Narrator describes the full bayonet butt strokes attack sequence step by step over slow motion footage of a soldier demonstrating the sequence. Group of soldiers practicing full sequence in a field in front of suspended straw dummies. Description and demonstration of the non-verbal commands used by an officer to train and signal soldiers to perform different movements in the butt strokes attack sequence. Two men practicing the sequence, one signaling and one using the bayonet.
Slow motion and full speed demonstration and description of the first move in the horizontal butt stroke bayonet attack sequence. American soldiers demonstrate attack while narrator discusses their mistakes. Slow motion and full speed demonstration and description of the second and third moves in the horizontal butt stroke attack sequence. Soldier performing demonstration has a very animated and determined look on his face. Normal speed description and demonstration of non-verbal commands used by the instructor to signal soldiers to perform certain moves in the sequence while practicing. Group practicing full sequence of attacks. M1903 Springfield rifle with bayonet attached used by soldiers.
Soldier demonstrates each non-verbal command used to signal trainees when teaching bayonet skills. Each command (often a hand gesture or movement) signifies a different move with the bayonet. Narrator lists each move while the soldier demonstrates the commands associated with said moves. Performed in a large field with some sort of residential or barracks-type buildings in the background. Pre World War 2.
Slow motion demonstration of the main bayonet attack sequence. Guard position, long thrust attack, withdrawal, short thrust attack, withdrawal, jab attack, back to guard position. Narrator says the names of each movement of the sequence as the soldier demonstrating reaches them.
Pre World War 2: U.S. Army description and demonstration of the use of the training stick in bayonet practice. The training stick is a long stick with a loop at the base end and padding at the far end. Footage of two soldiers practicing and switching roles by throwing the training stick and bayonet to one another, then practicing again. They practice on a large field, with suspended straw dummies behind them. Further in the distance, more soldiers can be seen walking in a line.
A large group of soldiers in 1930s U.S. Army uniform practice bayonet attacks in two circles. One soldier is at the center of the circle with the training stick, calling the soldiers in the circle in towards him one at a time to practice with the training stick. Narrator describes the exercise. Soldiers performing the same exercise, this time with their backs turned so that they do not know when they will be called to the center of the circle. Demonstration and description of another exercise, this time a competition between the soldiers for accuracy and proficiency with the bayonet attacks.