The Case of the Tremendous Trifle

Duration: 0:20:00

Genre: Documentary | Educational | Historical | Military | War

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: 16mm/video file

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 36986 / Local Identifier 111-WF-13 - The Case of the Tremendous Trifle - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). This film dramatizes U.S. methods of obtaining bombing target information; in this instance, information on a ball bearing works in Schweinfurt, Germany. Intelligence agents questioned a German refugee and, in London, a captured pilot was led to divulge information. Aerial photographs and spies also supplied information. The film depicts an invasion operation, and shows scenes of bombing missions. -, Shows to the men and women of American industry the vital importance to the war effort of all the little parts that they are making. Discusses the importance of ball bearings to the Nazi war effort and the Allied strategy of crippling the bearings industry. Shows the planning and intelligence gathering that led to the bombing of ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt.

Complete Record: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 36986 / Local Identifier 111-WF-13 - The Case of the Tremendous Trifle - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). This film dramatizes U.S. methods of obtaining bombing target information; in this instance, information on a ball bearing works in Schweinfurt, Germany. Intelligence agents questioned a German refugee and, in London, a captured pilot was led to divulge information. Aerial photographs and spies also supplied information. The film depicts an invasion operation, and shows scenes of bombing missions. -, NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.