Residents of Dayton Ohio, transfer from ordinary pursuits to perform war-critical work in World War 2. Men and women are seen lined up inside offices of the United States Employment Service (USES) in Dayton, Oho. All prospective male workers are cleared through the USES. Certain occupations are reserved for women only. Women doing needlework in their homes, switch to war work instead. One is seen filing a part in a factory. A soda jerk takes on work in a machine shop. A bootblack shining shoes, ostensibly moves into war work. Back, inside the U.S. Employment Service offices, representatives of defense plants set up tables and hire prospective workers on the spot. Workers leaving a Dayton war plant during a shift change. Cars and pedestrians during regular shopping hours in a local town. View of a downtown commercial district. The Manpower Emergency Committee in a meeting. New Store hours are posted for various businesses. A newspaper announcement of special store night hours for war workers. A company poster listing "Victory Store Hours." Dayton stores and shoppers conducting business after dark on nights when shops were open for war workers. Views of shoppers patronizing various retail stores, including a McCrory 5 and 10 cent store, a market store, and a department store. Late shift workers in line at banks to see bank teller and cash pay checks. A soldier in uniform sitting with a woman shopping for new shoes. Workers in a ladies beauty salon or hair salon, and in a men's barber shop, working during night time hours to serve war production workers. Night time recreation programs for workers show workers with musical instruments standing in line, theatre marquees advertising late night shows and movies, with signs advertising Red Skelton and Eleanor Powell among featured stars. Women bowling at a bowling alley, overhead view of couples dancing the lindy hop while a crowd watches, other scenes of couples dancing on dance floors.
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