A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. United States soldiers being trained in the use of recoilless rifle. Men fire recoilless rifles. Soldiers fire rifles during a training exercise. Smoke rises. A soldier look through binoculars. Scene changes to Korea. North Korean Army soldiers on motorbikes, bicycles and horses advance in Korea during the Korean War. Artillery and mortars being set up and fired by North Korean forces. U.S. Army soldiers carrying rifles advance in Korea during the Korean War. American Army soldiers take up positions on hills overlooking a valley and are seen firing at North Korean enemy positions. U.S. Army soldiers return to the United States after the Korean War. They disembark from a ship. The soldiers loaded in trucks move past cheering crowds in a New York parade.
Montage of Korean War scenes. View of mountainous terrain in Korea, 1950. American soldier holds his ears as gun crew fires a 240mm howitzer. American soldiers, in heavily sand-bagged position, firing 4.2 inch mortar. Gunners firing a quad .50 machine gun and others firing a 155mm howitzer and an M2 .50-caliber machine gun. American soldiers in sandbagged and camouflaged bunkers. An army patrol heading out from their defensive position. Barrels of artillery pieces silhouetted against the sky. Numerous bursts of artillery fire flashing in the black of night. Weary soldiers returning from a patrol.
Civilians of depot check wrecked trucks in a supply dump of Camp Gordon, Georgia. Civilians search salvageable parts. Several views of civilians as they search for salvageable parts.
Reclaimed U.S. army trucks in supply dump of Camp Gordon in Georgia, United States. Line of trucks reclaimed. Trucks are hoisted. Trucks are anchored onto RR (railroad) flatcars. Men work on trucks loaded on flatcars.
Reclaimed U.S. army trucks in supply dump of Camp Gordon in Georgia, United States. Salvageable trucks, ambulances and jeeps being washed and reconditioned. Men work on vehicles.
Training of U.S. Signal Corps linemen at Camp Gordon in Georgia, United States. Signal Corps linemen climb poles in training session. The men strap themselves to poles. When they get to top, they spread out their hands. A man comes down to pole. A non-com (non-commissioned officer) checks man's equipment and shows him how to dig his foot-clamps into the pole. The man tries, he slips at first, and starts again.
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