Growth of war industries in Talladega Alabama during World War II. Newspapers of Talladega, Alabama. A large crowd on barge, coming to land. Scene of an office. Workers at a construction site in Alabama. A man operates a crane. A big cylindrical elevator at hook of the crane lowers down. A truck at house. Dog outside house. A man operates a full track tractor at construction site. African American workers lay railway tracks for a railroad train service. Many scenes of the African American work crew working on the railroad tracks, and taking a break to drink water from a ladle. (Background sound track during these work scenes is a man singing the African American spiritual song "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho." A side rail pulls down as attach to hook of a crane. Tanks on rail coaches. Food loads arriving by railroad train cars to feed the growing population of war workers. Potatoes in sacks. A cook prepares food. People in war time production industry eat food at dining table in groups in a mess hall or dining hall. People do various construction jobs building infrastructure for war workers. A man operates a crane. A cylindrical box lowers down. Children play outside a mobile home trailer. A child with a cat. An open air theater. A bunk house with beds for rent. People at a cafeteria. A woman with children. Cars outside a cafeteria. A board reads 'Field Office'. Large crowd.
African American man and an old woman ride on a horse-drawn cart in the United States. African American people on streets of a town, likely in Alabama (sign for Interstate 241, primarily an Alabama roadway). Advertisements on walls including one for Eight O'Clock coffee. African American men and women talking together on sidewalks and shopping in stores. White and African American citizens of town walking on town sidewalks. Many of the men wearing suits, and some others overalls for farming. Men and women talking in front of the Tryme Cafe where a sign board advertises Bar B Q, Fish, or Ham for 10 cents, Coneys, Hamburger, or Cheese for 5 cents. An African American woman walks by carrying a basket on her head. Scene shifts to a high ridge overlooking poor, rundown tenement area of town. Simple wooden shacks amidst dirt roads. African American children wearing overalls sit together on the front porch of a wooden clapboard house or cabin.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tours war-damaged town during World War II. Churchill is accompanied by the city's Lord Mayor and an officer and other officials. Churchill smokes a cigar. He pauses to greet a small boy who is too shy to respond. Churchill in automobile. He signs autograph for English woman. Winston amidst officers and crowd. He signs a document with a dignitary.
Civil Defense workers in England climb a heap of debris near Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) in London, England. Containers nearby debris. People stand. British workers dump debris in the containers. Crane operates in the background. A fireman holds water hose and extinguishes a fire caused by German Luftwaffe blitz bombing campaign during World War II.
A cloud of smoke emerges from a sinking ship, destroyed by a German submarine torpedo, off the coast of the United States. The ship is ruptured from its center and sinking gradually. Photographer aboard a New Jersey-based Coast Guard ship captures photographs of the sinking ship, Strong waves rock the observing ship.
Off the coast of New Jersey in the United States, a commercial ship sinks slowly into the ocean. The ship suffered a German submarine torpedo, and has broken from the middle into two pieces. It gives off a vast cloud of black smoke.
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