The Case of the Tremendous Trifle

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. -