Activities of West Point cadets in the United States. The cadets attend ordnance exercises at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Officers aboard an armored car moving along the ground. The car moves along a ramp. Trees in the background. A cadet looks through a pierced armor plate which was pierced as a result of firing a 12 inch armor piercing projectile. Men look for the projectile which bursts after piercing the armor plate. The cadets gather for the demonstration of a 16 inch seacoast gun. Officers stand nearby and fire the gun. Smoke rises as the gun is fired.
Opening scene shows a U.S. Army M3 Lee tank moving toward the camera, with a crew of two women, one in the top turret and the other in the lower turret (which does not show a gun). Women are seen working on various manufacturing tasks. One uses a sewing machine One loads powder into a shell and operates a machine press to compress it. Several women install noses on shells. Some work on large shell casings. Others examine and test small arms. One tests fires a Browning M-19. 30 caliber machine gun. as others test fire rifles. A woman is seen test firing a Browning M-1917 heavy machine gun. A battery of Anti-aircraft guns is seen raising its barrels and firing. A woman manipulates the controls of one. Women hold their ears as they test fire a 90mm anti-aircraft gun. A team of women carries a part for an artillery piece and screw it in place. Two women carry racks of artillery shells, that they load into an anti-aircraft gun. As the gun is test fired, they and a soldier with them hold their ears. Women work with pneumatic tools on the tread of an M3 Lee tank. One uses a long wrench to tighten a bolt. A woman poses in the top turret of the M-3. Two others climb aboard and close the hatch behind them. With two crew members seen in hatches, the tank drives past the camera. Final image is a woman holding two large artillery shells. (World War II period)
U.S. soldiers train for decontamination at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. A man in a chemical laboratory. Two soldiers spreading a protective ointment in their hands. A soldier decontaminating a tank. A soldier wearing a mask spraying a protective liquid on a gun. A soldier spreading the protective ointment on his helmet. Many soldiers in front of U.S. Sherman tanks decontaminating cloth covers. Soldiers sitting on a tank cover it with a decontaminated cloth. Two soldiers issue impregnated clothing to a soldier. A soldier covers himself with a protective cellophane cover. A soldier decontaminating a half track using Decon filled with DAMC. Soldiers filling a truck with chloride of lime containers. (World War II period).
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. A United States Army OH-13 Sioux helicopter flying over the range. Machine guns fired from the helicopter. Explosions on the range as OH-13 Sioux helicopters fly by. A United States Army UH-1 Iroquois flies over the range firing its machine guns. Members of the American Ordnance Association in the stands.
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. A United States Army CV-2 Caribou aircraft on a field. A parachute paratrooper team prepares jump equipment. The jump equipment. The ramp of the aircraft is lowered. Parachute gear. Equipment labeled for Sgt. Gene Thacker. Sky divers float to the earth and land near a target.
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. A United States Army OH-23 Raven helicopter and a United States Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter fly over a range. Machine guns are fired from the helicopters. Explosions on the ground. Four trucks including a five ton XM-453 vehicle drive past the stands. Sky divers land near a target. A United States Army CV-2 Caribou aircraft flies by. Members of the American Ordnance Association in the stands.
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