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The Bell TP-39 Airacobra, a P-39 fighter converted into a trainer aircraft Two-man classroom -
The inside part of a dirigible In the Belly of a Dirigible -
A method of treating severe burns invented by a French doctor Healing Burns without Pain and Disfiguring Scars -
How technology can heal severe injuries Title: Machine that Rebuild Men -
A new method for mailing letters on ships tested by the U. S. Navy Mail Your Letters in the Ocean -
The opportunities for the growth of American economy after the end of World War I What Is Ahead of Us? -
The horizontal rudders of submarines Flapping Her Under-Water Wings -
A model of the German dreadnought König which is the size of a fingernail It Can Sail on a Raindrop -
The radio-telephone used on airplanes The Ears of the Airplane -
A portable radio-telephone station This "Central" Lives in a Truck -
A room, which reproduce different ambients and climates, for testing men and equipment Caption: Weather phenomena ranging from Eastern sandstorms to Arctic sleet are manufactured by AAF Materiel Command at Wright Field, Dayton Ohio. -
Lightweight motor scooters and bicycles, dropped along with parachute troops. Caption: Lightweight motor scooters and bicycles, dropped along with Allied parachutes troops, enable the men to go places and do things in a hurry -
Powder-puff and gift boxes transformed into first aid kits and ration kits Caption: Powder-puff and gift boxes have been transformed into first aid kits and ration kits, to meet the needs of U.S. paratroopers -
Radio sound-effects men reproduce din of battle Title: War in your loudspeaker -
Stereoscopic trainers to improve antiaircraft men's capabilities Caption: Antiaircraft men now learn height and range finding with improved "stereoscopic trainers" -
Pills to cure seasickness Caption: Seasickness is now cured in three out of four cases with pills developed by the Royal Canadian Navy and the Montreal neurological Institute -
Special food packages for american war prisoners Caption: American war prisoners who are recovering from wounds or illness in enemy camps now receive special food packages every week through the American Red Cross -
Mannequins of plastic serve as models for designing planes and airmen's costumes Caption: Mannequins of plastic -
How American marksmen are trained How We Make Marksmen -
A rat at a German cannon's mouth A Rat at a Cannon's Mouth -
A coat designed to be a safety garment for injured soldiers or civilians It's an Emergency Coat -
A PT-boat carrier that transport little torpedo boats. Caption: PT-boat carriers -
Spherical bombs dropped by parachutes and propelled by internal gasoline engines Caption: Bombs that run wild -
Hollow bullets to reduce the vacuum that retards other projectiles Caption: Hollow bullets -
Anti-tank device which sprays inflammable liquid and ignite it when a tank passes over it Tank toaster