shows huge numbers of workers leaving at end of their shift . Words on large building read 'Machine Shop'. Traffic passes on road in yard. Views from high vantage point of buildings and ships under construction. Crane and moving parts at dusk. Welders at work on several ships. Cranes against evening sky.
Arrival of General Larminat and Aide-de-camp Lieutenant Laurelle (real name is Raymond Leroy) on Martin bomber, bearing Free French Cross of Lorraine insignia, at Fort Lamy in French Equatorial Africa, during World War 2. They are received by the Governor of the Chad, Lapie, and Mayor of Fort Lamy. Officials talk. Planes parked at airfield.
Japanese-American Army officers examine map during World War 2. Japanese-American soldiers talk on field telephone and walkie-talkie. Soldiers crouched in woods waiting to advance. Soldier carries bazooka. Soldiers advance through woods in Vosges Mountains of France during operation to rescue the Lost Battalion. Soldiers lift litter case onto jeep. Jeep with wounded on litter tied to hood. Machine gun crew fires machine guns.German prisoners march under Japanese-American guard. Column of American-Japanese single file along road. Members of the U.S. Army 36th Division "Lost Battalion" are seen returning to American lines following rescue. Soldier with blanket wrapped around him. Members of Lost Battalion trek back to lines through woods. Group of Lost Battalion members rests with Red Cross insignia in the foreground. Soldiers eat and smoke cigarettes.
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