Created at the outset of America’s entry into WWII, this Castle Film newsreel shows America as the “Arsenal of Democracy” producing men and materials for the war effort. Basic training and testing of military equipment is shown, along with the construction of jeeps, tanks, ships, guns, planes, PT boats and other war material. Some of the spectacular footage included shows tanks driving through buildings and over obstacles, soldiers fording rivers, exercises using horses, rowboats and tanks, and naval exercises.
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