U.S. Airmen (figefighters) of the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron are seen performing maintenance on fire truck and equipment in their firehouse at the Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, during the Vietnam War. Glimpse of airmen relaxing in a ready room. Others are sunbathing on cots outdoors. Parked aircraft and fuel trucks are seen on an airfield apron. One taxis forward, slightly. Suddenly, an airman in a flight suit is seen running as fast as possible to the firehouse. He runs into a shower locker room where some airmen are seated, grabs a roll of toilet paper, and runs outside, dropping the roll, once, in his haste. Next, several airmen run from the shower locker room Camera focuses on a coiled cobra snake sitting in the sun, at the shower facility. It jumps towards the building. An airman with a hooked pole, pulls the snake from an awning, onto the ground, where others surround it and use shovels, clubs, and other implements to kill it. the airman with the hook poses, holding the dead snake aloft. It appears to be about 8 feet long. Glimpse of sunbather lying unperturbed on his cot.
'Colored smoke grenades: their use in combat' shows the types, uses and importance of colored smoke grenades during combat in WW2. Colored smoke grenades burst. An orange smoke grenade burns. Grenades piled up in a crate. A soldier picks up a grenade from the crate and removes the outer can. He throws it on the ground and orange smoke rises from it. An aerial views of an area along a coast. Units advance in a field. An aircraft in flight. Different units burst different colored smoke grenades to pass on the information about their position to their Commander. The aircraft drops a colored grenade to get some information from the unit on advance. The unit sets off a purple grenade as an answer. (World War II period).
Map shows location of Labuan Island , Borneo. Views from a U.S. 13th Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber as it conducts a low-level bombing and strafing attack against oil refinery and storage tanks at Labuan Island, on December 8, 1944. View from the B-24 as it flies low over the target, and its waist gunners fire 50 caliber machine guns, using indendiary rounds, at storage tank farm. Scenes from a second B-24 in a similar raid on December 10, 1944. Views of the storage tanks ablaze and billowing smoke. (World War II period).
During U.S. military joint services training, "aggressor" troops undergo Airborne-Amphibious training exercise and Defense preparation at Vieques Island in Puerto Rico. Aggressor troops in process of building an apron barbed wire fence. Spinning wheel in the hands of a soldier. Aggressors use an electric power saw to fell tree. Huge tree falls on ground.
Film 'Camouflage' demonstrates various camouflages used by U.S. soldiers during World War 1 to deceive the enemy. An American Army soldier points at various peep holes on a camouflaged scrap heap. The soldier lifts an opening on the scrap heap and brings out a rifle. Soldiers with dummy heads behind a wall and above trenches. A man gives finishing touch to dummy mannequin heads made of paper pulp.
Demonstration of various camouflage materials and techniques used by U.S. Army soldiers during World War 1. French women prepare Raffa grass for camouflage. They cut burlap into camouflaged screens. Women weave screens. These screen are made of chicken wire and burlap. Group of men mix camouflage paints. French men and women paint strips of burlap. Product placed on drying shed.
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