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U.S. Army Colonel Black and Major General Reckord during the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony in Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland (WW2)

The Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Chemical Warfare Arsenal in Maryland, United States during World War II. A car led by motorcycle escorts driven on a path lined by soldiers holding guns. An officer standing on the side of the path saluting. A motorcade follows the car. The officers on the side of the path saluting. Civilian workers of a war plant walking on the path between the soldiers. View of the Post Recreation Hall and soldiers lining the path to the hall. A car arrives and high ranking army and navy officers emerge from the car. Several civilians and officers gathered in the area in front of the hall. Officials and dignitaries going up the steps onto a stage inside the hall during the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at which companies would be conferred awards for excellence in production of war equipment. Several views of the crowd seated. The army and navy officers, officials and dignitaries seated on the stage. Master of Ceremonies Colonel H. M. Black Chief of the Arsenal Operations Department, Edgewood Arsenal, stands in front of a microphone and announces the award by Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Colonel Black reads out from a note from the Under Secretary. The note says that the army and navy is conferring upon the workers of the Edgewood Arsenal War Plant the Army-Navy 'E' Award for their contribution in the production of war equipment. Major General Milton A. Reckord Commanding General Third Service Command standing behind a podium and speaking into microphones. The Major General praises the workers of the war plant who won the award. The army and navy personnel, officials and dignitaries seated behind the Major General.

Date: 1942, November 23
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066403
Production Division Superintendent of the Edgewood Arsenal Fischer during the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony in Maryland, U.S.

The Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. Civilian Superintendent of Mechanical Shops in the Production Division of the Edgewood Arsenal H. C. Fischer speaking on behalf of the workers at the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony. The Superintendent says that he is honored to accept the award. Army and navy officers, officials and dignitaries seated on the stage. An army officer says a concluding prayer. The army and navy officers, the officials and the dignitaries stand on the stage during the prayer. The civilians and the workers attending the ceremony leaving the hall.

Date: 1942, November 23
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066405
A B-26 Marauder taxis and takes off in Maryland, United States during its fist trail.

The trial of U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber in Maryland, United States during World War II. A B-26 Martin bomber parked in front of a hangar. A small group of civilians walk past the nose of the B-26 bomber in front of the hangar. Front view of the B-26. Trees in the background. A pilot in the bombardier's compartment in the nose of the B-26. The tail view of the B-26. The left engine of the B-26 starts. It taxis away from the hangar. The B-26 takes off and is in flight.

Date: 1942
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068884
Testing of a new shaft driven motorcycle at the Holabird Quartermaster Motor Base in Maryland, United States.

A film titled 'shaft driven motorcycle' depicts features of a new shaft motorcycle. A U.S. soldier takes a test drive at the Holabird Quartermaster Motor Base. The new motorcycle moves on a road. The features of the motorcycle are a drive shaft, a foot accelerator and four forward gears. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068955
Process for decontamination of armored vehicles in Maryland, United States (WW2)

A film titled 'Decontamination on Armored Vehicles' shows how to test for the presence of a war gas on an armored vehicle and then shows several decontamination procedures. An aircraft in flight sprays a war gas in World War II. A tank moves on a field. U.S. soldiers carry gas in a tank and attach it to the wing of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The aircraft sprays war gas over an armored vehicle. The tank covered with the war gas. A U.S. soldier wearing a gas mask puts a mustard chemical in a container and sprays it on specific parts of the tank. A soldier makes a blue mark on the mustard surface. A soldier puts a special chemical through a syringe. A soldier works on the syringe. Two soldiers wearing gas masks. A soldier stands on the tank. The soldier puts a vacuum bottle in the tank and stands holding the vacuum bottle. A soldier sprays DAMC, a non corrosive decontamination agent, on the tank. The tank moves. After two hours, a soldier wearing a gas mask sprays DAMC on the tank. Another soldier sprays the mustard chemical. The tank moves over a mud area. Mud stuck on the wheels is taken as a sample for a test. The soldiers on the tank spray chlorinated lime on the mud. The chlorinated lime in water. The tank moves into water to remove the mud. A soldier removes the mud from the tank. Several decontamination procedures being used. A soldier sprays hot steam all over the tank. Another soldier sprays DAMC . A soldier records the test result.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068956
A sea jeep ' Aqua Cheetah' moves in water as well as on land in Maryland, United States.

A film titled 'Aqua Cheetah' shows water and land test of an Aqua Cheetah sea jeep at the Holabird Quartermaster Motor Base in Maryland, United States. A man drives a sea jeep in water. The man drives the sea jeep on a road. He operates the controls of the jeep. The man gets off from the jeep and opens the engine at the back of the jeep. A propeller on the jeep. The Aqua Cheetah moves on a dirt road. The man drives the sea jeep in the water and crosses a river easily. A building in the foreground. The jeep in water. The jeep comes back on land and moves on the road. A car parked in the foreground.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068957