Captured 1941 model Japanese light tank behind a U.S. Army tank crew who had just run the tank through various tests. The crew smiles for the camera. Close-up views of some parts of the tank, showing points of vulnerability and various measurements. Several slits marked in chalk with number "3/16 inches" are seen close-up.
From a film titled 'Tank Mission World War II'. Eiffel tower in Paris and scenes on quiet streets of Paris during German occupation. German troops in Paris in 1941. United States tanks maneuver during planning phases and drills for invasion of Europe. Tank fires flamethrower. Various U.S. tanks fitted with different attachment for bulldozing practice demolishing beach blockades and erecting landing areas. Infantry troops practice maneuvering behind tanks. German bunkers and fortifications on the French coast. United States infantry and tank units land at Normandy on D-Day and the days following. U.S. troops fire. Smoke rises due to explosion. Many hedges in the way. Tanks fitted with hedgerow cutters (the idea of a Sergeant) for cutting through the hedges. Tank fitted with hedge row cutter cuts through a hedge.
Gun camera footage highlights of United States Eighth Air Force Fighter Combat in Germany during World War 2. Eighth Air Force attacks German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt ME-163 rocket propelled fighter aircraft. ME-163 attacked by 370th, 385th, 335th and 336th Squadron Groups. German aircraft hit during aerial battle and falling from the sky.
Highlights of United States Eighth Air Force Fighter Combat in Germany. Gun camera footage showing Eighth Air Force attacks on German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt ME-262 jet propelled fighter aircraft. ME-262 attacked by 360th, 83d, 375th, 383d, 63d, 486th, 77th, 361st and 82d Squadron Groups. Several German planes catch fire and fall from the sky.
Exterior of steel mill in Youngstown, Ohio. Houses next to steel mill. Downtown Youngstown Ohio. Transit bus picks up passengers. POV bus traveling downtown street. Family with child exits bus. Shoe store window downtown with pedestrians. Workers entering steel mills via overhead bridges. Steam locomotive trains passing steel mills with good nat sound of whistles. Overhead crane bucket picking up iron ore. Bucket dropping iron ore into skip hoist. Skip hoist buckets moving up conveyor to blast furnace top. Workers smelting iron ore in blast furnace. Molten iron and slag pouring from blast furnace. Johnny Chonko controlling wheel to adjust blast control to furnace. Pete Zeeman, the 'blower' looks through blast furnace look glass to evaluate. Frank Melai, an immigrant from Italy, at the blast furnace. Frank looking at his Christmas tree at home with family. Frank's family opens gifts during Christmas. Frank puts a new smoking pipe into his mouth.
Point of view (POV) overhead crane view of steel mill floor in the open hearth area. Workers 'slagging' and open hearth furnace by throwing shovels full of dolomite into the hearth. Worker Tommy Hughs pours huge ladle of hot iron from the blast furnace into the open hearth furnace. Foremen Billy Reilly and John Strouse confer. John's son, Ed Strouse, seen as a high school football player on the bench during a game. High school football game in Youngstown, Ohio. Audience cheers. Several views of spectators in stands cheering. Score keepers at score board. High School Band players seen with their instruments. High school Principal Glasgow talks to student Ed Strouse. Boys in vocational class view engine of a car. Lunch line at high school cafeteria. Teenage boys and girls eating lunch at high school cafeteria. Students leaving high school at end of day.
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