United States Army Map Service engineers turn out thousands of maps for use in battle planning

Officers look over maps spread on large table / Col. William A. Johnson and Col. Herbert B. Loper, Chief of Intelligence Branch, Army Corps of Engineers, look over map at Johnson's desk / Officers at large mounted map of the world / large room filled with several dozen men and women making maps at large desks / people at drafting tables with maps / MS young woman draws map on dark paper / CU man draws map contours / man and woman at large flat file drawers pull out maps / man puts map into opaque projector, focuses it / VS printing presses at work / men use handcarts to carry piles of maps to loading dock / VS draftsmen and women at desks in the map drawing room / at Johnson's desk, Johnson and Loper look at map, use pencils to mark it / Johnson at desk with paperwork, another officer brings maps for him to study.