U.S. 23rd Infantry Division sniper school in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldier students in a classroom at the sniper school. A non commissioned officer gives orientation briefing to new students. Sniper weapons and accessories being displayed. Rifles and pistols on a table. An officer shows rifles to the students. A non commissioned officer writes on a paper as a rifle is being issued to a soldier.
The uses and importance of weapons since ancient times in the United States. Pages showing U.S Congress Act creating the National Bureau for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, 1903. Exteriors of the 71st Regiment National Guard Armory building in New York City at Park Avenue and 33rd Street. People enter the building. German troops on parade circa 1914. American troops mobilized for World War 1, and traveling on troop trains in 1918. Troops moving along a muddy road, with military supplies in wagons being pulled by horses. American soldiers firing their 1903 Springfield rifles, from a bunker in France. Americans firing a M1914 Hotchkiss air-cooled machine gun and another U.S. gun crew firing a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun. U.S. troops wearing gas masks, firing a trench mortar. American gun crew firing a 155mm howitzer (as some hold their ears).French troops walk past destroyed buildings above which a blimp is seen flying with French observers in a gondola suspended underneath.
A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. United States soldiers being trained in the use of recoilless rifle. Men fire recoilless rifles. Soldiers fire rifles during a training exercise. Smoke rises. A soldier look through binoculars. Scene changes to Korea. North Korean Army soldiers on motorbikes, bicycles and horses advance in Korea during the Korean War. Artillery and mortars being set up and fired by North Korean forces. U.S. Army soldiers carrying rifles advance in Korea during the Korean War. American Army soldiers take up positions on hills overlooking a valley and are seen firing at North Korean enemy positions. U.S. Army soldiers return to the United States after the Korean War. They disembark from a ship. The soldiers loaded in trucks move past cheering crowds in a New York parade.
A U.S. Navy ship being tested in the Atlantic Ocean. A new U.S. ship underway at sea. Naval guns aboard the ship. A man blows a bugle as crew members rush for duty. The naval guns being prepared for firing. 16 inch naval guns being fired. Observers aboard the ship look through binoculars. The naval guns being fired. (World War II period).
A balloon race in Detroit, Michigan. The balloon race for Detroit News Ballooning Trophy. Balloons in flight include 'Skylark' piloted by W.C. Naylor and Kenneth Warren, 'S-1' piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and W.E. Huffman, Detroit Flying Club balloon piloted by Charles D. Williams and Arthur G. Schlosser with Dr. George M. LeGallee, 'The Goodyear IV' piloted by J.A. Baettner and W.H. Mortan with H.W. Maxson and The Highball II' piloted by S.A.V. Rasmussen, E.J. Hill and S.A. Mitchell also participate.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A balloon ascends with a sign on it that reads 'Detroit news trophy race'. Balloons ascend and aircraft in flight. A deflated balloon on the ground as workers fit a metal ring into a hole in the fabric. A man holds an equipment. Balloons on a field and people gathered around them. Ford aircraft lined up on the field. A hangar in the background.
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