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Signal Servicemen undergo sonic deception training at Army Experimental Station in United States.

Army Experimental Station at Pine Camp, located in Great Bend, New York, United States. Signal Servicemen check recording instruments and play sound deception records on phonograph player at Army Experimental Station. Signal Corps Sonic Company soldiers (sometimes referred to as the Ghost Army) stand in review in front of tanks and trucks. U.S. Army officers reviews them. Animated diagram shows Company headquarters and Administrative Platoon. U.S. Army servicemen skilled in sonic deception and decoy sound in World War 2 are seen recording the sound of tanks and other armored vehicles. Officials check graphs at the headquarters. Board reads AES School. Instructor takes a class in a classroom at AES School. Servicemen undergo training at the test Station. A group of students operates the sound amplifier. German headquarters shown on an animated map. Animation shows various tanks sending out sounds to the German enemy as decoy to disguise and mislead the enemy regarding actual troop movements.

Date: 1945
Duration: 13 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043550
Army Corps of Camouflage Engineers builds camouflage at Fort Heath in Massachusetts.

Camouflage engineers at Fort Heath in Massachusetts during World War 2. Aerial view of Fort Heath with its Coastal areas. U.S. Army Corps of Camouflage Engineers builds camouflage for coastal defense battery installations. Engineers build gun emplacement and concealment using fishnets and other material to deceive enemy. They prepare camouflage paint and paint it on a roof. Tree branch brought in by army truck.

Date: 1941
Duration: 7 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043552
Camouflage Engineers camouflage buildings and bridges with camouflaged nets at Fort Heath in Massachusetts.

Camouflage engineers at Fort Heath in Massachusetts. U.S. Army Corps of Camouflage Engineers look at maps. Housing and other structures camouflaged to resemble installations. A group of engineers builds fishnets. They cut strips and tie them onto fishnet to build a camouflage. Engineers work on machine cutting iron rods, welding and fitting instruments. These iron rods are placed near a bridge. The iron rod structure placed on the ground. Engineers make wooden boxes for camouflage. Camouflage nets placed over a bridge. Buildings, bridges and other neighboring area camouflaged. Engineers tie camouflaged nets with strings and rods. Engineers stand next to artillery. Building next to coastal area. World War 2 era aerial view of Fort Heath with camouflaged areas.

Date: 1941
Duration: 20 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043553
American sailors aboard a U.S. Naval supply ship as it leaves the pier in Alameda and enters the San Francisco Bay.

A U.S. Naval supply ship at the pier in Alameda, San Francisco Bay, during World War 2. American sailors aboard the ship. Two men stand on the pier near the ship. Smoke emitted from a stack as the steamer leaves the pier. Hills in the background. Ship enters the Bay.

Date: 1941, December 8
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043716
A Chief Petty Officer enlists young men into the U.S. Navy at the Federal Office Building in San Francisco.

U.S. Naval Recruitment at the Federal Office Building in San Francisco, California during World War 2. U.S. Naval officers, sailors and civilians outside the building. U.S. Marine Corps recruitment poster to the right of the entrance. Male civilians enter to enlist in the U.S. Navy. A U.S. Navy recruitment poster reads 'Arise Americans'. Another poster provides details about the recruitment station at the Federal Office Building. A sign post reads 'US Navy Recruiting'. Young men crowd around a table to enlist in the Navy. An officer from the Navy Recruiting Service stands nearby. Chief Petty Officer seated at table for enlistment of the young men. A young man responds to his questions. The officers take notes.

Date: 1941, December 8
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043717
Women examine and sort Personal Identification and National Defense Program application cards at the FBI Headquarters.

The Fingerprint Recording Section at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington DC, during World War 2. Women fill and examine fingerprint cards. A sign reads 'Time is Short'. A man walks in and searches for cards. A woman examining Personal Identification cards with finger print. She thumbs through the cards. Stacks of cards on tables. Fingerprints on cards. Four women examine, sort and pile National Defense Program application cards. Women wear finger covers. A man places stacks of cards on a table. Two women examine cards on a table.

Date: 1942, August
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043719