The production of war materiel and supplies for soldiers and sailors in the United States during World War II. Newspaper headlines read: '1942 income 117 billions'. Men working in war production factories. Manufacture of aluminum and steel for the war effort. Sheet of aluminum rolling down conveyor in factory. View of assembly floor in a production plant building bomber aircraft. Brass being processed in factories, and hands of a worker sifting through new bullet casings in an ammunition factory. Use of copper exemplified in engine wiring and telephone communications applications. Steel being forged in factory. War ship being launched and a new Liberty ship SS Richard Bassett being launched from ship building slips on May 22, 1942. Tanks being built in a factory. Elevated view of many wood army barracks being built at an army base or camp. Then a view of homes being built as housing for war production workers. Lumber operations underway and coal miner in coal mines. A chart depicts the last year's production goals and then animated chart showing the production goals for the coming year shooting sky high. A sign on a door reads: 'Lt. Gen Brehon Somervell, Commanding General, ASF'. Lt. General Somervell seated at a desk in his office. He talks about engineers and technicians working for the U.S. Army and making materials go further to do more jobs than ever before.
A documentary in the United States on occurrence of tropical cyclones. A rubbled area after being hit by a tropical cyclone. Soldiers carrying a dead body on a stretcher. Cyclones are known by different names based on their geographical locations. Animation depicts names of cyclones in different areas with the help of a map. In the Western Pacific they are known as typhoons. They are known as Baguio in the Philippines. They are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. In Australia they are called Willy-Willy. A cyclone is called a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Characteristics of tropical cyclones. Counter clockwise wind flow at the time of a cyclone. The pressure when the tropical cyclone approaches. The eye of the tropical cyclone may be very small or very large in diameter. The strongest winds around an eye average from 90-150 knots. The storm is divided into semicircles for orientation. The right semicircle is considered to be the most dangerous semicircle because of its stronger wind. The left is considered to be relatively less dangerous because of somewhat weaker winds. A demonstration is done by considering ships stuck in both the parts. The ship stuck in the right semicircle revolving in the area. The ship stuck in the left one arrives towards the end and comes out of the storm. Ships underway at sea during a storm. Clouds in the sky. Rain begins to fall. A man checking a parametric center. Animation shows a ship arriving towards the storm center. The ship's radar used to locate the ship's location.
A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. An aircraft in flight overhead. It flies over the clouds. It heads towards a hurricane. Crew members locate positions and watch through different instruments in order to ensure reaching the eye of the hurricane. The radar operator watching through the radar scope. A contact is established with the navy base in Miami. The information is given to the hurricane center. A man locates the position of the hurricane on a map. Warnings about the hurricane are given to people. Traffic on a street. Policemen alerting people about the hurricane. The Red Cross distributes food and medicines to people. Coast Guard patrol airplanes giving out the warnings. Men discussing. Shutters and windows of houses and buildings are closed. The roofs of the houses are tied up.
U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower visits the Chamber of Deputies of France during World War II. General Eisenhower arrives in a car. Eisenhower leaves the Foreign Office and visits the Chamber of Deputies. Soldiers standing. He arrives at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with entourage including General Omar Bradley. Eisenhower and officials and soldiers salute. Eisenhower places a wreath on the tomb. A plaque at the base of the monument.
A film on U.S. shuttle bombing operations 'Operation Titanic' over Germany from bases in Great Britain, Italy and Russia during World War II. U.S. bombers land on an airfield in Russia. Crew disembarks from the airplanes. They shake hands and talk to Russian pilots. Officers interrogate the fliers about the mission. Russian and U.S. crewmen service the airplanes. The crew eat in an outdoor kitchen. They sleep in tents.
U.S. soldiers in Russia during World War II. The Russians perform in front of U.S. soldiers. A board reads: 'To-night Show and Dance Show starts at 6:30 pm. All Base Personnel Invited'. Soldiers and officers seated on the ground to watch the show. Men singing on the stage. The soldiers applaud. A performer speaks to them. Women performing a folk song. Russian soldiers perform. The soldiers sing and dance. U.S. soldiers watch the performance and applaud. Women and children in uniform standing. Russian children seated with U.S. soldiers. The soldiers dance with Russian girls. An orchestra plays.
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