A training film based on biological warfare sampling and chemical warfare detection in the United States. A sign reads 'Disaster Control Headquarters'. U.S. Army NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) disaster control surveyors in protective clothing get into jeeps. The jeeps pull away. A surveyor takes a look at a chemical detection paper placed on a pole, on which normal olive green coating turns red. The surveyor takes the detection paper to his jeep and takes another look. The NBC survey team monitor looks for clues on the side of a road. The monitor tests for chemical agents and inserts a chemically treated ticket in an aspirator bob. He checks if the color of the ticket changes when it comes in contact with a gas. He proceeds further and does other tests. Animation depicts a check on a detector ticket and blue-band and green-band tube tests for nerve agents. The survey team monitor uses a crayon and performs a test along a road. He reports to the disaster control center. The contaminated sector is roped and marked with signs reading 'gas'.
U.S. Naval Supply Depot in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Quonset huts at the supply depot. U.S. sailors get off a bus and enter Procurement and Issue building. Interiors of the bus show the sailors seated.
A sailor at U.S. Naval Supply Depot in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The U.S. sailor works on very small parts at a table in Procurement and Issue building.
World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joe Louis(Barrow), escorted by Military Police, arrives for an exhibition bout and enters a ring at an Army base,in the United States during World War II. His opponent wearing a robe with "California Jackie" written on it, enters the ring, U.S. soldiers and WACs (Women's Army Corps) cheer for Louis as he arrives. Joe Louis holds a microphone and speaks to the crowd. The bout in progress. Louis' exhibition partner wears a protective helmet, as he boxes with the champion.
A military film report on the advance of Merrill's Marauders towards Myitkyina, Burma during World War II. Members of U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders and native rangers on a hilly terrain during their advance towards Myitkyina. U.S. Army General Frank Merrill stands with other members of Merrill's Marauders and watches a dance of the native people. Merrill's Marauders dance with native rangers.
A U.S. Army Jupiter C missile is launched from Cape Canavaral. View of nose cone being retrieved from sea, after having parachuted during missile testing. Sailors pull the cone into deck of their ship. Writing on wall of U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, identifying it as home of the Airborne. Sign of the United states Army Parachute Team, outside their office at Fort Bragg. A Team member rises on a tethered parachute during experimental testing. Paratroop members of the Army Parachute Team gathered on the tarmac next to a C-123 aircraft, for a briefing. Their Commander, Captain Perry, conducts the briefing. Team members packing their personal chutes. A Team member donning his backpack chute, and attaching a reserve chute in front. Two smoke grenades are attached to his left foot. The skydiver's altimeter and stop watch. A weather balloon being released and tracked by radar.
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