U.S. Army soldiers prepare to burn ammunition in the United States. Two soldiers stand near a hole in the ground. Some soldiers near a pile of wooden cartons. The hole in the ground is filled with lots of dry grass and broken wooden cartons. A soldier pouring kerosene in the hole. The soldiers covering the hole with sheets. Three soldiers near a pile of wooden cartons. One soldier opens a carton of cartridges. The covered hole burns with fumes. A group of soldiers digging the hole. Three soldiers filling a carton with cartridges. They place the carton inside the hole which is filled with broken pieces of wooden cartons. The soldiers cover the hole with sheets.
U.S. Army soldiers prepare to destroy 240 mm projectiles in the United States. Piles of wooden cartons lying on the ground. Piles of 240 mm projectile. A soldier opens the top of the 240 mm projectile. He takes out the battery. The soldier picks the projectile and places it on the ground along with other projectiles. Another soldier covers the projectiles lying on ground with dry grass and dry wood. A soldier burns them. A soldier standing on a check post. Two soldiers discussing a map. Some soldiers clearing the ground. A bulldozer in the background. Three soldiers stand near a pile of wooden cartons. A printing machine. A group of soldiers at a meeting. A soldier hold an ordinance safety manual. Ammunition burning on an open ground. A box of ammunition burning with huge flames.
U.S. Army Air Corps recruits l receive gas mask familiarization at a basic training base in Saint Petersburg, Florida duringf World War 2. Trainees are seen donning gas masks in preparation. Closeup of some trainees in their masks. The group enters through a doorway labeled "Danger Gas Chamber." Next, they are see exiting the doorway, carrying their masks and exhibiting some effects from tear gas, which they have been deliberately subject to as part of their familiarization training. Closeup of several men with tearing eyes from the brief exposure. Change of scene shows a smoke screen flowing over the ground. A jeep carrying several officers emerges from the smoke. Next, a cadre of trainees emerges on foot.
U.S. Chemical Warfare Service. Troops, in training for chemical warfare, wear gas masks and enter a gas chamber in the United States.One soldier lacks confidence and must be encouraged to enter the chamber. Soldiers come out of the chamberand remove their gas masks. The reluctant trainee is now enthusiastic about the experience.
Chemical Warfare Service training of U.S. Army trains in the United States during World War I. American Army soldiers wearing gas masks attempt to identify chemical agents as they are discharged on a field. The Division is deployed in trucks and on foot. Soldiers move forward in a line around a hil and along a muddy road. Soldiers lying in foxholes as cloud of gas approaches. One soldier swings a gas alarm ringer round and round to alert everyone. Other soldiers immediately don their gas masks. Later wind conditions allow them to rest. But the enemy fires gas shells into their midst anyway. So they must don gas masks again. A patrol goes out and encounters mustard gas. They check wind to avoid contact with it and move upwind.
The Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 and B-17 bombers on bombing mission from Adak Island to Kiska, Aleutian Islands. The B-24 aircraft in formation over the Pacific Ocean. Navigator at his position with compasses and chart. Gunners test turrets and guns. Scene shifts to the B-17s flying at low level over water. Small iceberg seen off wing of B-17. One B-17 displays number 19162 on its tail. Kiska volcano seen. Scene shifts again, to B-24 Liberator bombers maneuvering over Kiska, then shifts again, to B-17s on a low altitude bomb run. Bombardier over bomb sight dropping bombs. Views of bombs falling from the higher flying formation of B-24s. Low altitude bomb run by B-17s. Gunners firing at ground targets.Bombs falling. Some black Flak bursts are seen. Flights of B24s and B-17s returning from Kiska, as fires burn at the targets.
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