WWII - Color, 1943, USA Homefront, Training: Camouflage Dummies And Decoys

WWII - Color, 1943, USA Homefront, Training: Camouflage Dummies And Decoys Soldier in helmet walking across desert pointing out realistic looking rocks, lifts one & shakes it off; CU of framework of branches wired together, chicken wire over it and cloth or wet paper & flour paste covering & painted. Troops making other rocks of various sizes. Cloth formed over wet brush, brush removed. Painted. 06:58:11 Rocks moved out to dry. Man out of foxhole covered w/ light camouflage covering. Large fox hole covered place; men into covered entrance; crawling along slit trench & into covered hole. 07:00:01 Pan of desert w/ vehicles parked around. Dug in position shown; man comes out. Various shots blending into terrain. Camouflaged nets in place. 07:01:05 Soldiers gather desert mud & soil to be ground & blended for desert-matching paint. 07:01:38 Man drawing patterns on jeep for painting; paint applied by hand & by brush; driven out of yard. Shiny surfaces painted & covered w/ more dust & paint. 07:03:30 Camouflaged tanks parked; disguised as a truck w/ iron frame. Removing covering quickly. 07:04:37 Jeep disguised as a tank w/ frame & false gun; driven. Mounting w/ single bracket shown. Cloth covering framework before mounting on jeep shown with ties to frame. Painted realistic dummy construction lifted by soldiers & jeep driven under & attached. Driver in and driven off across desert. 07:07:20 Plane overhead & view of three pseudo tanks across desert & on highway in long convoy. The End. Inventions; Disguises; WW2; Oddities; 1940s; Illusions; Note: Sold as one reel.