Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps by trained personnel in the OPA (Office of Price Administration) and penalties for accepting illegal stamps in the United States. A woman shows a collection of bingo sheets with illegal stamps. She further details on a chart how gasoline distributors are prohibited from selling gas and how a dealer's gasoline allocation is decreased in ratio to the illegal stamps transmitted.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit gasoline ration stamps by a gas station dealer after following precautions suggested by an OPA (Office of Price Administration) officer in the United States. A gas station dealer during wartime in World War 2 calls up his distributor and expresses need for more gasoline at his service station. He visits an OPA officer when the distributor refuses to deliver more gasoline. The OPA officer speaks to the dealer and warns him about accepting illegal gasoline stamps. View of a car pulling into a gas station, and a gas station attendant checking for a proper ration book and not just loose coupons. The gas station attendant is seen fueling the car and checking under the hood. Station attendant also checks license plate to make sure it matches the ration book records. Another gasoline dealer and service station operator meet the OPA officer and complain about receiving illegal coupons. The OPA officer emphasizes that the legitimate gasoline dealer should refuse to accept loose stamps and should check ration books with the auto license. A peddler who sells illegal gasoline stamps is seen in a car.
Film titled 'Use of Training Films' on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. U.S. Army honor guard. Ground and elevated views of large number of United States Army soldiers marching in huge formation 12 or 14 abreast. Close up views of U.S. Army troops marching in formation. Men from various professions joining the U.S. army during World War II. New recruits in civilian clothes carrying suit cases stand in line at a Quartermaster to receive uniforms. They move in to barracks buildings. Training of men after they join army. A group of newly recruited soldiers making mistakes as they learn how to march and turn in formation. Service dress insignia of a U.S. army sergeant. Men fire rifles in prone position during a training. Men fire 155 mm howitzer. Men repair machine gun. Men are trained how to service a medium M3 tank. They are seen using wrenches to tighten nuts on the tank. Men learn to camouflage a piece of artillery and how to dig a foxhole. Soldiers practice bayonet drills. Soldiers seated in room being trained by means of training films.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. U.S. soldiers watch a training film in a film projection room. U.S. gun crew fire heavy artillery gun after being trained. Shows how German army made use of military training film to carry out successful invasion during World War II. German officer and troops plan an invasion and review a model of landscape. German paratroopers are seen leaping from German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, dropped by Nazi planes over Greek island of Crete during World War II. Includes scenes from inside aircraft of German paratrooper soldiers jumping out aircraft door, and scenes of paratroopers in the sky descending. U.S. soldiers watch an army training film. A U.S. soldier teaches his buddy how to put on a gas mask and application of knowledge gained by training film. U.S. troops aboard landing craft heading for beach. U.S. soldier ducks in a foxhole while enemy tanks advance. U.S. troops undergo training in rifle fire and hand to hand combat on a training field.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. army training films to teach United States Army soldiers in World War 2. Demonstration of parts of an automobile distributor device shown closeup. Microscopic view of syphilis bacteria. A man uses pneumatic hammer on wood. Animation of pneumatic hammer drill demonstrating the use of the drill. Men of U.S. Army Signal Corps make a training film under supervision of a military expert. Cameraman and motion picture film camera seen in use in the field. Typist types a script for the same training film. Director and cameramen record. Editor assembles and edits the films, and is seen reviewing frames of the film and building film reels.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. Demonstration on U.S. Army life as U.S. army officers talk outside a building and soldiers salute a Navy officer as he arrives. A soldier gets first aid from a medic. A captured U.S. soldier is being interviewed by Nazi German officials. U.S. soldiers enter a room and find a booby trap device set up by enemy to be triggered by an unsuspecting victim. U.S. soldier places the same booby trap device on an enemy motorbike. Motorbike explodes as enemy troops stand around the motorbike. (World War II period).
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