A U.S. Army training film about decontamination procedures during World War II. Soldiers decontaminate an open vehicle like a half truck. They hand spray on the vehicle and rub it with a swab. They clean it on up wind side then turn it around and clean. Tanks are brought to a safer area and are turned facing the wind. A soldier opens a hatch and rubs the entrance with decontamination saturated rag. He then uses one o one half quarter sprayer. Then the soldiers clean the surface of the tank. They clean all the other parts of the tank especially openings air ways. A three gallon apparatus filled with non coronation and chlorinated lime is applied on the tank.
A U.S. Army training film about decontamination procedures during World War II. A thick coat of contaminated solution is swabbed off with kerosene or gasoline. Then a solution of a non corrosive substance is applied. After it evaporates, the vehicle is washed with soap and water and is left to dry. The vehicle is then covered with a layer of oil. Machine guns and artillery are cleaned in the same way. Clothes and rags used for cleaning are then burned or buried. The land is covered with chlorinate lime. Men shuffle their shoes in the lime mixture. They then remove their shoes and clothes with the help of each other. The clothes are spread in air. They remove their socks and underwear and wash themselves in a stream. Then they wear fresh uniforms.
A United States patrol searches for snipers in Tremensuoli, Italy. The patrol carefully advances through woods and across a field to flank a farmhouse. Soldiers creep across the field and approach the farmhouse. One soldier advances and throws a grenade in the house. It explodes and the patrol dashes in. The patrol in the streets searches for snipers and observes. A grenade explodes. (World War II period).
A United States patrol builds a gun emplacement in Italy. Soldiers put sand into bags to build a sand bag emplacement around a camouflaged 8 inch howitzer. A soldier checks the breech of the gun. They cover the gun with a camouflage net. Soldiers load the gun while an officer gets firing data over a phone. (World War II period).
German Stuka dive bombers shell an industrial area and roads in Western Europe during World War 2. Ground crew unloads bombs from a truck and carries them to a plane. They fill and load 1000 pound bombs on the plane. German pilot boards the aircraft. He is given a motion picture camera. A squadron of Stukas takes off. Stuka aircraft drop bombs and dive, attacking targets along roadways and in towns. The bombs explode in an industrial area and along roadways and transit routes.
German Stuka dive bombers shell British Naval ships in the English Channel. Stukas drop bombs on British Naval ships and British spotters. British fire pompom guns. The bombs hit water close to the ships and aircraft carriers. The bombs are released from the plane and drop towards the sea. They explode near a ship which swerves to avoid them. Waves of Stuka fly high in the sky. A pilot in a cockpit. An aerial view of a plane dropping a series of bombs. Huge explosions as a bomb hits a wooden bridge. (World War II period).
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