A detailed video describing the vulnerable parts of the body and, in the case of the throat and the armpits, how best to inflict damage upon those parts with a bayonet. Narrator describes vulnerable parts as the neck, face, chest, lower abdomen, thighs, kidneys, and armpits.
A detailed video describing the purpose and positioning of the guard bayonet position. Clear shot of WW1-era type 1 service boots worn with lace-up canvas leggings. Demonstration of the three different ways to move from the rest position into the guard position. Common errors made in taking the guard position. Officer goes down the line of trainees one by one, showing each one his mistakes in taking the guard position and how to correct them.
U.S Army Signal Corps film about bayonet training film. Narrator introduces the purpose of the bayonet over battlefield footage in a a training scenario. Soldiers crouching in a trench, WW1 era Vickers machine gun in use. Soldiers lying in brush in a field. Soldiers charging a trench. Narrator describes what must be required of a soldier to be able to wield a bayonet (physical agility, mental alertness, etc.). Footage of U.S. soldiers wearing boxing gloves sparring with one another in a field learning hand to hand combat skills, as well as some footage track and field events including a running race and shotput event. Two soldiers practicing sparring with fake bayonets while narrator discusses the main points of how to use a bayonet.
World War 2 aerial footage of multiple U.S. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft flying with another squadron of unidentified aircraft in the distance. Closeup Aerial shot of another American Consolidated B-24 Liberator. A short clip of a coastline off in the distance with a single airstrip visible perpendicular to the coast line. Distant but clear footage of a single Lockheed P-38 Lightning airplane. Footage of the airstrip with smoke from numerous bomb impacts. Distant footage of two Lockheed P-38 Lightning airplanes. Excellent closeup footage of an American Lockheed P-38 Lightning with the pilot visible in flight. The numbers 370 can be seen on its nose. Two P-38s flying close to one another. Distant shots of the smoking airstrip. View of multiple bombs being dropped, possibly on the airstrip. Airstrip littered with craters from it's many bombings. Bomb impacts are seen in the ocean beyond the airsrip. Smoke rising from the runway and an additional shot of the two P-38s. Shaky shots of an aircraft smoking from it's engine (most likely a B-24 Liberator). It is seen in a nose dive before crashing into the water below.
Demonstration of the long thrust attack with a fake bayonet. Narrator discusses the specifics of the long thrust attack - foot positioning, hand positioning, etc. More demonstrations. Two soldiers practicing the move facing one another. Narrator discusses eye position and distance required for a long thrust attack.
Officer moves down a line of 6 soldiers, instructing each one to perform the long thrust attack towards him. Officer points out and corrects each trainee's mistakes. Exercise performed on a field with targets and other military training equipment in the distance.
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