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.
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.
The use of Ford Tractors increases speed and production in the United States. Three men stand by Fordson tractor. Farmer Anderson sits in a rocking chair reading the Dearborn Independent. Two men throw and catch a baseball. Farmer uses the tractor drawn cultivator in corn field. Three teams of horses pull cultivators.
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