A training film on loading and employment of LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) in the United States. Troops and equipment arrive at a harbor for loading. One of the TQM ( Transport Quartermaster Officer) assistants directs drivers to assigned dock space. A man marks the vehicles for proper storage. Other general cargo is checked. Modern method for facilitating loading and discharging of cargo is to set up communication by means of walkie-talkies between a ship and the dock. A man directs the cargo. The TQM acts as a liaison officer between the troops and the ship. Cargo loaded aboard the ship. LSTs in the harbor. The cargo moves up a ramp. Vehicles at a beach. Soldiers stand nearby and watch the loading activities. Bulldozers are loaded in the last so that they could be taken out first. Amphibious vehicles underway at sea. They arrive near the ship to be loaded. An LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked ) is brought up to the ramp. The vehicle is taken aboard. Other amphibious vehicles are taken aboard. The loading activity is completed. The Captain of the ship gives an order to take up the ramp and close the door. (World War II period).
A training film on movement and tactics of landing boats in the United States. A formation of boats approaching the line of departure. The boats retain the same position until a signal to change is given. The Wave Commander signals other formation. Boats underway in a formation. A signal is given by lowering a flag. Animation depicts the positions and formations of the boats. The prescribed distance should be known when the boats hits a beach. The Control Officer aboard the control vessel. The Wave Commander gives signals to move forward. Attack and support boats move forward. They stay in a line and maintain correct speed. Aerial view of the boats. A ship underway. Soldiers fire from a ship. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy personnel engage in a mock battle in the United States. A cruiser underway at sea. The cruiser fires salvos. Small boats sail away from the cruiser. A landing craft underway. Men in a landing craft beside a larger ship. Men fire rifles and a howitzer at a beach. Sailors march down a path in woods. Officers and a drummer lead. Men spread out moving through the woods. Sailors in lines fire in a field. A U.S. flag flutters atop a flag pole. Marines in foxholes poised to fire rifles. Smoke rises from the firing.
A film about achievements and role of African American soldiers during World War II. A map of the Atlantic Ocean. Nazi German and Japanese flags. Allied soldiers liberate cities in Europe and civilians welcome them. African American Army soldiers walk up troop ship gang plank onto a troop carrier ship for transport to the war front. An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Equipment and food supplies being carried to troops. Supplies being unloaded at a beach in the European Theater. Airstrips, roads and bridges being constructed. Trees being cleared at the Alcan Highway. African American soldiers in combat fire rifles and fire artillery at enemy positions. A Japanese enemy airplane in flight as an African American soldier fires an anti aircraft gun at the aircraft. Explosions occur at a battlefield.
United States Navy flying boat PBY Catalina of Patrol Squadron Six (V-P-6) in flight to Honolulu. American flying boat Consolidated PBY Catalina in water with monoplane construction and retractable wing floats. Mountains in the background. The PBY takes off. A boat in the water in the background. The PBY taxis down the ramp into the water. The aircraft handlers go over to take off the beaching gear. The PBY taxis. PBY fly in formation and heads for Pearl Harbor.
Aerial view of Ford River Rouge plant. Smoke stacks billow steam. Still images of other Ford facilities displayed, including buildings at Buffalo NY, Richmond CA, Somerville Mass, Kansas City MO, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Charlotte NC, Louisville KY, Jacksonville FL, Seattle Wash, Dallas TX, and Long Beach CA.
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