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United States soldiers paint jeep with camouflaged natural paint in rocky terrain, United States.

United States Army soldiers gather natural mud and soil. They mix it to make a paste. Soldier draws markings on jeep. He paints the jeep with natural paint using his hands. Jeep's windshield and hood painted with the help of brush. Soldier drives camouflage painted jeep on road. Tanks painted with camouflaged natural paint. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043271
United States soldiers make framework of a tank and place it on jeeps for disguise in World War II

Disguise and camouflage techniques for U.S. Army military equipment in World War 2. United States soldiers place lightweight framework over tank to make it look like a truck, during World War II. Soldier removes framework from the tank when not in use. Jeep moves with a decoy framework on it. Soldier parks the jeep and comes out of the framework. Soldiers cover the assembled framework with cloth. The dummy tank lightweight construction is easily lifted by two men and placed over a jeep. Soldier drives away with the tank dummy. Aircraft flies overhead. Camouflaged tank drives on road.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043272
Brief scene of Lockheed Constellation aircraft on first public flight over hills near Burbank, California,

Aerial view of the first public flight of a Lockheed Constellation (in Transworld Airways livery). Interior view of the cockpit showing flight instruments.

Date: 1943
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044940
U.S. Marines Lt. General Thomas Holcomb welcomes Major General Alexander Vandegrift back from the Solomon Islands

After commanding raids in the Solomon Islands, U.S.Major General Alexander Vandegrift is welcomed back to the U.S. by Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the U.S.Marine Corps. In Holcomb's office, General Holcomb thanks General Vandegrift and congratulates him. Reporters look on. Multiple takes of Holcomb welcoming and congratulating Vandegrift. Flag of the United States in office. After the officers greet each other, they are seated.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044989
Studies to determine attitude of American soldiers towards their jobs in United States (WW2)

Attitude of United States Army soldiers towards their jobs and World War II. Soldiers stand in formation. Chart reveals their ignorance of jobs. Soldiers march with flags. Charts of the Signal Corps and Corps of Engineers show the percentage of the ASF liking their own jobs most. Soldiers parade. Buildings in the background. The study reveals that most of the United States soldiers not like their job. The percentage of the soldiers in the army reduced to 50 percent in the last few months. A study is made to find out other information. An airplane in flight. Soldiers were asked about their understanding of their jobs, what do they feel about combat and the effects of war films on them produced by the army. They were also asked about their opinion as which country do they feel is trying hardest to win the war.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045492
Training the soldiers and providing them with an understanding of their jobs in United States (WW2)

The ignorance of soldiers about their jobs and the war, United States. Stresses the psychological need for hating the enemy. Dramatizes the battlefield treachery of soldiers. Soldiers fire and bombard on the battlefront in World War II. Smoke arises from firing and bombarding. Tank moves on field and fires. A soldier bombing a barbed wire entanglement. Other soldiers fire machine guns. They advance forward on the front. News headlines about the soldiers and their ignorance of job reveals that the soldiers are not prepared to fight. They do not have the understanding of their job. An officer gives lecture to soldiers in the 'Classification Section' to provide them with a proper understanding of their job. The soldiers read books and magazines. They work on the tanks and other war equipment. Training the soldiers mentally. Weekly news about the war on boards.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045493