Charges placed on a tank detonated for testing purpose at Camp Meade in Maryland, USA. Soldiers examine the extent of damage done to the tank.
Charges placed on British tank and American Mark VIII tanks detonated at Camp Meade in Maryland for testing purpose. Soldiers then examine the extent of damage done to the tanks.
Soldiers and several spectators stand awaiting start of army tank demonstrations at Camp Meade, Maryland.Tank crews stand by their Mark VIII tanks. Photographers set up cameras and photograph two women standing with an officer. A young boy stands with one of the photographers. The tanks begin driving over obstacles. One makes several repeated attempts to surmount its obstacle. Another is seen breaking through and riding down over its obstacle.
Soldiers gather at edge of clearing to observe demonstration of a Mark VIII tank operating at Camp Meade, Maryland. The tank drives slowly past them, right through the side of a wooden building. It backs out and drives in again, causing the entire structure to collapse on top of it. After pausing, the tank continues to move though the debris. Soldiers walk around a flattened structure. Suddenly, a tank buried underneath, emerges from the wreckage.
View of a wooded area. A tank division advances on a field during night time at Camp Meade in Maryland. Only headlights of the tanks are visible. Dust and dirt rises as the tanks advance.
Tests to compare effects of conventional bombs to those of incendiaries,on wooden structures. Test conducted at Eglin Field, Florida, during World War 2. Actor Lee J. Cobb, portrays an Air Force Captain, seated at Project Officer's desk. He shows photographs of a wooden test house constructed similar to houses in Japan. View of wooden structure being ignited from within. The resultant fire is put out promptly. B-17 airplane in flight over the test area, drops conventional bombs, which destroy some of the test village houses. A second bombing using incendiary bombs that break apart and ignite many fires, produces greater destruction across the test village.
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