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The Case of the Tremendous Trifle

0.0 20 mins Documentary   1944
United States Army Signal Corps  
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This documentary short film depicts the importance of tiny ball bearings in the ability of a nation to carry out warfare. As ball bearings are necessary for the operation of almost all machinery, war materiel is vitally dependent on the production of these small metallic globes. Allied military forces in World War II decide it is necessary to curtail Germany's ability to provide itself with ball bearings. Intelligence is gathered from many sources in order to plan an aerial bombing raid on Schweinfurt, home of Germany's ball bearing industry.

Casts of The Case of the Tremendous Trifle

William Forrest

as Major

Russell Hicks

as Colonel

Kurt Kreuger

as German Lieutenant

Emory Parnell

as Wilson

Ian Wolfe

as Curwood

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