A U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat airplane is seen parked on a ramp, with a bomb slung under its fuselage. The narrator identifies it as a "fire bomb," containing jellied gasoline. Scene shifts to an F6F dropping one from several thousand feet, in a demonstration. The bomb creates a swath of fire along the ground, in the direction of flight. A flight of two F6Fs repeat the demonstration, dropping their bombs simultaneously, from a formation. Another drops a bomb on a pier at a waterfront. View to the rear from an airplane that just dropped a bomb in a wooded area. Views of actual U.S. 1st Marine Division operations on Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War 2, showing F4U Corsair aircraft, flying low and slow, with gear down, dropping napalm bombs on Japanese troops dug in on a ridge. View of smoke rising from bomb strikes at targets near a river.
Several barges up on blocks at a boatyard near a river. Viewed from downhill, openings are visible between ribs in their lower hulls. Scene shifts to viewpoint above the barges. A river; a church; smoke stacks; and steel bridges are seen in background. The prow of one barge contains letters "USS." The American flag flies from mast of a boat docked in the river.
Two officials in President Wilson's Administration, seated at a table, conversing. Joshua W. Alexander, Secretary of Commerce holds a lighted cigar. The other answers a telephone call.
Demonstration of ordnance material at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. U.S. Army General William R. Smith stands with Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Shinkle and other officials. A building in the background. West Point cadets stand at attention. A flag pole on the ground. An officer instructs the cadets. They watch the demonstration of a gun.
Demonstration of ordnance material at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. U.S. Army General William R Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Shinkle and other officials standing with West Point cadets. They watch the demonstrations of an armored car, a tractor and a tank. Officials aboard a tank moving on the ground. A tank parked in the foreground. Officials aboard an armored car driving past on a road. The cadets and the officials watch a Christie tank. Tanks and armored cars moving along an elevated area.
Demonstration of ordnance material at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. U.S. Army General William R Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Shinkle and other officials standing with West Point cadets. They watch the demonstration of anti-aircraft guns. The cadets seated on the ground near a railroad station. Soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns at targets.
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