Landing maneuvers of the United States troops in North Africa during World War II. Fire from the deck of a Destroyer. A convoy underway. Airplanes fly overhead. U.S. Marines exit from a landing craft and run through water to the beach. Tanks leave barge and head for the shore. U.S. soldiers run inland from the beach. A map of Mediterranean Theater. Native North African Vichy French soldiers parade in Casablanca. Feet of soldiers as they march. Animated map of Mediterranean Theater as a pointer indicates location of Oran. French Navy ships in the harbor of Oran are blown up by British attack to prevent Nazi German forces from taking over the French ships.
Behind opening slate, is a closeup of Barrage Balloon with cables attached. Next, a formation of German Ju-87, Stuka dive bombers peels off and begins diving attack against Allied target in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of bombs dropping. A formation of German Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. A German Dornier Do-215 long range bomber in flight (notable features: twin tail and tail wheel). A German Messerschmitt Bf-109 rolling over to attack a ground target. Low flying German warplanes attacking bases and supply depots. German planes strafing an Allied air base. A fire raging from bombing somewhere in England. Scene shifts to a formation of American barrage balloons creating a maze of wire cables to prevent low flying enemy aircraft from striking important ground targets.
A training film depicts proper installation of barrage balloon in the United States. Two barrage balloons in sky. A lower link of a parachute attached on a cable. The upper link of the parachute attracted to the junction assembly. A building in the background. Troops carry a box. A soldier demonstrates the installation of barrage balloon. The soldier disconnects cable terminal assembly from a bell crank by removing the pin. He unscrews the channel pin. The soldier holds the link in his hand. He attaches the male end to the cable terminal assembly. Screws the cable pin in to correct position. He locks the terminal pin. He attaches the female end to the bell crank and tighten all the screws. (World War II period).
Nazi airplanes attack a French convoy in Netherlands during World War II. French troops on deck of a ship. A flag flutters on a mast. German airplanes in flight over the convoy. The airplanes drop bombs. The French ships being attacked. Ships burn due to bombing. Smoke rises in the background. The enemy airplanes in flight. A French ship underway as it burns. A French soldier fires an anti aircraft gun. A damaged French ship. The troops on a street. The troops carry an injured on a stretcher. The soldiers walk in a line at a port. They carry guns on their shoulder. A wrecked German airplane. The soldiers stand near the airplane.
Fire in a building in New York City. Smoke rises from a building due to fire. Firemen spray water with a hose. Men treat the injured firemen. A man takes picture in the foreground. An injured fireman given oxygen. People including children stand in a group. A man treats a wounded fireman. A fireman climbs up a ladder to spray water. (World War II period).
U.S. 44th Infantry Division parade at Fort Dix in New Jersey. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and U.S. Lt. General Hugh Aloysius Drum shake hands with other officers. Secretary of the Navry Frank Knox with General Drum stand on a platform. The U.S. Infantrymen stand in a squad. The soldiers parade. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Lt. General Drum and other officers review the parade. The soldiers carrying a United States flag march. The soldiers in cars advance during the parade. A banner on a platform reads '78th Division Veterans' Association'. (Secretary Knox served as a major in the 78th Infantry Division during World War 1.) The trucks towing artillery advance and soldiers seen on the trucks.
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