- Title: PA-54
- Summary: VICTORY IS OUR BUSINESS: WORLD WAR II, PROPAGANDA, HOME FRONT, INDUSTRIAL WORKERS, DAYTON, OHIO.
- Description:01:19:36 - TITLE: "VICTORY IS OUR BUSINESS" - "A FILM STORY OF PRODUCTION FOR VICTORY" 01:19:52 - MS GUARD AT DOOR TO GENERAL MOTORS PLANT SALUTES AS MAN WITH BLUEPRINTS ENTERS DOORS HE IS GUARDING. VARIOUS SHOTS DRAFTSMEN AT DESKS WORKING ON SECRET MILITARY PROJECTS . VOICE OVER "SECRETS THAT THAT HITLER WOULD GIVE HIS BEST PANZER DIVISION TO KNOW". CU DRAFTSMAN DRAWING WITH PROTRACTOR. EXECUTIVES PERUSING PLANS; MEN AT DESKS; MECHANIST AT LATHE; 01:20:26 - MEN AND WOMEN IN SHOPS WELDING AND WORKING AT MACHINES. AND IN WORK SHOPS. MACHINE GUN ON CONVEYOR BELT COMING OFF PRODUCTION LINE. PAN BUSY DEFENSE PLANT WITH WORKERS AT MACHINES. WORKERS PLACE ANTI-AIRCRAFT CANON ON CONVEYOR. VARIOUS SHOTS ARMY TRUCK ASSEMBLY LINE. NEW ARMY TRUCKS EXITING LANT. MORE AT GENERAL MOTORS, VEHICLE ENGINES ROLLING ALONG ASSEMBLY LINES. 01:21:44 - MEN WORKING ON SHELLS AND CANNONS. WOMEN SEATED AT CONVEYOR WORKING ON CARTRIDGE CASES FOR THE SHELLS. VARIOUS SHOTS MEN WORKING IN FOUNDRY WEARING DARK GOGGLED=S TO PROTECT EYES FROM LIGHT AND HEAT OF FURNACE. 01:22:20 - MCU WORKER TESTS A MACHINE GUN MOUNT. FEMALE WORKERS AT LATHES MAKING ROLLER BEARINGS, VOICE OVER, "FOR AMERICAN MIGHTIEST BATTLE WAGONS, TO KEEP THEM SAILING, ROLLING AND FLYING ON TO VICTORY". MORE OF GENERAL MOTORS WORKERS PRODUCING VARIETY WAR PRODUCTS. 01:23:20 - CU P-39 ENGINE BRING TESTED. MS GM WORKERS ROLLING OUT FIGHTER PLANE. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS IN GM PLANT MAKING AIRPLANE ENGINES AND PARTS."USING SAME MASS PRODUCTION METHODS USED TO MAKE AUTOMOBILES". 01:24:00 - MEN, WOMEN, WORKING ON FAMOUS B-25 BOMBERS. VOICE OVER, "THE BOMBER FOR HAVING THE REPUTATION FOR GIVING TOKYO A TASTE OF ITS OWN MEDICINE". PAN BOMBER ASSEMBLY LINE, B-25 BOMBER BEING ROLLED OUT OF PLANT. 01:24:37 - MONTAGE VARIOUS BATTLE SCENES, SHELL EXP;EXPLODING, TANKS CHARGING TOWARDS CAMERA; WARSHIPS FIRING SALVOS; JEEP PULLING CANNON BOUNCES OVER BUMP; BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS, FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN FLIGHT. SOLDIERS CHARGING THROUGH FIELD, ETC. 01:25:36 - B-29 BOMBER TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT. MORE WAR SCENES, BUILDINGS BURNING UNDER AIR ATTACK. SEA BATTLES, 01:26:16 - AMERICAN TROOPS DURING ,MANEUVERS (NOTE WORLD WAR 1 HELMETS). ADVANCING THROUGH HEAVY SMOKE SCREEN; CANNON FIRE LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT. PILES OF MACHINE GUN AMMO BELTS. "VOICE OVER, "WE MAKE THE SHELLS RIGHT HERE IN DAYTON (OHIO)". MORE WAR SCENES. MEN WOMEN CARRYING AIRPLANE PROPELLERS ON SHOULDERS IN PLANT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WORKING IN THESE PLANTS IN DAYTON". 01:27:00 - WORKERS GRINDING METAL, SPARKES FLYING. 01 27 37 MACHINE GUN BEING FIRED AUTOMATICALLY DURING TEST. MORE OF MEN, WOMEN AT WORK AT MACHINES AS VOICE OVER RANTS ON. "THE MEN IN KHAKI AND BLUE NEED THE THINGS WE PRODUCE IN DAYTON"."IT IS THE SWEAT OF THE WORK THAT WINS THIS WAR, IT IS THE PRODUCT OF MIRACLE MEN I A MIRACLE INDUSTRY". 01:28:25 - SHOTS OF MEN AND WOMEN DOING VARIETY JOBS SUPER-IMPOSED BY ABOVE VIEW HUNDREDS OF WORKERS WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA, VOICE OVER "......MORE MEN AND WOMEN THAN EVER BEFORE, PRODUCING FOR A WAR THAT WILL CONSERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE ...". THAT JOB IS YOUR COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". 01:30:14 - END.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1942
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PA-54