Film Communique - 15th Issue R1 of 2, Yankee Noodle

Improvisation on the battlefield B-29 airplane factory & overhead track along planes. Tents in jungle, pinup picture w/ soldier laying on sand. Clever Rube Goldberg-devices & labor-saving ideas. US troops w/ motorized barrels as primitive clothes washing machines. 15:36:41 Mine-exploding device from grappling hook & line fired from gun. Men laying communication lines w/ line stringing device. Man attaching power wires from back of elephant. Oxygen tank w/ copper tubing used to make a still for battery water. Airplane tire changer made from odd-parts; tire dolly used to move tires to plane by less men. Wrench used to tight bolts in hard to reach places; mobile power supply mounted on jeep w/ air compressor & generator powered for work-lights, drill etc. 15:39:40 Plane emergency brake made of parachute. 15:40:24 Japanese Suicide Bombers, Kamikazee, implied from captured 1936 film of Japanese military school equivalent to West Point. Arrival, marching, classes. First day, officer welcomes recruits at attention on drill grounds. Wake-up call in dormitory, washing, scrubbing backs, exercises, jujitsu. Bowing. Outside academy building. Students in trigonometry class, chemistry. Map of Germany on blackboard w/ Roman writing, English & Russian class w/ western teachers. Kendo fighting. Signal practice, surveying, shouting class. Examining artillery, cavalry, military equipment. Japanese troops in field firing big gun. Moving map to practice bombing; planes in flight. Emperor Hirohito on white horse salutes graduates who parade on horse & foot. Japanese women in traditional dress bow. graduation ceremony. Drinking after ceremony. Ashes returned off boat. Dead soldiers. WWII Pacific; WW2 Inventions; Gadgets; Anti-Japanese Propaganda; Ingenuity;