WWII: The Japanese threat warrants a fortification of the northern territories, which prompts a herculean effort by the US Army Corps of Engineers to build a road where no one else would dare. Between 1942 and 1943 over 900 miles of rugged terrain in the Canadian wilderness between Dawson Creek to Fairbanks are cut down, excavated and paved for army and civilian movement. Color documentary by US Army Signal Corps.
A down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success eventually leads them to Broadway, but things start to go awry.
Caroline Bird, the crotchety and stingy owner of Bird Milk Products, is not amused when her employees at the Dairyville factory, the oldest plant in the company, broadcast a special radio program in honor of her birthday.
A colonial wife carries on an affair with a French officer, but the wife's native servant may have overheard their plan to leave Africa and return to Europe together.
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy.
Nicoletta is a young rebel, cherished by his forgiving father, until an old relative joins the family after the wedding of her sister, and insists that the impetuous girl is sent to college.
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