U.S. training film 'The Recon Marine' shows United States Marine Corps undergoing training in the United States. Glimpse of a U.S. Marine Corps M48 Patton tank moving past camera. A Landing Vehicle Tracked, LVT(A)1, armed with machine gun and fitted with the turret of a 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8. It is moving through surf, away from shore. Fleeting glimpse of U.S. marine Corps jet fighter aircraft in flight. Major Richard S Stark ,U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, talks about the aspects of Marines training program. The American flag in the background. Battle scenes of Marines advancing amidst heavy firing. Marines in training, using ropes to cross a a concrete pool filled with water. (One falls into the pool.) Marines training in unarmed hand-to-hand combat and running an obstacle course. Marines marching in formation.
United States Marine Corps Recon unit personnel undergoing training at the United States Army Airborne School (AKA Jump School), Fort Benning, Georgia. The course is three weeks long and consists of three phases: "Ground Week", "Tower Week" and "Jump Week". Marines jumping from a low platform, learning how to safely fall, during phase one. Marines climbing a ower, during phase two, and sliding along a cable, while suspended from parachute risers. Next, they are seen in controlled parachute descents from a tall tower. A closeup of one hitting the ground. Marines seated with full parachute gear, in an airplane during the third (Jump week) phase of their training. They stand and move toware the jump door, with their chutes hooked to a static line. View from below, of open parachutes descending. Marine receiving his parachute wings, upon graduation from Jump School.
A U.S. Marine Corps Reconnaissance Team begins a field training exercise, after having landed from a submarine and changed into their camouflage fatigues. They patrol through small trees and underbrush. A Grumman S2F aircraft lands on a small airstrip, and the recon team emerges from the woods to board it for flight back to their base. A formation of marines with field gear, starts to move double-time along a dirt path. A formation of Sikorsky H-34 helicopters seen flying low over plumes of black smoke rising. Marines, in amphibious assault training operation, approach surf in Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVTs). They run from the LVTs as they hit the beach. Marine infantry and M48 Patton tanks during actual combat (or realistic training exercise), with large plumes of black smoke rising in various locations.
Workers work with Fordson Tractors in corn fields in the United States. Farmer cuts corn plant with hands and ties corn stalks in corn field. Workers load corn stalks on tractor-drawn wagons. The Conveyor belt carries corn stalks. Worker dumps silage into stalls. Man feeds hay to cows. Cows in line feeding. Tractor powered corn husker in operation. Men husk corn manually.
Workers work with Fordson Tractors in corn fields in the United States. Tractor powered corn shelling machine in operation. Conveyor belts on the machine. Farmer picks up corn kernels from sacks. Man turns crank of corn shelling machine as an old method of corn shelling.
American farmer named Anderson works in his potato field in the United States. Anderson manually digs out the potatoes in field. Tractor drawn potato digger in operation. Anderson goes to the bank and shows the pass book with his bank balance as he has a good production of potatoes. Anderson in his car arrives at Ford motor cars sales dealer. Name "Eckstein Lakie" seen over the door. Salesman takes him around where cars and tractors are on display. They look at Ford tractors. Anderson purchases a Fordson Tractor and signs a bank cheque.
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