A film titled 'Use of Artificial materials' about use of flat net and camouflage techniques to avoid enemy detection during World War 2. Aerial view of a desert area. Men hide in camouflage nets. Soldiers weave colored cloths into the net. United States Army soldiers uncover a anti tank gun from a net. A vehicle covered by a net. Field artillery weapons and trucks covered by a net. Guns of the artillery seen from a slit in the net. Men fire camouflaged artillery. Men cover a medium tank by net.
A U.S. military film about use of flat camouflage net to avoid enemy detection during World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers stretch a camouflage net flat and taut before folding it. Men fold the net in a standard fashion, as a team, to ensure that the net is properly stored and ready for setup when needed. An officer gives command to the soldiers working as a team to fold the net. Men fold the net as a team. The camouflage net is rolled and tied.
World War II training film about use of flat net to avoid enemy detection. An enemy aircraft in flight. The aircraft bombs the tank on a desert. Men cover the tank with net. Men place sticks to make the shape of the tank look irregular. A man fixes the net on ground. Aerial view of broken terrain.
A film about use of flat net to avoid enemy detection in the United States. Men fire artillery mounted on a tank. The tank under a flat net supported by poles. The materials used to support a flat net are poles,sticks,wire gauge,nails,pliers and hammers. A men carry material to lay net. A Non Commissioned officer indicates position of laying the frame. A man hammers nails on top of a pole and on side of the pole. Men place poles on ground. Men string wire on nails. The completed wire pattern. Men place wire on top of pole. Men place wire on edges of poles. Men hammers nails on pole. A man tests the tightness of wire. Net is placed over a wire frame. Net is fastened to the edge of the frame. A howitzer is placed under the flat net. Men break shadow of the net by placing shrubs. (World War II period).
Exteriors of building with sign "Executive Offices, District of Columbia, Office of Price Administration." A grocery and butchered meat shop in the United States. A woman walks into a meat market, presents ration stamps to clerk who tells her he has no more meat left. Another woman enters without stamps, makes purchase of meat by offering an extra cash payment. First woman watches transaction, then goes to a telephone booth and uses the rotary telephone to report the illegal transaction to the authorities.
Majority, but not all of clip shows Madison Wisconsin circa 1946. Clip opens with views of an unidentified town in the United States. Automobile traffic on street of the town. Long views in distance suggest possibly western United States. Next scene is a very brief view of a riverboat or steamboat on a river. Next scene is Main Street in Madison Wisconsin, with cars and trucks on street. Capitol building dome in Madison is visible in distance. Point of view from a moving vehicle of shops and businesses on West Main Street in Madison, Wisconsin. Businesses include The Drake; Fashion Shop; Chris Eckert; Edward Eckert at 125 and 127 W. Main Street. Next is "W. H. Hanger Plumbing and Heating at 123 West Main Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Then a Steak and Fried Chicken restaurant. Next is Margaret's Beauty Salon; Goodyear Tires; J.C. Penney Company. Scene changes to a house. A man comes out of a house carrying a fishing pole. Brief scene of two young men in a library.
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