Experimental activities of United States Army Air Force in the Mediterranean. Air Corp personnel look at shell. Airman fires at shell placed on tire for target practicing. Bullet holes on the shell. Airmen hold model of German B-1 Aircraft. Aircraft drops bomb over target. (World War II period).
United States M-24 Light Tank of the U.S. 9th Army fires at a target. Soldiers aboard tank. Narrator describes the M-24 to help distinguish it in appearance from German tanks, during World War 2. The torsion bar suspension of M-24 Light Tank and its 16 inch wide tracks. The 75 mm gun barrel of the tank. Side by side shot of M5A1 and the M-24 replacing it. Comparing ammunition placed on ground. Recognition features of M-24.
The U.S. 5th and the 8th Army meet in Italy during World War II. United States soldiers move on road in jeeps, trucks and motorcycles. Soldiers of the 5th and 8th Army shake hands with each other. Troops march with rifles in their hands. Sign board with an arrow reads 'Roma 57.6 Kilometers'.
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.
United States P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft strafing over a town in Germany. Aerial views of German town with a road track on the ground. P-47 strafes the town and drops napalm incendiary bombs. Explosions on the ground. A fleet of P-47 Thunderbolts in flight. (World War II period).
A United States P-47 Thunderbolt in flight in Germany. The Thunderbolt flies over hills. The aircraft strafes and dives over the hilly terrain. It drops a bomb over a target. An explosion on the ground. The aircraft in flight. (World War II period).