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.
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. An XM-549 quad tracked cargo vehicle followed by a DUKW truck and a LARC-5 (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) vehicle drive past the stands. An 8 ton Goer vehicle and a 16 ton Goer also drive past the stands. An M151 MUTT jeep pulls a trailer out of a water test hole. A five ton XM-453 vehicle followed by an XM-549 cargo vehicle drive past the stands.
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association (AOA) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. Sky divers leave a flour trail as they fall. Parachutes open. The divers float to the earth and land near a target. A 106 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep is fired. A medium antitank weapon is fired. An M-56 Scorpion gun is driven.
Clip opens with black and white scenes but then transitions to color scenes. Times Square neon signs and theaters in New York City. Theaters include the Waldorf Theater and Roxy Theater at 50th street and Sixth Avenue, the Astor Theater at 1537 Broadway, and the Paramount Theater at 43rd street and Broadway. Neon signs seen include 'Ripley Believe it or Not!' , 'Coca-Cola The Pause That Refreshes' , 'Chevrolet' , 'Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey' , 'Wilson That's All' , 'Sunkist Lemonade' , 'Bromo Seltzer' , 'Hygrade Frankfurters' , 'Wrigley's Spearmint' , 'Old Gold Cigarettes' , and 'Florsheim Shoes.' At the Astor Theater, the movie 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson is advertised on the marquee, and the scrolling marquee is advertising the Wizard of Oz. At the Paramount Theater, the movie, 'Our Leading Citizen' starring Bob Burns is playing.
The oil abatement product on the surface of water with more being sprayed. Crewmen dump bags of the abatement product into the hopper of the machine. Crewmen on the fantail. The product being sprayed on water. Life lines in the foreground. Two men stand by ready to use a flame thrower in an attempt to light the oil. The flame thrower is turned on. It throws flames over the water surface with no effect. Officers and men talk over the fantail of the destroyer. Two crewmen work around gear in card board boxes on the deck. Four crewmen on the deck of USS Compton. A man with a bucket which is used to dump kerosene over side. A man with a bag of the oil abatement product pouring it out over the ship's side. Men pour the product over the side. Military people and civilians near the life lines. Smoke on the water in the background. An officer lights a torch using a piece of wood and throws it over the side to float on water. A flare floats on the surface and burns. The flare burns in the midst of the oil abatement product on the surface with an attempt to set the product on fire along with the oil. An officer throws an object on water. An officer along the deck edge. An orange flare in the hand of an officer. Men on focsle of USS Compton. The flare burns on water as men continue to light the oil abatement product and oil. A man at the deck edge plays a flame thrower down over the water surface. Officers enter. A man holding a flame thrower looks over the side.
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