Brooklyn Dodgers get ready for 1956 baseball season at spring training camp in Vero Beach Florida. Players seen stretching, throwing on field. Announcer, talking in stereotypical "Brooklynese," notes that manager Walter Alston (in closeup) isn't worried about the season even though 1955 World Series star Johnny Podres (#45) may get drafted. Announcer notes Alston concentrates on Brooklyn players seen hitting in batting cage: #4 Duke Snider, #39 Roy Campanella, #6 Carl Furillo, #14 Gil Hodges and #2 Randy Jackson. Final closeup of Alston.
Various activities of tourists during winter vacations at West Palm Beach railroad station Florida, United States. Train pulls out of the station with a band playing on rear platform and people waving good bye. Another train is stationed near by. Board on a train reads 'Florida Special'. Train pulls into the station. People move on the platform. People seated in a restaurant. Women seated as they pour in mugs.
A demonstration about clearing obstacles at a beach in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 226 Hagensen pack demolition charges MK 20 )'. A soldier with a 22 pound pack of Hagensen demolition explosives in an ammunition bag on his back. The soldier holds a chord. Soldiers attach the explosives to a Japanese type obstacles at a beach. A soldier detonates the explosives. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up. The area is cleared after the explosion on the beach. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 100 % completed '. (World War II period).
A demonstration about a tank rocket launcher as it clears beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 132 Tank Rocket Launcher T 73 '. A T 73 tank rocket launcher mounted on a medium tank at a beach. A man inside the tank as he looks at a piece of paper. The rocket launcher being fired at a pill box on the beach. Explosions occur and billows of smoke rise upwards. The pill box after being blasted. Tanks roll inland after clearing the obstacles. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 80% completed '. (World War II period).
A demonstration about an LVT rocket launcher as it clears beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 105 LVT Rocket Launcher T 54 '. A T 54 rocket launcher mounted on an LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked ) underway at sea. The rocket launcher fires at the obstacles on a beach. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise upwards. The LVT comes ashore and blasts a log railing at the beach. Explosions occur and smoke rises. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 100 % completed '. (World War II period).
A film about an amphibious training of United States troops at Camp Gordon Johnston in Florida. An explosion occurs during a practice invasion. The troops crawl through mud as live ammunition is fired during simulated combat conditions. Soldiers crawl across a field under heavy firing. The soldiers in landing crafts approach the Florida beach and unload from the craft. (World War II period).
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