A United States Army training film about use of different weapons by soldiers of the United States. Soldiers fire guns, artillery, mortar, rifles and machine guns. Players at a boxing ring and soldiers in a close fight in a field. Soldiers use weapon 'morning star'. Brass knuckles displayed. Short gun and use of French knife demonstrated. A soldier fires a gun. (World War II period).
A United States Army training film about use of different weapons by soldiers of the United States in World War II. A soldier fires a gun and kills other soldier. Three soldiers see a dugout. They lay on ground and throw a hand grenade on it.
A United States Army training film about use of different weapons by soldiers of the United States in World War II. A soldier hides behind a damaged building. He attacks a soldier from the back and kills him with a knife. Two soldiers in a close fight. One soldier hurts another's eye and kills him. A soldier sees another in a field and fires from a prone position. Players in a boxing ring. Soldiers fight in a field.
Test of Higgins Boats in Louisiana, United States. A 45 foot Higgins steel engine powered tank lighter boat in Lake Pontchartrain. People and tank on the boat. The panel of the boat opens and works as a landing ramp for the tank. The tank runs over the ramp and enters the water. The panel closes again.
Test of Higgins Boat in Louisiana, United States. A 45 foot Higgins steel engine powered tank lighter boat in Lake Pontchartrain. The boat hits the shore, lowers its bow ramp and a tractor drives off the boat on to the shore. The tractor drives away from the shore, and the boat moves away into the water. In different sequence, the empty boat comes to the shore and lowers its bow door ramp. The tractor arrives and backs onto the boat. A photographer takes closeup pictures during this process, With the tractor on board, the boat raises and closes its bow ramp door, and proceeds away carrying the tractor. The process is repeated. (Note:This film is silent. But "motorboating" sound was inadvertently generated when its perforations were scanned. This background sound is heard continuously although the film is "silent.")
Test of Higgins Boats in Louisiana, United States. A 45 foot Higgins steel engine powered tank lighter boat in Lake Pontchartrain. The boat hits the beach. The ramp panel of the boat lowers down. People get on the boat and the panels closes.
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