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M-3 medium tanks stage an attack at Fort Knox in Kentucky, United States.

A film on the manufacture and uses of M-3 medium tanks in the United States. The headquarters of the armored forces of the nation at Fort Knox in Kentucky. A sign board reads: 'US Military Reservation, Danger, Keep Out, Range firing in this area Unauthorized persons entering this area, do so at their own risk, By order of the Commanding General'. Soldiers aboard tanks. The tanks move on the practice fields. A tower in the background. Smoke rises as the tanks fire. A ship in a harbor. Tanks loaded aboard the ship. Men work. The ship underway. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050942
Officers learn weapons principles,engine ignition instructions,application of tanks at Fort Knox Armored Center in Kentucky.

Officers training at Fort Knox Armored Center in Kentucky,United States. View of the Headquarters of the Armored center. Officer John W. Leonard seated at desk in office. The armored school is divided into specialized sections which includes instructor training department,communication department and weapons department. Officers learn about principles of latest weapons at the weapons department. During training officers are demonstrated about functions of each part of the weapons using models. In the electrical division the students are given instructions in engine ignition and power supply. In the basic class officers learn about the practical application of tanks. They learn to move tanks on field. Officers attend an advanced class on staff and command problems. They learn about tactical planning and functions of armored units. Officers receive a series of extensive courses.

Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072753
Shah of Iran visits Fort Knox, Kentucky. He inspects tanks, watches firepower demonstrations and reviews troops

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, visits the U.S. Army Base at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Shah Pahlavi climbs onto a tank and inspects others. He watches a firepower demonstration showing tanks with flame throwers. He reviews troop formation while standing in a jeep, and then on foot. Troops parade. Troops hold flags of U.S. and Iran.

Date: 1949, November
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Farsi
Clip: 65675071927
U.S. Army Medical research work, in collaboration with scientists worldwide.

U.S. Army Medical Service research in collaboration with scientists around the world. Tropical Disease Research Center in Puerto Rico. Building with jeep parked in front. View of scientists in the laboratory. Scientists at table gather data on tropical diseases. Germany: scientists studying epidemic jaundice observe through a microscope. Another scientist pours a liquid in a flask. Madagascar: Street scene with veiled women and turbaned men in market place. Washington: Laboratory of Army Medical Research Center. Technicians and scientists work in laboratory. Chemicals kept in the shelves. A doctors collects the blood sample of a person. A team of doctors perform surgery. A soldier on bed wearing an oxygen mask and then on a tread mill, in experiments at Fort Knox, Kentucky . Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion. A person entering Headquarters Building of Walter Reed U.S. Army Medical Center, Washington, DC . A soldier in a whirlpool tub of water as a nurse helps with physical therapy. Soldier patients receiving physical therapy under supervision of nurse. A soldier prone on an examination table as he receives an x-ray or other imaging scan under supervision of a nurse. Soldiers in beds in a hospital ward. A soldier drinks purified water from a mug and soldiers purify water in the field. A scientist pours a liquid from one flask to another in developing pasteurization methods. Chefs cook. Scientists wearing mask as they work in the laboratory. Microscopic view of disease-causing bacteria. DDT is sprayed into a woman's clothing. DDT spray and powder fumigates plants. A blood sample taken from finger and put on slide. Candling of eggs preparing penicillin.

Date: 1953
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032207
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and General Hugh Drum review U.S. 44th Infantry Division troops at Fort Dix in New Jersey.

U.S. 44th Infantry Division parade at Fort Dix in New Jersey. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and U.S. Lt. General Hugh Aloysius Drum shake hands with other officers. Secretary of the Navry Frank Knox with General Drum stand on a platform. The U.S. Infantrymen stand in a squad. The soldiers parade. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Lt. General Drum and other officers review the parade. The soldiers carrying a United States flag march. The soldiers in cars advance during the parade. A banner on a platform reads '78th Division Veterans' Association'. (Secretary Knox served as a major in the 78th Infantry Division during World War 1.) The trucks towing artillery advance and soldiers seen on the trucks.

Date: 1941, May 3
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069459
Parade, firing, swimming and daily exercises by soldiers at Citizens Military Training Camp in Camp Knox, Kentucky.

Citizens Military Training Camp in Camp Knox, Kentucky. Infantry troops, cavaliers and horse drawn artillery on dusty parade grounds. Artillerymen fire cannons on target during practice. Soldiers dive in a lake from a wooden diving board. They clean mess kits and eat watermelon at the camp.

Date: 1921
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036434