A film about training of 725th Railroad Operating Battalion personnel at Camp Claiborne in Louisiana. A train on the roll. Officers at a desk as they plan for a mock attack on a railroad train to impart practical training to 725th Railroad Operating Battalion personnel. Security guards aboard the train as they fire at attacking airplanes. Air attack causes damage to railroad track. Personnel inspect the damaged track. Caboose being informed about the damage. Security guards move to vantage points to provide a protection cover during repairing work. A signal man goes up a pole to make connection to an open telephone line. He makes a call to a dispatcher and the First Sergeant. The First Sergeant blows a whistle and repair parties load onto trucks. Others load onto railroad motor cars. A sign reads '725th Ry. Opn. Bn.'. The repair parties in trucks arrive at the site of the attack and equipment being unloaded. Broken tyres being removed. Another repair crew arrives. Rails being put in place and angle bar being used to tighten the bolts. A train rolls on the tracks. Guards on duty aboard the train. (World War II period).
A World War II film titled 'The use of war dogs' about the training of dogs by the Remount Section of the Quartermaster Corps. Dogs pull sleds across a snow covered field in the U.S. A dog near a tent. Dogs of various breeds receive training by the personnel of the Remount Section of the Quarter Master Corps. The dogs bark. The dogs march with soldiers. They crawl on a snow covered field. The dogs being used as messengers and to find casualties.
A World War II film about the use of dogs for patrol during a war. A demonstration shows a scout dog at patrol outpost in the U.S. The dog notices a movement among the bushes. The dog leads his master to the area and they take cover. The soldier fires at the enemy. A reconnaissance patrol being briefed by an officer. Dogs and a soldier patrol an area. A dog sights an enemy. A messenger dog being sent away to an outpost with a message to supply ammunition. The messenger dog delivers the message. Ammunition being loaded onto his back. The dog carries the ammunition to patrol amidst heavy firing.
German ballistic missile A-4 being being misfired during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile on the launch pad near a launch tower. Puff of smoke rises from the tail section of the missile. Missile loses power at launch and crashes on the launch pad. Explosion occurs on the launch pad and smoke rises. Wrecked remains of the A-4 missile. Damaged tail and nose section of the missile. Technicians try to extinguish fire. (World War II period).
German ballistic missile A-4 being being misfired during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile on the launch pad near a launch tower. Puff of smoke rises from the tail section of the missile. Missile loses power at launch and crashes on the launch pad. Explosion occurs on the launch pad and smoke rises. Launch pad on fire. Wrecked remains of the A-4 missile. (World War II period).
German ballistic missile A-4 being being misfired during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile on the launch pad near a launch tower. Missile loses power at launch pad. Explosion occurs on the launch pad and smoke rises. Launch pad on fire. A-4 missile crew members try to extinguish fire. (World War II period).
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