Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. A U.S. military instructor reads from Field Manual 21-7 which contains list of several training films and their brief descriptions. Instructor makes notes at his desk. Instructor makes a phone call and screens a film, he selected. He makes notes while watching the film. Instructor speaks to a group of men seated in class who are to watch the training film. He outlines the significant points of the film. Men watch the film as general introduction of subject. It is explained why and the how the film is reviewed. Men at work carry out actual procedures they were shown in the film. It is explained when not to show the training film to troops. Troops march through heavy mud. Tired soldiers yawn. A soldier takes a nap while watching a film. An instructor in a training class. Trained troops march on a field. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy sailors work aboard a ship in the United States. Sailors work in the engine room of a ship. The sailors work on pumps, compressors and other machinery. Various wheels and instruments in the engine room.
U.S. Navy sailors work aboard a ship in the United States. Sailors work in the engine room of a ship. Two sailors in front of a large instrument with dials. They take readings. The engine room telegraph. The sailors rotate a wheel looking at the dials on a panel. Navy officers and sailors around an instrument. The navy officers and the sailors look at a large panel with instruments.
A film shows various activities of U.S. Navy sailors in the United States likely during a training event. A group of sailors peel potato vegetables. Giant pile of potatoes beside the sailors. The sailors take their seats in an outdoor mess and eat. The sailors write on papers.
World War I: Camouflaged transport ship; ferry boat; and a tugboat, in a river. Three U.S. Navy destroyers tied together, as another approaches. Six U.S. destroyers closely tied together.
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'.
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