American soldiers prepare a "propaganda bomb" to be dropped on German occupied territory
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
An American serviceman salvages parts from wrecked planes to make shells for propaganda leaflets to drop over German-occupied territory. Three men load a "propaganda bomb" into the bay of a plane. The man shown collecting scrap brings the pieces to another man, who is constructing a shell. Interior of an office with a sign on the door that reads "ORDNANCE." A man seated at a desk speaks on the telephone, then studies a piece of paper that contains instructions for a "leaflet bomb" as well as a diagram of the bomb. The man, identified in the NARA story card as Lt. Kick, is shown arriving at a scrap yard, where he takes a large shell casing from a pile and puts it in his jeep.
Subjects
- PROPAGANDA
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- LEAFLETS
- NEWSPAPERS
Places
- , Unknown
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.