Tanks and troops moves across the desert at U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War II. A smoke generator mounted on a truck throws a heavy smoke screen. Billows of smoke rise up.
An amphibian cargo tractor is demonstrated at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, United States. The amphibian cargo tractor moves through water. Some soldiers sitting on the tractor. A soldier climbs a stationary amphibian tractor. A soldier demonstrates the control panel as well as various internal controlling parts. A cargo amphibian tractor moves over a rough ground. The tractor enters a lake. It crosses the lake from one side to other through water. The tractor moves over rough and uneven ground. Few soldiers sitting on the tractor. (World War II period).
A film titled ' Invasion in the making' about an amphibious training of United States troops. United States troops loaded in barges as they approach a coast. The soldiers get off the barges. U.S. troops being trained in amphibious warfare at the Amphibious Training Command at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida . An officer briefs the soldiers. The soldiers seated at the beach. They climb down landing nets during the training. The soldiers in mock landing crafts as the practice to land and to fan out on the beach. A soldier with a machine gun. Trainees use a human ladder to cross over barbed wire fences. The trainees climb over a rifle ladder to cross the barbed wire fences. (World War II period).
A film about an amphibious training of United States troops in Florida. United States troops loaded in a landing craft during a practice invasion. The landing craft approaches the coast of Florida. Barrage balloons in flight. An explosion occurs at the beach. Soldiers unload from the landing craft and land at the beach. SCR-536 hand radio being used by the soldiers during simulated combat conditions. The soldiers fire rifles on the beach. Other landing crafts approach the beach as explosions occur. The soldiers unload and erect a flag at the beach. Landing crafts with beach mats and other engineering equipment arrive at the beach. The equipment being unloaded. The beach mats being laid out on the beach and the soldiers nail down the mats as they prepare the beachhead. A bulldozer levels the beach. Landing crafts carrying ammunition crates arrive at the coast. The soldiers unload the crates. The bulldozer pulls the crates along the beach. A signal man guides barges as they approach the shore. Military equipment being unloaded from the crafts. An engineer makes a detailed record. The equipment being unloaded. (World War II period).
A film about an amphibious training of United States troops at Camp Gordon Johnston in Florida. An explosion occurs during a practice invasion. The troops crawl through mud as live ammunition is fired during simulated combat conditions. Soldiers crawl across a field under heavy firing. The soldiers in landing crafts approach the Florida beach and unload from the craft. (World War II period).
African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations including war factory production and war manufacturing. A sign reads ' Hampton Institute visitors welcome' at Hampton Institute, presently known as Hampton University (100 E Queen St, Hampton, VA 23669), in Hampton, Virginia. Exteriors of buildings on the campus. An educator welcomes students from other countries for taking up a course at the institute. Students in a class take lessons in radio operation and construction. Students in a chemistry laboratory learn to develop new war material. Science students train to become laboratory technicians. An African American student conducts a test on bacteria in food caused by handling. Hampton Institute provides laboratory facilities for training of nurses. Students in a ground school class. The students work on machines as they weld metal pieces. A farm management course for girls by the Agriculture Department of the Institute. Girls operate a tractor as they plant corn in a field. Dairy farming lessons being conducted as girls watch a man as he milks a cow. Students conduct research on food and the importance of soybean over meat. Students broadcast programs related to research results, improved diet and raising better crop. They take up lessons in surveying and topography. Cadets of institute regiment march. A sign reads ' U.S. motor transport shops'. The students learn to work on motor parts. U.S. Army trucks being repaired at the shop. Engineering Department of the institute trains men for the U.S. Navy. The cadets march. A clock tower in the background.