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United States Army in War practice at Fort Benning in Georgia.

A large number of Pre-World War II tanks moving across field in Fort Benning in Georgia. Several explosions in the field, two soldiers can be seen in foxhole. U.S. Army M2 Light Tanks enter enemy sector during a war practice at Fort Benning, tanks moving across field into and out of a gully, through woods, knocking down several small trees. Soldiers move across pontoon bridge on river to other side of river. A group of soldiers fire 75mm field artillery pieces set up in trees beside the road. Tracer bullets traveling across field and crews operate machine guns during night time.

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032863
Ford Motor Company delivers first of 1500 jeeps to the U.S. Army in World War II

Opening scene shows U.S. Army Brigadier General Charles H. Bonesteel, Commander of the VI Corps Area, seated in a new jeep with Ford Motor Company President, Edsel Ford, at the wheel in a Ford Motor Company factory in during World War 2. This jeep is the first in an order for 1500 jeeps being delivered by Ford to the U.S. Army. Ford Company executives in business suits, covered by white lab coats are in the background, along with regular factory workers. One executive signals for the jeep to be moved ahead, out of the factory. Next, the film shows jeeps being demonstrated at the Ford Motor testing ground. Army officers and Ford Company executives line a ridge overlooking the test ground as drivers take several jeeps through their paces in demanding circumstances. Scene shifts to Fort Benning, Georgia, where jeeps of the Army's 4th Division are seen driving along a dirt road towing small field artillery pieces. Several are also seen driving (without artillery pieces) through dense woods and other obstacles at the Army base.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031873
Paratroopers jump from an aircraft and descend during a training at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States.

Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Trainee paratroopers train at Fort Benning. They undergo obstacle courses. The paratroopers don equipment. Captain Lilyman as an officer speaks to the trainees. Aircraft in flight. The paratroopers aboard an airborne airplane. View from chest mounted camera of a paratrooper with a cigar in his mouth as he descends, smiling, toward the ground with his parachute open. The paratroopers drop from the airplane with parachutes and descend.

Date: 1944, July 31
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059240
U.S. Army infantrymen learn to fire rifles, repair vehicles and communicate during a training at Fort Benning in Georgia,US.

Training of U.S. Army infantrymen at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Aerial view of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. Infantrymen run on a field during their physical training. They are vaccinated. They give measurements for their uniform. An officer instructs them in a classroom. They learn to use rifles and other weapons. They study theory to be applied in field. They learn techniques of communication and vehicle repair. After maneuvers the infantrymen advance in a battlefield and fire artillery.

Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073599
Cadets at United States Military Academy get practical experience in handling automatic rifles at Fort Benning,Georgia

Newsreel titled 'West Pointers get a touch of real army life' shows cadets in a march past at Fort Benning,Georgia. Cadets being given a practical experience in handling automatic rifles. They also study military tactics.

Date: 1937, September 2
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038358
The United States soldiers training at the Army Infantry School, Fort Benning,Georgia, and in Vietnam.

Captain Fincher, U.S. Army, instructing at the Infantry NCO candidate course,US Army Infantry School , Fort Benning, Georgia. The NCO candidates seated in front of the instructor. One of them stands. A Sergeant instructs candidates in handling of barbed wire and fortification of positions. A firing range in operation. Soldiers descending from a parked airplane, at Hang Khong, Vietnam. Sign reading: "Lightning, Mines Booby Traps and tunnel,Training Center". Instructor showing soldiers munitions. Sign reading: "Devil Weapons of the Viet Cong." Troops, suspended from taut line, crossing a river, and rappelling from a height. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1965
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054814