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New workers add to payroll and war production at General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2.

Interiors of a house. A worker wakes up from bed, turns off his alarm clock, next to which his pipe sits. He washes, shaves, brushes his teeth and prepares eggs, over-easy, in frying pan and toast for breakfast. He takes his lunch box and heads off to work.Traffic along road. Cars pass on road. Workers arrive for work production work at General Electric factory. Guard checks workers entering for wartime production. Workers work with various machines. Metal-milling machines, boring mills, foundries, presses and forges in operation. Designers and engineers work. Scientists in laboratory with beakers and test tubes. Organizers and managers in discussion. Men and women at desks in office. Official adds worker to payroll in employment office. New workers examined and receiving orientation lectures. They are trained to operate complex machines. Construction machines in operation. Large crane operates. Workers build a brick wall. Door signs read 'Restricted Area - Aeronautics and Engineering Department'. Aircraft industry shows men working with various aviation instruments. Man wears electric warming flight suit with General Electric logo on its back. Aerial view of numerous Douglas B-18 Bolo aircraft in flight. Interior cockpit view of a pilot flying a B-18 aircraft. Men work with and assemble radio equipment. Workers at radio assembly line. Men work on artillery and ordnance production. They test a line of howitzer barrels, aiding in war material manufacturing effort.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 5 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052442
Auxiliary generators and Navy ship gears and turbines being built at a General Electric Plant in the, United States; also launching of battleships.

Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052443
Equipment in operation at General Electric factories; factory production and war workers in the United States during World War 2

Equipment like transformers, switchboards, motors and turbines are manufactured in General Electric industries of U.S. Workers work with equipment in a General Electric Plant. Industrial equipment being operated in factories, producing goods needed for the war effort in World War 2. Stacks emit smoke. A General Electric worker returns home after work. General Electric factory seen in the background as the worker climbs a hill. He looks out over the General Electric factory area. Close up view of the American worker standing with his lunchbox under his arm, as narrator describes his important contribution to the war materiel production effort, with the man's work clothing being akin to a military uniform.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052444
The New York skyline and ferries go back and forth in water, New York City.

View of buildings in New York and ferries in water. The New York skyline with skyscrapers. Ferries go back and forth in the foreground. Various buildings in the background.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053008
The New York skyline as seen from the lower tip of Manhattan.

Lower tip of Manhattan shows New York. The New York skyline at the lower tip of Manhattan. Ferries go back and forth in the foreground. A hospital ship is underway.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053009
Portion of the New York skyline and ferry slips as seen from a boat moving in New York harbor

New York skyline seen from a boat moving in the harbor of New York City. Portion of the New York skyline with skyscrapers. Ferries in the foreground with boats entering and leaving. Ferries at dock. Traffic of barges and tugboats.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053010
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