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Members of West Point's Military Academy fire machine guns and one-pound cannons during a training at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Cadets being trained at Fort Benning, Georgia. Cadets of West Point's Military Academy fire machine guns and one-pound cannons during a training at Fort Benning. Georgia.

Date: 1938, August 3
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047787
U.S. Army Military Policeman demonstrates technique for directing military traffic at intersection in Fort Gordon, Georgia

Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police (MP) in training at Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States. An MP demonstrates proper method of directing military traffic at a crossroad, in Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Date: 1962
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070834
Schools, hospitals, a church and amusement and shopping centers at U.S. Army post Fort Benning in Georgia, United States.

United States Army post Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Aerial view of Fort Benning. Faith Middle School and hospital buildings. The Infantry Chapel, theater, and Fort Benning Main Exchange at the army post.

Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073581
The Arcadia Conference in Washington, DC and Paratrooper Demonstration at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in World War II

The Arcadia Conference in Washington, DC, during World War 2, from December 22, 1941 to January 14, 1942. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, are seated in chairs on a portico of the White House. ( Roosevelt wears a black arm band, in mourning for his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, who died on September 7, 1941.) Behind them stand representatives from various Allied nations. Scene shifts abruptly to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, June 24, 1942, where Prime Minister Churchill and U.S. Army Brigadier General William C. Lee, ride in back of an open white convertible car to inspect U.S. Army troops at attention in a massive formation. Next, the troops are seen marching. Churchill smoking a cigar is seated on a bench watching as the parade continues, to include soldiers in jeeps, and trucks. Closeup of U.S. Army chief of Staff, General George Marshall, conversing with Prime Minister Churchill. Next, Churchill, accompanied by General Lee, personally inspects Army paratroopers in their jump gear. Among others accompanying him is U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, wearing a pith helmet. Churchill listens on a portable radio, as paratroop commanders in flight give orders for their paratroopers to jump. Formations of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft are seen overhead, as hundreds of paratroopers jump from them and descend by parachutes. Churchill, seated on a chair, next to General Lee, watches the paratrooper demonstration. Secretary Stimson, sits behind him. British and American officers and soldiers stand behind and watch, as well. Closeup of Churchill with cigar in his mouth, shielding his eyes, with his hands as he watches the demonstration. The second person seated behind Churchill is British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, with his hand on an upright wood support. More views of parachutes floating down into an area of trees, and of more C-47s dropping paratroops from overhead.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072207
Officers learn firing and paratrooper techniques at Fort Benning Infantry and Airborne School in Georgia,United States.

Officers training at Fort Benning Infantry and Airborne School in Georgia,United States. View of the Fort Benning Infantry School. U.S. Army Infantry School insignia. Officers stand on the steps of infantry school. Firing ranges named in honor of officers. Officers study staff work and learn to fire weapons in the basic class. They learn to fire tanks. Experienced officers attend advanced class. They learn about combat conditions. Instruction is based on explanation, demonstration,application and examination. Officers learn about handling of weapons. They undergo physical fitness training. They climb cargo net and wall. Paratroopers train at the Fort Benning Airborne School. The paratroopers descend on ground.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072751
U.S. Army training of Nicaraguan Contras forces at Fort Benning, Georgia, United States

Nicaraguan Contras soldiers arriving at Fort Benning Georgia in the United States to receive military and combat education from the U.S. Army in their fight against the Sandanista government of Nicaragua. Plane arrives carrying the Contra soldiers. The soldiers come out of an airplane. They move in a row inside a building at Fort Benning and get seated. A U.S. Army officer, Colonel Bobby J. Harris, speaks to the soldiers about their training. Training includes combat skills and leadership qualities. Views of the Contras marching on a field during the training. They practice shooting machine guns.

Date: 1983
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031644