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Transcript: Meet John Doughboy

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00:00:54 #1 some sensational movies and they're just chopped full of military secrets.

00:01:01 #2 So if there's any fifth columnist in the audience, will they please leave the theater right now?

00:01:08 #3 Thank you.

00:01:14 #4 America's defense effort.

00:01:24 #5 As the tenseness of the world situation mounts by the hour,

00:01:27 #6 more and more important in the defense plan looms our vital industries.

00:01:33 #7 Last furnaces at white heat convert the iron ore into defense implements.

00:01:38 #8 Here we see the molten metal automatically conveyed and about to be poured.

00:01:43 #9 This is the stuff from which tanks are made.

00:01:50 #10 In modern Blitzwarfare, air power is often the deciding factor.

00:01:54 #11 And the need for all types of planes has every American aircraft factory humming.

00:01:58 #12 Because of their proven effectiveness, various types of British RAF planes are studied and

00:02:11 #13 improved upon.

00:02:13 #14 In front of us is one of the famous English spitfires.

00:02:21 #15 With the machinery and materials approaching peak output, the need for men to man these

00:02:26 #16 machines grows urgent.

00:02:28 #17 came the drafts. Citizen Sugarcane says,

00:02:37 #18 our open door policy is responsible for the drafts.

00:02:42 #19 All over the country men of draft age scan their draft board lists for their

00:02:46 #20 number and discuss their chances of being called up.

00:02:49 #21 I tell you we ain't got nothing to worry about.

00:02:54 #22 We both was even higher than mine and besides you're much too short.

00:03:05 #23 take a little rut like you.

00:03:07 #24 Your education.

00:03:14 #25 Drafties are housed in well-planned modern army camps.

00:03:19 #26 Because of the outdoor life and regular hours,

00:03:24 #27 the boys develop hearty appetites

00:03:26 #28 and are fed plenty of good wholesome food.

00:03:29 #29 Because, as the great general Napoleon once said,

00:03:32 #30 an army travels on its stomach.

00:03:34 #31 The army is rapidly being equipped with all types of armament,

00:03:45 #32 from the huge siege guns down to the machine gun nest.

00:03:48 #33 Even in a modern mechanized army, the horse still has a place.

00:04:02 #34 Here are some army horses raised in South America.

00:04:05 #35 Our new anti-tank gun is the answer to any possible tank attack.

00:04:16 #36 Here is one about to blast a robot tank. Here it comes.

00:04:20 #37 Watch the tremendous hitting power of this super gun.

00:04:23 #38 The tank is almost in the direct line of fire.

00:04:26 #39 Get ready, aim, fire!

00:04:30 #40 What's the matter? Why don't they shoot?

00:04:35 #41 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:04:40 #42 Blind's longer than yours.

00:04:42 #43 Here we see the latest long-range rapid-fire

00:04:46 #44 Coast Defense gun in action, shooting 10 million shells a second.

00:04:50 #45 Watch.

00:04:51 #46 As part of government policy, new machines are constantly being developed.

00:05:05 #47 Here is the latest weapon, a land destroyer.

00:05:09 #48 100 times faster and more effective than a tank.

00:05:12 #49 Look at that thing go.

00:05:14 #50 Burkeling through space at five miles a minute.

00:05:17 #51 Stop and let us see that machine.

00:05:30 #52 All right, all again, folks.

00:05:37 #53 Pull onto your bridge, work, boss. Here we go again.

00:05:45 #54 The President orders all out tests of defense strength.

00:05:49 #55 The mighty armed forces of the nation respond to the President's command.

00:05:53 #56 man. Mying fortresses, pursuit ships, long range bombers. And on the sea, our mighty Navy tries

00:06:16 #57 out its powerful guns. On land, our tank corps drives forward to the scene of action. Are we

00:06:34 #58 safe from air attack? Supposing one day a fleet of enemy bombers suddenly appeared over the

00:06:39 #59 Where are our defenses?

00:06:41 #60 Why isn't something being done?