A U.S. crew uses their M31 tank retriever in attempts to rescue two pieces of armored equipment from the mud, near Hurtgen, Germany during World War II. They first recover a camouflaged M10 tank destroyer from a roadside ditch , using their cable attached directly to the load. In addition to mud, the M10 has some snow on it. Otherwise, the retrieved tank destroyer appears to be intact and undamaged. In the next scene, several recovery team members clamber over an M7 gun motor carriage (105 mm Self Propelled Gun). Its right tread has sunk completely , where the road surface has collapsed. (The previously retrieved M10 is seen,behind, on the road, with some snow still on it, apparently operating under its own power. ) Many infantrymen are seen in the background. Soldiers snake a retrieval cable around the M7. Troops then gather around as the retrieval efforts commence.
View of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive number 5850 at a railroad train station. It slowly pulls away from station. Sign "Pennsylvania" on side of train cars. Passenger railroad train underway on a journey in the United States. View of various aspects of train travel operations: Passengers buying their tickets at a busy railroad train station. Man at the ticket counter confirms passengers reservation. Personnel work at the reservation bureau. Well dressed men, women, and children passengers on a busy train station platform as they board the train. African American porter assists travelers boarding train. View of passengers choosing seats in train car. Different kinds of train cars are shown including seat coach, parlor car, and roomette. African American porter arranges pillow on bed in sleeping car. Man gives an indication and driver starts the train. Conductor yells "All aboard". View of engineer in locomotive and operations of controls of locomotive. Operators at the signal tower check the track switches. Operations board displays tracks switch and signal lines. Movement of train is indicated by the changing line on the board. Exterior view as train approaches camera. Interior view inside train cars as passengers relax, read, smoke cigarettes, and watch the landscape during their journey. Boy and girl children look excited as they view landscape through windows of the moving train. Views of towns, farms, and foothills going by as seen through moving train car windows. Porters and attendants at work. Most are African American. Attendants serve meals to the passengers in the dining car. Chefs cook food in the kitchen. Views inside moving passenger train cars. Views of moving train as seen from another moving train beside it on a parallel track. View of engineer in locomotive. Maintenance men keep a check on the railroads. Track walker makes an inspection round of tracks. Workers at the train dispatcher office keep a record of the trains movements in all directions. Women workers operate teletype machines. Women telephone switchboard operators are seen at work in a large room. Woman managers observe the operators. View returns to the locomotive engine driver as he disembarks train at end of journey. He arrives at a railroad employee dormitory building to take a rest. View of him opening the building doors, view of washrooms inside, railroad men playing cards, and view of bedroom in the railroad dormitory building.
M115, 8-inch howitzer moves in field. A soldier signals M115 towards a site. The truck stops and soldiers install M115. Soldiers spread the steel trailers and secure them. A soldier looks in telescope. A shell is taken out from a box and is installed. Numerical lifters on both sides are operated to elevate the barrel. M115 is fired. It is readjusted. The recoil indicator shows the recoil. Soldiers close ears as M115 is fired. Explosion results in smoke and dust.
An M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier bogged down in a large ditch. U.S. Army Soldiers hook cables to the fallen M-113. 'US Army' is stenciled on the M-113. Another M-113 moves on ground above the ditch, pulls out the fallen M-113. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines during the 'Operation Buffalo' in Con Thien, Vietnam. M48A1 tank of 'A' company parked on the grass field. Tank moves on the field. Marines carrying several M-72 66 mm LAAW (Light Anti-Armor Weapon) move forward. Marines with PRC-25 radios on their backs move forward and fire M-16 rifles. They move following the tank. Some marines in the foreground look towards the tank parked on the field. Marines kneel in bomb crater on the field. They fire M-16 rifles. A marine looks into the entrance of a NVA (North Vietnamese army) bunker. Other marine holding M-16 rifle kneels atop a bunker. A marine seated in a small trench. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. flag is raised in Newark, Delaware. M-48 Patton tank climbs an embankment and a three foot concrete wall. M-48 maneuvers through a set of staggered pylons. M-48 drives through a water hazard. M-48 negotiates slope of a ditch. M-48 bowls over a row of four telephone poles.
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