A coalition government in Rome ,Italy after the end of Fascist rule. Cabinet meeting of a six party coalition government in Rome, Italy. President Paul Ramadier confers with the ministers. Allied Commander of Rome Colonel Charles. People gathered in the street as they read newspaper. A poster on the wall regarding a thanksgiving mass. United States 5th Army men enter the Church for the mass. General Mark Clark being greeted by the clergy. (World War II period).
Chinese laborers build an airfield in Western China during World War II. Nearly 70,000 Chinese laborers walk to an airfield construction site. Men, women and children carry primitive tools as they walk towards the airfield site. Laborers work with primitive tools as they construct an airfield for United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortresses. Laborers break stones with hammers. A treadmill being used too mix water and sand. Laborers eat chow for lunch. A 10 ton roller being hauled over the runway as men pull it. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Another B-29 aircraft taxis along and takes off. Chinese laborers build an airfield in Western China during World War II. Nearly 70,000 Chinese laborers walk to an airfield construction site. Men, women and children carry primitive tools as they walk towards the airfield site. Laborers work with primitive tools as they construct an airfield for United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortresses. Laborers break stones with hammers. A treadmill being used too mix water and sand. Laborers eat chow for lunch. A 10 ton roller being hauled over the runway as men pull it. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Another B-29 aircraft taxis along and takes off.
A demonstration shows hand charges being placed and exploded against a wall in the United States. Soldiers place wall charges against a concrete wall. Men place explosive packs on an elevated platform against the concrete wall and explosion occurs. A U shaped gap is created as a result of the explosion. Tanks pass through it. Soldiers place castle charges on an elevated platform about 2 feet above the ground. Men place 66 packs of explosives against the wall. Explosion occurs creating a gap. Tanks pass through the gap. (World War II period).
Demonstration shows bar charges being placed and exploded against a wall in the United States. Four 34 pound charges being placed against a concrete wall and being detonated. An explosion occurs. As a result of the explosion four bore holes having a diameter of 5 inches occur. The holes being cooled with water. The holes being filled with 90 pound of C-2 explosives. Charges being detonated and explosion occurs. A gap results and a tank passes through it.
A demonstration shows bar charges being placed and exploded against a wall in the United States. The face of a 45 degree sloping wall. Bar charges are placed on the wall by soldiers. The soldiers place the bar charges on the face of the wall to demolish it. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise. The explosion results in an 18 feet wide gap. A United States Army tank passes through the gap. (World War II period).
A demonstration shows bar charges being placed and exploded against a wall in the United States. The face of a 30 degree sloping masonry wall. 24 packs of bar charges are placed on the face of the wall. An explosion occurs and smoke rises. The explosion results in an 18 feet wide gap. A U.S. Army tank passes through the gap. 24 packs of bar charges are placed at the center of the masonry wall. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise. A 16 feet wide gap is created and a U.S. Army tank passes through the gap.
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