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A demonstration about creating gaps in various walls and obstacles with the help of bar charges in the United States.

A demonstration shows bar charges being placed and exploded against a wall in the United States. Soldiers place bar charges on a Japanese stump wall. 24 packs of bar charges are placed on the wall for detonation. An explosion takes place and smoke rises. The explosion results in a 12 feet wide gap in the wall and tanks pass through the gap. The bar charges are placed on a five feet high Japanese log wall. An explosion occurs and a 15 feet and 3 inches wide gap is created. A U.S. Army tank passes through the gap. 24 packs of bar charges are placed on a Japanese wall and an explosion occurs. Smoke rises due to the explosion. A U.S. Army tank passes through the 16 feet wide gap created in the wall. The soldiers near the bar charges. They place the charges under water for a detonation. A steel obstacle. The bar charges are placed at the joint of a member of a steel fence for a detonation. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058854
United States troops being trained in amphibious landings at Camp Gordon Johnston in Florida.

A film titled ' Invasion in the making' about an amphibious training of United States troops. United States troops loaded in barges as they approach a coast. The soldiers get off the barges. U.S. troops being trained in amphibious warfare at the Amphibious Training Command at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida . An officer briefs the soldiers. The soldiers seated at the beach. They climb down landing nets during the training. The soldiers in mock landing crafts as the practice to land and to fan out on the beach. A soldier with a machine gun. Trainees use a human ladder to cross over barbed wire fences. The trainees climb over a rifle ladder to cross the barbed wire fences. (World War II period).

Location: Florida United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058872
Allied convoy of ships underway during operation Torch. Amphibious landing in Algiers, North Africa, during World War 2

Operation Torch, Allied invasion of North Africa, during World War II. Convoys of Allied transport ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Navy destroyer of Benson class. Rigging of a transport in the foreground. The transport ship with rigging and a winch in the foreground. A convoy underway at sea. Higgins boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA26-23 from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) which was the Flagship for the operation, pulled up on a beach. U.S. troops disembark and run up the beach.

Location: Algeria
Date: 1942, November 8
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058902
Scenes of Rome, Italy, and American Army officers, during their stopover there, during World War II

Scenes of Rome and American Army officers on leave there during World War 2. Views including St Angelo Bridge and castle (Castel Sant'Angelo) at the Tiber River. People riding bicycles over the bridge. Statue of an angel, by sculptor Pieter Verschaffelt. St Peters Basilica and Square. Sign proclaiming neutral territory of the Vatican (in Italian and English). The sign reads ' Neutral state of Vatican. Admission of military vehicles not allowed.' A sign reads '322 service group'. U.S. Army officers, in uniform, pose as they smoke cigarettes, wearing overseas caps and smiling. An officer pretends to count money, posing in front of a sign in the background reading ' Finance office 322nd service group.' Unidentified U.S. Army officers smoking cigarettes and posing for photographs in front of flowering shrubs in Rome.

Location: Rome Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058908
Americans strategy to attack and weaken Japanese position in South West Pacific during World War II.

An orientation film about the American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. A map of the South West Pacific area depicts islands of New Britain and New Ireland as the chief objectives of the Americans. By taking over these islands the Japanese would be isolated in the area. But a strong defense zone around these islands proves to be the main deterrent. U.S. officers including U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur discuss the strategy to attack and isolate the Japanese in the South West Pacific region. Animated map of the region depicts American plan to capture the Admiralty Island by attacking the island of Manus and Los Negros to be followed by an attack in Madang in New Guinea. This would result in isolation of New Britain and New Ireland and weaken apanese position in the region.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059145
Brigadier General Wilson and Lieutenant General Devers meet in North African Theater during World War II.

Meeting of Generals in North African Theater of World War II. U.S. Army Brigadier General James Wilson Holsinger and U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jacob Devers meet at the Allied Forces headquarters. Brigadier General Wilson at a desk. The two officers look at a map of the Mediterranean Theater as they confer.

Location: North African Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059162
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