Thanks Jon. It is always amazing to me what humans can accomplish in short order with a common goal. Turing, with his small team pulled off what was thought impossible in such a short time with all kinds of obstacles and restrictions. The Russians pulled together an incredible feat with assembling and trying to supply their troops in some of the worst conditions for humans to live in let a lone fight in. We pulled off the unimaginable with our manufacturing in hardly any time...all because of a common goal. The interesting thing about these "Promotional Films" is what actually took place in the forefront and backgrounds. Just scratching the surface is power and distribution, water, facilities, etc. for the new plants...let alone rebuilding them. Then all the supply chain for materials and the really nicely designed machine gun shipping containers or how the props made the journey, the engineering and logistics and flow...it boggles the mind at some level, like the pyramids. We are a pretty incredible species when it comes to that common focus. Mitchner's book, "Space" (one of my favorites) touched on some of that superlative focus and oneness of mindset.
Thanks for finding this and sharing it here! ~PJ

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