US Armor: Hell on Wheels

Historical record of the combat activities of the 2d Armored Division during World War II.

Shows how the division keeps ready to provide armored support for the ground forces of nato in West Germany, and how the men foster excellent German-American relations.

The 201 Armored Division heads across America by train. The train carries tanks, trucks, motor cycles and jeeps. Men eat, sleep, exercise, and amuse themselves on the long trip as they slowly head for the ocean, troop ship and ultimately, the front.

Transportation in wartime.

"Aggressively powerful, fast and mobile under all conditions, the Armor Team of the United States Army is a forceful deterrent to any would-be aggressor of the future." This documentary follows the development of armor from early war chariot of four thousand years ago to modern tank in today's Army.

Signal Corps films present an authentic report of the first tactical employment of the iron combatants. Now accepted as an essential part of the fighting team on the ground, tanks were once considered impractical and ineffective. Authentic combat footage shows the successful employment of armored vehicles in World War II and in Korea.