A demonstration about engineered armored vehicles and accessories as they clear beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 106 and 128 Engineering armored vehicles and accessories '. A converted medium tank loaded with explosives and crew at a beach. Combat engineers get onto the tank to which dozer blades are attached. Soldiers with guns loaded onto an armored car. An explosive rack attached to the car. A soldier places C-2 explosives on the rack. Wires of the explosives are attached to the tank. The wires detach and an explosion occurs. A pillar of smoke rises up. A T 76 single tube rocket launcher mounted on a tank. The rocket launcher is elevated and fired at a pill box on the shore. A man puts a seal on a sign ' engineered vehicles ' on a paper that reads '100 % completed ' and a seal on the accessories reads ' 30% completed ' . (World War II period).
A demonstration of explosive devices used to clear beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A Conger, a British canvas hose device. The hose is filled with liquid explosives being laid out by a rocket and detonated. An explosion occurs. A rocket propelled M-3 being driven towards the beachhead. A project line charge being fired by a rocket and climbs up as smoke rises. A progress report of JANET ( Joint Army Navy Experimental and Testing ) Board. (World War II period).
A film titled ' Invasion in the making' about an amphibious training of United States troops. United States troops loaded in barges as they approach a coast. The soldiers get off the barges. U.S. troops being trained in amphibious warfare at the Amphibious Training Command at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida . An officer briefs the soldiers. The soldiers seated at the beach. They climb down landing nets during the training. The soldiers in mock landing crafts as the practice to land and to fan out on the beach. A soldier with a machine gun. Trainees use a human ladder to cross over barbed wire fences. The trainees climb over a rifle ladder to cross the barbed wire fences. (World War II period).
A film about an amphibious training of United States troops in Florida. United States troops loaded in a landing craft during a practice invasion. The landing craft approaches the coast of Florida. Barrage balloons in flight. An explosion occurs at the beach. Soldiers unload from the landing craft and land at the beach. SCR-536 hand radio being used by the soldiers during simulated combat conditions. The soldiers fire rifles on the beach. Other landing crafts approach the beach as explosions occur. The soldiers unload and erect a flag at the beach. Landing crafts with beach mats and other engineering equipment arrive at the beach. The equipment being unloaded. The beach mats being laid out on the beach and the soldiers nail down the mats as they prepare the beachhead. A bulldozer levels the beach. Landing crafts carrying ammunition crates arrive at the coast. The soldiers unload the crates. The bulldozer pulls the crates along the beach. A signal man guides barges as they approach the shore. Military equipment being unloaded from the crafts. An engineer makes a detailed record. The equipment being unloaded. (World War II period).
A film about an amphibious training of United States troops at Camp Gordon Johnston in Florida. An explosion occurs during a practice invasion. The troops crawl through mud as live ammunition is fired during simulated combat conditions. Soldiers crawl across a field under heavy firing. The soldiers in landing crafts approach the Florida beach and unload from the craft. (World War II period).
Amphibious assault training during World War II. A crewman operates the controls of a winch aboard USS Callaway (APA-35) in the Pacific off Camp Pendleton, California. Two MZ radio jeeps are lowered into a hold. A Higgins Boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA35-15 is seen leaving the ship loaded with U.S. Marines. Marines climb down landing nets over the side of the ship and board more Higgins boats. Boats number PA35-12 and PA35-11 are seen filled with Marines heading towards the beach.
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