A World War II training film depicts the use of barrage balloon to damage enemy airplanes flying at low altitude during a war in the United States. Animation shows the influence of weather on the barrage balloon. A balloon floats in air due to high wind. The cable breaks. The balloon flies and drags cable on the ground. Sparkling on electric wires as cable hits the wires. The cable accidentally breaks. The dive in the balloon explodes cuts the cable. The parachute opens. The balloon deflates floats downwards. Animation shows links attached in the wire cable and their function.
A training film depicts proper installation of barrage balloon in the United States. Two barrage balloons in sky. A lower link of a parachute attached on a cable. The upper link of the parachute attracted to the junction assembly. A building in the background. Troops carry a box. A soldier demonstrates the installation of barrage balloon. The soldier disconnects cable terminal assembly from a bell crank by removing the pin. He unscrews the channel pin. The soldier holds the link in his hand. He attaches the male end to the cable terminal assembly. Screws the cable pin in to correct position. He locks the terminal pin. He attaches the female end to the bell crank and tighten all the screws. (World War II period).
A railroad industrial plant in the United States. The railroad car wheels. The workers inside an industrial plant. A railroad car goes back and comes forward.
Railroad station in the United States. A view from a moving railroad train of railroad tracks and bridge as a train crosses over the railroad bridge. The train passing a freight train going in the other direction. A small railroad station at Good Hope. The train passes a road and trucks. Intersection of railroad tracks. Train passes various stations. A small depot. The train passes Jeffersonville Station (possibly Jeffersonville Indiana ?), South Salem Station, South Charleston Station.
A train crossing a bridge and a station in the United States. A horse drawn wagon waiting at a station. Railroad equipment along tracks and at station. A train passes from the station. The train passes a passenger train. The train passes from buildings. Smoke comes out from the engine. The steam locomotives. The Trainmen on tracks and speak to a conductor. Crossing a railroad bridge.
WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers help in stopping fire in a forest in the United States during the Great Depression. Wildfire raging in a forest. Smoke and flames seen among trees. The WPA workers get in trucks. They drive towards the area where fire took place. They get emerge from trucks and fight the fire with limited equipment and limited protective clothing. Men cut the trees. The trees burning. The men place sand with shovels. They spray water with a hose. Black smoke in sky. Men dig holes in the region.
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