A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Rifles being manufactured at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Men work on machines at the armory. A man operates a barrel straightener machine. Parts of rifles being assembled. A man inspects the receiver of a rifle. A rifle being test fired at the armory. German aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over cities in Europe during World War II. Civilians run for cover during an air raid by the Germans. United States Congress ion session. The Japanese attack the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December, 1941. Explosions occur during the Japanese air attack.
A training film about techniques and means of individual camouflage to be used by soldiers in the United States. A sketch of a soldier's face points at highlighted areas like cheekbones, nose and chin. A reconstruction shows a soldier applying paint on his face for camouflage. Hands and arms being painted. A soldier applies coal and grease on his face. A soldier hiding behind a bush without facial camouflage. Another soldier with camouflage make up hiding behind a bush.
A training film about techniques and means of individual camouflage to be used by soldiers in the United States. A reconstruction shows a soldier amidst bushes as he lits up a cigarette at night. A soldier silhouetted against the skyline. A soldier looks through binoculars.
A film titled 'Enemy weapons : German infantry small arms' demonstrates weapons used by the German Army during World War II. A soldier with a German Karabiner 98K rifle in the United States. Different parts of the rifle including a blade foresight. A soldier sets the safety device and turns the safety lock. The weapon being disassembled. The firing pin being removed. The main spring being separated from the firing pin. The soldier loads the rifle and fires it.
Allied raid on Dieppe, France during World War II. A Royal Navy warship bombards the coast of Dieppe at night. A ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Allied airmen get into an aircraft and take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in flight over the English Channel. American, British and Canadian troops in landing crafts underway in the English Channel towards the coast of Dieppe. German aircraft in flight. A destroyer ship lays a smoke screen. Naval guns fire at the coast. German aircraft drop bombs and explosions occur at sea. British and U.S. aircraft in flight. Explosions occur at sea. A British aircraft falls in sea. A pilot of the Royal Air Force in water. He comes aboard. Landing crafts at sea. LCTs (Landing Crafts Tanks) go ashore. Aerial view of Dieppe as aircraft bombard the city. British and American soldiers aboard a ship. Wounded soldiers disembark from a ship at a port in England. Allied aircraft return to an air base. A wounded soldier shows a thumbs up sign.
U.S. Navy WAVES being inspected in the United States during World War II. WAVES lined up as their Director Lieutenant Commander Mildred McAfee and an officer inspect them. An insignia on the collar of a WAVE. The WAVES lined up.
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