Army Experimental Station at Pine Camp, located in Great Bend, New York, United States. Signal Servicemen check recording instruments and play sound deception records on phonograph player at Army Experimental Station. Signal Corps Sonic Company soldiers (sometimes referred to as the Ghost Army) stand in review in front of tanks and trucks. U.S. Army officers reviews them. Animated diagram shows Company headquarters and Administrative Platoon. U.S. Army servicemen skilled in sonic deception and decoy sound in World War 2 are seen recording the sound of tanks and other armored vehicles. Officials check graphs at the headquarters. Board reads AES School. Instructor takes a class in a classroom at AES School. Servicemen undergo training at the test Station. A group of students operates the sound amplifier. German headquarters shown on an animated map. Animation shows various tanks sending out sounds to the German enemy as decoy to disguise and mislead the enemy regarding actual troop movements.
Chinese civilians evacuate the War Zone in Hankow, China (part of present-day Wuhan, China) during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Young Chinese girls march on street with banner in their hands. Wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, Soong Mei-Ling (also known as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) trains girls for war work and plays a ball game with them. She and an American man pass by an ambulance on the road with lettering "To the Heroic Defenders of China. Donated by American Friends of the Chinese People." Chinese civilians in market area. Chinese tanks on street. Soldiers ready to fire from a high overlook area.
A German Admiral meets Hitler Youth aboard a ship in Germany. Admiral Karl Doenitz meets Hitler Youth undergoing a training aboard a ship. He speaks with the young sailors. Crew members lift barrels on the ship deck. Hitler Youth participate in a boat race. Young girls watch the race from river front. Onlookers watch the boat race.
Parachutists undergo physical training at Fort Benning, Georgia during World War II. United States troops exercise on parallel bars and narrow catwalks. They learn acrobat technique to fall on ground without hurting themselves. Paratroopers mass jump from a fleet of aircraft in flight. The trainees land on ground with their parachutes.
U.S. Tank Destroyer Corps undergo training at camp Hood, Texas. An officer instructs the corps seated on ground with rifles in hands. The troops practice hand to hand combat and house to house fighting. The troops fire at enemy taking cover behind houses. They shoot at target. (World War II period).
U.S. Tank Destroyer Corps undergo a training at camp Hood, Texas. An officer instructs corps seated on ground with rifles in hands. The troops lie down on an open field amongst heavy firing. They advance in crawling position. They get into trenches. The troops cross a small water stream and climb a steep hill with ropes. They jump walls and cross various obstacles in the way. (World War II period).
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