Picture begins showing workmen using crane and cable to lower a bulkhead support into the cargo hold ot the Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm as it prepares for departure from Jersey City, New Jersey, to repatriate Japanese Nationals and Issei to Japan in World War 2. View from above of the men sorting large boxes containing passengers' property. Three small Japanese boys are seen on deck, looking at something in hand of the biggest of them. They walk away and smile when they see the camera filming them. Members of the ship's crew examine the boxes in the cargo hold, and fasten steel straps on a box without them. A Japanese official dressed all in white converses with several Japanese men on deck. View from rear of a passenger at the ship's railing looking at the Manhattan, New York City skyline across the Hudson River from Jersey City. The Swedish flag billows in the breeze nearby. Tugboats ply the river. Views of fresh fish provisions in large refrigerator locker. Crew member holds one up for the camera.
At beginning, film shows officials checking identifications of persons preparing to board the Swedish Ship M.S. Gripsholm, for repatriation to Japan during World War 2. Clerks check names against lists. Several woman passengers look over a railing or the ship watching others boarding. Ship's crewmen sort through bundles of passengers' belongings in the cargo hold. Closeup of two little boys on deck. A big boy escorts two smaller boys walking directly to the camera. More views of boys and closeup of a little girl on deck. Some closeups of boys on deck and watching tugboats in the Hudson River. Laughing boys running toward the camera. Boys at ship's railing looking at the Manhattan, New York City, skyline across the river. View from pier of persons boarding the ship by a gangplank to upper deck. View from the pier of passengers side by side at the ship's railing. A Nurse takes a newborn baby aboard the ship. Red Cross personnel assist a young woman boarding. More views of passengers boarding, including one on a litter. Another passenger being brought aboard on a litter. A Red cross woman accompanies a man and woman on the deck. Four young men and some family members at ship's railing with Manhattan skyline in background. Swedish flag flies near some families at the railing. A mother and daughter in matching dresses walk with the father carrying a small child. Closeup of little boy and girl. Baggage being brought up the gangplank.
As film begins, an officer of the Swedish ship M.S. Gripsholm, is seen in the ship's frozen food storage area directing the placement of food provisions for their forthcoming voyage to Japan. Armed U.S. Navy sailors stand guard on the pier alongside the ship. Supplies are loaded through a side door of the ship. The captain and another ship's officer review some papers on deck. The Swedish flag flies from the railing behind them. View of the ship's port side from a boat (unseen) in the water. American flag on camera ship is seen as it motors away from the Gripsolm. Closer port side view of the ship. Sign on starboard stern railing reads: "Beware of propellers." View from camera boat approaching the Gripsolm's stern.
As film begins, two Red Cross women in uniforms are seen conversing with two separate women passengers in their cabins, below decks on the Swedish ship M.S. Gripsholm, as it prepares to depart on a voyage from New Jersey, to repatriate Japanese Nationals and Issei to Japan during World War 2. A worker climbs a stack of bags of grain and carries one away. Views of stores of provisions, including many cases of drinks, fresh fruit, and vegetables aboard the ocean liner. View from ship's deck of armed U.S. Navy sailors, lined at intervals the entire length of the ship. Armed Customs officers thoroughly examining luggage of passengers who will be boarding the ship and stacking those that passed inspection. Another view of the Customs officers screening baggage.
United Nations forces during the Korean War. Injured soldiers of United Nations forces being loaded aboard a hospital plane in Hungnam, Korea to be taken to Japan for medical aid. A military truck pulls up near a United States Air Force C-47 aircraft and injured soldier board the flight. Aircraft taxis along the snow covered slope and takes off.
After America declares war on Japan during World War 2, a propaganda piece urging U.S. citizens to be involved in the war effort, praying, working, and fighting for Freedom. Interior of an ammunition factory in the United States. Massive rail gun or naval gun barrel during assembly process. An assembly line with tanks. U.S. Army M2 tanks on proving ground being tested. Destroyer ships and Victory ships being launched. An aircraft factory showing fuselages of bomber aircraft lined up. Engines lined up ready for an assembly line. West Point Army cadets march. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur salutes troops. Narrator statement at end is "So wake up America. We must win or die." A large American flag shown waving.
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