Experimental activities of United States Army Air Force in the Mediterranean. Air Corp personnel look at shell. Airman fires at shell placed on tire for target practicing. Bullet holes on the shell. Airmen hold model of German B-1 Aircraft. Aircraft drops bomb over target. (World War II period).
Italian propaganda film displaying prowess of Italian infantry against tanks, in live fire exercise, during World War 2. Camouflaged Italian troops in a field. Italian soldier emerges out of foxhole. View of narrow deep foxhole that can allow tank to pass overhead. Tanks approach the area. Camouflaged Italian troops throw hand grenades at tanks, from their foxholes. Explosions on sides of tanks. Italian soldier jumps on a tank and sabotages it from outside. The tanks's tread becomes separated. Tanks move through mined fields. Italian troops run towards tanks throwing hand grenades.
American soldiers work in a factory preparing Monroe Bombs filled with propaganda leaflets in World War 2. They load and pack shells with cardboard cylinders containing leaflets, as well as explosive charges to detonate the bombs at altitude which would release the leaflets as part of psychological warfare tactics. The Monroe Bomb shell assembly line is shown in operation.
Manufacturing of Italian heavy artillery gun barrels during World War I. Barrels are turned on lathes and rifled. Interior of rifled barrel with spiral rifling shown. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing of Italian munitions during World War I. Women work on machines as they manufacture shells at an ammunition plant. Men operate machines as shells remain piled up. Women perform machining operations and arrange shells in racks. Shells and powder charges weighed as women pack powder charges. Shells processed on a machine. Men wearing mask as they perform a phase of shell assembly. Shells inspected by men and prepared for shipment. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing of Italian ammunition during World War I. A group of munitions workers pose for picture. They are mostly women and children but include some men. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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