A gas obstacle course at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. A signboard reads 'Station No.6, Pursuit of enemy thru gas'. Trainees approaching a wire fence entangle in a woody terrain. The trainees moving on the ground through a cloud of smoke beneath the wire fence. An instructor throws a grenade beside the wire fence. The trainees emerging from under the wire fence. Clouds of smoke spread in the area and surround the wire fence. The trainees crawling under the wire fence, protects them from simulated enemy machine gun attack and also helps them to undergo a difficult situation. The trainees emerge from the wire fence and advance through the woody terrain. They climb over a series of wooden walls among trees. The trainees advance. A group of trainees sitting in an abandoned German trench. An officer sprays chlorine gas from a cylinder. The trainees get up in the trench, wear their masks and climb out of the trench. They get under a wire fence and crawl beneath the wire fence entangle. The trainees get out of the entangle and advance among the trees. They approach another wall. The trainees climbing over the wall to the other side and reach the end of the course. (World War II period).
A gas obstacle course at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. Trainees undergoing a medical check up at a first aid station after going through different stations during the gas obstacle course. Medical attendants carrying a trainee on a stretcher. Another trainee being checked at the station. The trainee being carried on a stretcher. The trainees are waiting in a line and are issued chemical intelligence forms. They sit on the ground and complete the forms. The trainees receiving instructions from an instructor. The trainees remove their impregnated clothing and take bath under an improvised shower. The trainees get dressed in clothes brought from a decontamination counter. Views of officers spraying gas from cylinders during the course and the trainees moving through clouds of smoke among the trees.
A trotting race in Goshen, New York. Hambletonian trot race gets underway as horses trot around the race track and spectators cheer. Best of three races being conducted to decide the winner. Volo Song wins the race.
The launch of aircraft carrier Hornet at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Aircraft carrier Hornet under construction at a shipyard. The bow of Hornet with the American flag. Scaffolding for construction. The christening of the aircraft carrier Hornet by Mrs. Frank Knox, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. The new aircraft carrier slides down the ways into the water. A crowd in the foreground. Several people holding umbrellas. Shipyard scaffolding in the background. The carrier anchored in the James River. Two tugs near the carrier.
Film opens with a Corsair F4U aircraft making a smooth gear- up emergency landing on a runway at the U.S. Naval Air Station New York (Floyd Bennett field) in World War 2. "Royal Navy, JT 229" is stenciled on the rear of its fuselage, identifying it as belonging to that Squadron. The canopy is open and other than for the landing gear malfunction, the pilot and aircraft appear OK. The Corsair's three-bladed propeller is bent and its engine is shut down. The runway appears to have been foamed, and bits of it are raised as the aircraft slides forward. After the aircraft stops, the cameraman moves, and takes up again as firefighters who were already standing by, respond with protective gear and a hose, ready to employ more foam, if necessary. However, the cockpit is empty and a sailor and the plane captain are already checking over the airplane, as firefighters get set up. It is clear they are not needed.
Training of American troops of Japanese ancestry, at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, during World War 2. Film opens showing a steam locomotive heading toward the camera, pulling a long train of passenger cars from which U.S. Army troops of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprising American soldiers of Japanese ancestry, are seen waving from the windows. They step from the train, carrying their personal gear in duffle bags. Two African American train porters in white coats assist some soldiers as they leave the train. The troops load their gear and climb aboard canvas covered 2-1/2 ton army trucks that drive into Camp Shelby. The camp's Water tower and chapel building are seen in background. One soldier reads newspaper with headline:"Rommel Reported Moving Out Men,"(referring to German General Rommel and his Afrika Korps). Next scene shows troops gathering up their gear and marching off the their billets
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