US Army weapons tested

Identifier
irn1000818
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0961
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Staff Film Report, no. 65; Combat Bulletin, no. 65 Reel 2: Shows details in transporting, emplacing, manipulating, and firing the "Little David," the Army's 914mm mortar. 09:04:50 "Activities on Okinawa" US soldier is reunited with parts of his native family on Okinawa. On Okinawa, coral is dug, crushed by machines, hauled in trucks, and used to repair Kadena airstrip. Motors from wrecked trucks are steam cleaned and repaired. An M-4 tank is rigged with antipersonnel mines; General Hodges watches tests of the apparatus. Shows scenes during and after an ammunition dump fire; General F.C. Wallace watches the fire.

Subjects

  • FIRES
  • ARTILLERY
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • TRUCKS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • TANKS
  • AIRPORTS
  • JAPAN
  • GUNS
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • MILITARY OFFICERS

Places

  • , Japan

Genre

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