Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films to instruct troops during World War 2. Animated film depicts aircraft identification methods in World War 2 to distinguish between aircraft of friend and foe in flight. U.S. aircraft on flight line. Propeller of aircraft. Engine of aircraft. Instructor teaches men about electricity functions which demonstrates operations of a spark plug, radio vacuum tubes, telegraph fuse, and recoil mechanisms. Shows how signal communications are maintained by use of wire on field. U.S. troops drive army jeeps, tanks, and trucks. Soldier repairs a tank. Correct posture of a cavalry soldier while riding a horse. Barrage balloon in sky above a U.S. ship in harbor. Soldiers work on a balloon fiber and on folding a balloon. Demonstration to build a bridge and how to destroy it with demolition blast. Soldiers fire various artillery guns. Demonstration about rifle squadron maneuvers in combat. Animation depicts how Quatermaster Corps get supplies to field of action.
A Rear Admiral steps from a doorway, resplendent in special full dress uniform, complete with cocked hat and special embroidered rank insignia on his sleeve. The uniform appears to be European (not American). The scene is repeated in a second take. A French aviator, in leather jacket, walks in front of an early French bi-wing headless pusher airplane parked in an open hangar. (Unlike a Curtiss headless pusher aircraft, this one does not have tricycle landing gear.) He bends to greet a little girl who walks to meet him with a woman, the girl's mother. The three pose for the camera. Next scene shows U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Richard H. Jackson (Commander Battleship Divisions Battle Fleet, 1925-1926). He steps from a building followed by Naval officers. Jackson converses with a young Navy Captain, as others relax behind them. . Closeup of Admiral Jackson and the Captain. The group moves away. Next, a fairly young U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (unidentified) is seen in front of a long, wide, set of granite steps, shaking hands with a Navy Petty officer. They engage in conversation and then the Petty Officer leaves, followed by the Admiral. Next, is seen the entrance to a building numbered 22, that has U.S. Navy signs in its windows. A U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (unidentified) exits the building, accompanied by a Commander and a Lieutenant Commander. The weather is cold enough to show visible moisture from their breath. The three share entertaining conversation, including smiles and laughs.
A training film based on biological warfare sampling and chemical warfare detection in the United States. U.S. Army NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) disaster control training given to a survey team. The team monitor puts on protective clothing including hood, boots and a gas mask. He carries a radio for communication. Working equipment of the survey team monitor shows a biological sampling kit and chemical detection kit. Contents of the chemical detection kit include test tubes, bags to contain samples, swabs, aspirator bob, sterilized water, nutrient solution and a notebook. Contents of the biological kit includes instruction cards, detection tubes, universal detector papers, plastic container packets, inspection report card and cards to report findings in the field. U.S. Army officers at a wall chart and a desk during an NBC survey. The survey includes the sighting of a low level airplane releasing a chemical gas, a low order explosion on a field and a gas released alongside a road. U.S. soldiers in a jeep come to a stop and talk into a radio. Information reaches an officer at the control center. It is further dispatched to the survey team.
The recovery of a capsule from an orbit in the United States. Successful launch of Discoverer XIII, the satellite is recovered from the Pacific. Men watch the satellite. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower with other dignitaries. United States Air Force Chief Thomas White addresses the dignitaries. He presents the U.S. flag to the President.
America declares war on Japan during World War 2. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses Congress at the U.S. Capitol. He gives a speech recounting the attack on Pearl Harbor and speaks of American success to come in the war against Japan. The President signs the declaration of war against Japan after the attack of Pearl Harbor. A large group of civilians enlist into the armed forces. Civilian young men taking an oath of service. View of new military recruits marching on a dock beside New York Harbor with view of New York City Manhattan skyline behind them. Newly commissioned U.S. officers at commissioning ceremony. Group of citizens gathered at a memorial service in Hawaii laying wreaths and mourning the loss of American lives from the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz presents medals to men of the armed forces who had defended Pearl Harbor. A large fleet en route to Honolulu with supplies. General Douglas MacArthur at his desk working on orders and talking on telephone. Filipino Forces march in Manila. Massive heavy artillery long gun being fired on Corregidor at Japanese forces.
After America declares war on Japan during World War 2, a propaganda piece urging U.S. citizens to be involved in the war effort, praying, working, and fighting for Freedom. Interior of an ammunition factory in the United States. Massive rail gun or naval gun barrel during assembly process. An assembly line with tanks. U.S. Army M2 tanks on proving ground being tested. Destroyer ships and Victory ships being launched. An aircraft factory showing fuselages of bomber aircraft lined up. Engines lined up ready for an assembly line. West Point Army cadets march. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur salutes troops. Narrator statement at end is "So wake up America. We must win or die." A large American flag shown waving.
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