Dropping of a Mark 25 Aerial mine in Japan. 21st Bomber Command base at an island in the United States. The Mark 25 mine at the base. Hydro static devices, an extender and a clock delay mechanism. Mines loaded onto B-29 planes. They are dumped on trailers and a parachute is attached to after end. Explosive charge, the extender and the clock mechanism are put in a safety lock. A water soluble washer is attached. An officer specify an enemy area on a map. Group commanders are briefed. A B-29 plane takes off. The bombing door opens on the target. The mine is dropped. The parachute opens. The mine drops in water. (World War II period).
A film 'Camouflage in Combat' underlines the importance of tactical exploitation and counteraction of shadows and use of nets, underbrush and other camouflage during World War II. The film shows U.S. soldiers going into a theater in the United States and watching a movie 'Camouflage'. The movie shows a soldier in a forest. He is shot down. A soldier approaches him. He looks skywards. He applies mud on his face to camouflage himself. Soldiers paint each other's faces with GI paint. On 5th June 1944, fully camouflaged Airborne and pathfinder U.S. paratroopers preparing for D-Day invasion jump over Normandy, France. Soldiers with camouflaged helmets. A soldier camouflages his helmet with grass and twigs. A soldier on an island with his helmet camouflaged with grass and twigs found in the area which gives him a perfect blend. U.S. soldiers with camouflaged helmets in France. A camouflaged tank rolls. An officer inspects soldiers standing in a line. Their helmets are camouflaged. A U.S. soldier hiding in shadows in Casino, Italy fires his gun. His ring sparkles. A soldier in a prone position fires. A New Zealand soldier fires while in shadows.
A film underlines the importance of tactical exploitation and counteraction of shadows and use of nets, underbrush and other camouflage during World War II. The film shows camouflaged aerodromes which are covered with chicken wire and feathers in jungles of the Solomon Islands. A man opens a window of an Italian hot dog stand which was actually a German pillbox. A German pillbox camouflaged as a farmhouse. A U.S. Army soldier handles mats of a matted house. A soldier looks at windows painted on a pillbox. A German pillbox camouflaged as an entertainment outlet. A dummy building which hides a bridge. A German airfield disguised as a decoy village in Belgium. Buildings in the village. A jeep drives on a road in the village. Men move a sliding wall of a phony building. Helmets and shirts on branches to appear as dummy soldiers. A man near a dummy soldier. Vehicles roll past in France. An artillery piece hidden in thick vegetation. U.S. soldiers watching the film in a theater in the United States.
Attack on Japanese shipping by American submarine around Palau Island in Pacific. Japanese motor sampan underway is fired on by submarine deck gun of USS Barb (SS-220). Japanese sampan burning and smoking during the attack as it tries to get away. View of bow of submarine as seen from elevated position of conning tower. Next scene shows U.S. sailors on American submarine manning battle stations, and readying guns for an attack. Deck gun crew fires, showing muzzle blast and recoil. Crew also operates smaller gun located part way up conning tower area. (World War II period).
LST (Landing Ship, Tank) convoy heading for Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Tracer bullets fired at Japanese plane in sky. Japanese plane is hit and shot down. U.S. battleship underway. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy bombardment of beach at Kerama Retto, Okinawa, during World War 2 invasion of Okinawa. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyers and battle ships underway. Rocket barrage fired. Rocky shoreline of the island in the background. Details seen include: Time 00:25 is the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40 firing main and secondary batteries. Time 00:41 is a detailed closeup bow-on view of the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40. (Note: As seen, the USS New Mexico did retain its casemated 5-inch/51 caliber guns for the Okinawa invasion, contrary to some historic references.)
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