A plane in flight over a wooded area during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of dense forest and wooded area in Vietnam. White phosphorus shells burst among trees. Puff of smoke rises.
The types, uses and importance of colored smoke grenades during combat in WWII. An enactment shows a unit in a forest which has been cut off from its headquarters. The leader of the unit sights a friendly reconnaissance plane and throws a green smoke grenade to signal their position. Another grenade burns indicating their immediate need. The pilot of the aircraft throws a sign grenade. He signals them the way to be followed by throwing a red smoke grenade along the road to be followed.
Smoke rises from forest fires in South Vietnam. The 1st Australian task force takes their positions and fire artillery. Australian soldiers fire rifles, M-79 grenade launchers and an M-72 Law during Operation Pinnaroo. Explosions on the ground. (Vietnam War period).
HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter in flight around Da Nang, Vietnam. Two A-1H Skyraider aircraft in flight with thick green forests on ground. Aircraft in flight.
An ocean liner docks in the harbor. Two Italian Black Shirt Guards aboard liner looks at another ship in the background. Guard speaks over mouthpiece. Black Shirt guards ski patrol in snow covered area. Officer briefs group of guards in the forest. They attend to wounded people and render first aid. Black Shirt Guards give their services to Italian Railroad. They participate in Combat Division at the time of war. Troops advance on field. Soldiers ready with machine guns.
January, 1945, on the Western front during World War 2. Troops of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division test new white camouflage coveralls for use in snow. They patrol in snow covered forest areas on the Western Front. A sergeant makes outdoor field adjustments to the coveralls using a knife and captured German sewing machine. He helps a soldier who tries on his new coverall. The material used is from old mattress covers. Several soldiers are seen putting on the camouflage coveralls. Scene shifts to U.S. troops with a jeep towing a 20mm Italian dual purpose gun for use in Germany. On January 2, 1945, they set up and fire the gun at targets a half mile away. In Belgium, U.S. Army engineers of Company B, 238th Engineer Battalion, improvise remote controlled bazooka shells as road blocks. They set them up on fence posts and fire them by ordinary flashlight batteries. U.S. soldiers from a Signal Company of the 99th Infantry Division are seen using a Weasel vehicle (officially designated an M29C light cargo carrier) to lay communication cables through snow in the 1st Army Sector, Belgium. Views of the wire spool on back of the weasel, and soldiers pulling wire from it.