U.S. Army soldiers in battle against German forces outside Wegscheid, Bavaria, Germany, during World War 2. Smoke from explosions in the foreground. Buildings and houses of Wegscheid in the distance. Church steeple visible in town of Wegscheid. American soldiers viewing battle through binoculars. Soldiers lying in prone position and firing rifles. Soldiers running in the forest. A medic treats a wounded American soldier.
A film depicts demolition procedures practiced by U.S. Army soldiers in World War 2. Soldiers placing the demolition charges on practice targets in the United States. The charges are connected and fixed on the targets. The targets explode. A tank moving on the field. The varying amounts of charges required for the demolition of different obstacles is demonstrated. Several demolition bags kept against various obstacles. A steel anti vehicular Belgian Gate obstacle. Soldiers arrive near the obstacle and fix the demolition charges. The obstacle explodes. A vehicle passes on the way. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Hinsbeck, Germany during World War 2. Street scene in the town, as civilian residents return after temporary evacuation. Some push carts with belongings. A woman carries a mattress, followed some steps behind by a man with a bed spring. A woman carries a sleeping child. A young boy pushes a wooden wheelbarrow filled with large lumps of soft coal. Camera focuses on him as he turns in from sidewalk toward his house. A U.S. soldier sits in a jeep at an alleyway as a young woman pulls and a boy pushes a heavily laden small wagon, past him in the street.
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Wachtendonck (Wachtendonk), Germany during World War II. View from high point overlooking country road in Germany. A line of U.S. Army 2.5 ton canvas-covered trucks parked along the roadside. After some blurring, scene shifts to a halted convoy of U.S. Army vehicles and troops along left side of road, being passed by troops riding in M3 half-tracks and Jeeps headed in the opposite direction. View from stopped convoy shows a Brockway B-666 Bridge Erecting truck passing. Next, a large group of women, children, and elderly civilians are seen leaving town of Wachtendonk, on foot, with few possessions. They walk past a parked Brockway B-666 truck. A mother and a father, carrying small child, walk on village street.
U.S. Navy sailors aboard a submarine at a dock in the Pacific Theater late in World War 2. Sailors and officers work aboard the submarine. Souvenirs taken from Japanese junks placed on a desk. They are being checked before shipping home. Sailors take Japanese souvenirs to the censor office to get them censored. Sailors and officers discuss.
U.S. Navy submarine periscope view of Pacific Ocean water surface during World War 2. Coastline as seen point of view through periscope. Cargo ship as seen through the periscope. Mountains in the foreground.
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