American revolutionary soldiers march in reenactment of post-revolutionary past. They are led by two drummers and a fife player. American soldiers charge from their trenches in France during World War I. A man removes an antique musket from a wall. Two men converse in a rural agricultural area, in America during World War 2. The men look up in the sky as some U.S. Army Air Forces fighter planes fly overhead. An exploding bomb is artificially superimposed upon a typical residential street in an American neighborhood. The exploding bombs are next seen in Europe during World War II. Buildings are destroyed. Fires rage and heavy smoke fills the air. Views of destroyed cities.
United States Army training film 'Weapons of the Infantry Division' shows American soldiers undergoing weapon training in the United States. Soldier fires a rifle. Various machine guns being placed on the ground. Soldiers fire weapons of the infantry from behind bushes. View of rifle, Machine gun, 37 mm Anti-tank gun and the 75 mm gun. Animation shows the distance of shot by these weapons. High angle weapon in the bushes. Animation shows the direct hit on target crossing high angles in between. 155 mm Howitzer and a hand grenade placed on ground. Animation shows a man throwing hand grenade into a small trench on hillside. (World War II period).
American soldiers undergoing weapon identification training in the United States. Soldier fires a rifle. Various machine guns placed on the ground. Soldier fires weapons of the infantry from behind bushes. Animation shows the order of sounds of enemy firing. Soldiers seated in trenches with rifles in hand. Sandbag wall behind them. They carefully listen to the enemy fire. Weapons being placed on ground. (World War II period).
American soldiers undergoing weapon identification training in the United States. Soldiers listen to the sound of Flat Trajectory Weapons. Squad lying on ground fires the .30 caliber rifles. Rifleman fire 10to 15 shots in a minute. Soldiers seated in trenches with rifles in hand. Sandbag wall behind them. They carefully listen to the firing and look up from the trench. Firing of bullets on ground. Squad camouflaged with bushes fires the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30 M1. Riflemen fire the M1 rifles. One of the soldier carefully looks out of the trench and points in the direction of fire. (World War II period).
American soldiers undergoing weapon identification training in the United States. Soldiers lying on ground, fire the Browning Automatic Rifle. The Riflemen can fire 40 to 60 rounds per minute. Soldiers take an aim and fire. Soldiers seated in trenches with rifles in hand. Sandbag wall behind them. They carefully listen to the firing and look up from the trench. Soldier in the trench carefully looks out of the trench and points in the direction of fire. Bullets hitting the ground. (World War II period).
American soldiers undergoing weapon identification training in the United States. Soldiers lying on ground, fire the .30 caliber Browning M1919 A4 Machine gun. Riflemen can fire 60 rounds per minute. Soldiers seated in trenches with rifles in hand. Sandbag wall behind them. They carefully listen to the firing. Soldier in the trench carefully looks out of the trench and points in the direction of fire. Bullets hitting the ground. (World War II period).