Infantry moves across a wide expanse of a desert at U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War II. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning flying at low level across a maneuver area flies past an M3 GMC (Gun Motor Carriage) 75mm antitank gun on a half-track. The P-38 aircraft flies at low level in the open desert area.
Film begins with camera panning over the desert at the U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War 2. Moving vehicles spew smoke, forming a thin smoke screen across the background. Military vehicles of various kinds are maneuvering over the site. Two M3 Lee tanks raise dust as they move toward the camera. Closeup of one with gunners in the main and the sponson turrets of the tank. Various military vehicles, including half M3 half track armored personnel carriers, jeeps and trucks move along a dirt road. An M3 lee tank moves down from an upper road to a lower one, creating dust clouds as it does. It passes between some foot soldiers and an M3 armored personnel carrier (M3). Lots of dust is raised by the tank.
Tanks and troops moves across the desert at U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War II. A smoke generator mounted on a truck throws a heavy smoke screen. Billows of smoke rise up.
Recon Marines from 1st Force Reconnaissance Company Test Unit 1 demonstrate free fall parachuting. A sign identifies the Auxiliary Landing Field at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. (Narrator refers to the marines as para-scouts of the 1st Marine Division.) The marines, wearing back and chest parachute packs, board a U.S. Navy Grumman S2F aircraft with tail code "RZ" and number 136777. It taxis on the ramp and is next seen taking off from the runway. Two helicopters are parked on the airfield ramp. Next, viewed from the aircraft, a marine is seen in free fall. Soon he appears as only a speck , approaching the ground. Next, he is seen, from the ground, as his chute finally opens, and he lands, and begins to spill air from his billowing chute on the ground.
Combat training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, United States. A sign reads 'Dispensary, 1st Force Service Regt. Fleet Marine Force'. Marines march in formation along a path in front of the dispensary. The marines halt. An officer marches by their side. Buildings in the far background. A taxicab moves past a wooden building. Other vehicles parked in front of the building. The taxicab turns and stops. The Marines wearing uniforms come out of the cab. The taxicab has sea bags tied on its roof. U.S. Navy corpsmen wearing work uniforms standing near a table outside the building holding injection guns. The Marines moving past the corpsmen in a line and receiving shots. A sign reads 'Replacement Personnel Reporting'. A small wooden pavilion type structure next to a wooden office building. A Marine in uniform places the sea bag in the small structure and moves up the steps into the office building. A sign over the pavilion type structure reads ' Replacement Personnel Stow Your Gear Here Prior To Entering Reception Center'.
Combat training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, United States. A Marine wearing wet uniform and boots stands on a diving board. The Marine jumps into flaming water. The marine surfaces, splashes water to clear the flames and swims. Another Marine jumping into the flaming water. The Marine clears the flames by splashing water and swims away.
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