View of U.S. Army bayonet qualification course, pre WW2. A U.S. Army soldier lays prone at the starting line, springing to his feet at a command. He runs toward the first practice dummy and executes a parry and thrust with his bayonet. The soldier continues through the course, appropriately parrying and thrusting each type of dummy along the way. Additional medium and close ups of soldiers running through the course, attacking the straw dummies. A soldier lays at the start once again, and proceeds to run the entire course while the narrator describes his actions with help from instructional graphics. At the end of the course, the soldiers simulates loading and firing one round at each of two targets.
Demonstration of bayonet qualification course, narrator describes action during film. Soldier lays prone on the ground at the starting line, hops to his feet at the instructor's command. The soldier runs through the course, approaching each of eight different dummies and performing the required parries and thrusts. At the finish line, the soldier simulates firing his rifle at two distant targets, and an instructor clocks his time. The soldier and instructors walk back toward the start through the field of dummies. Pre WW2.
Training film of bayonet assault drill in 1938, pre WW2. A group of U.S. Army soldiers run through a field with bayonets pointed forward, a line of training dummies in the background. The soldiers lay prone in a grassy field, firing upon their mock enemy. Shot of the "enemy" soldiers, cowering in a trench to protect themselves from the gunfire. Now pinned in the trench, the group of soldiers in the field stand up to advance on the enemy with bayonets. The men charge the trench with bayonets at the ready. The "enemy" soldiers in the trench flee in disarray.
A pilotless rocket driven missile travels at twice the speed of sound. Two scientists push a trolley with the missile. Men check equipment on the launch pad. A man tracks the missile by radar. The rocket powered missile takes off leaving a trail of smoke. The missile in flight. An official observes the missile in air. A military ambulance and truck at the launch site.
Report from Texas: Texas' contribution to World War II on both battlefield and home front. Cowboys on horseback gallop across ranch terrain toward camera position. Man on horse herding cattle. Texas increases its production of synthetic rubber, magnesium, sulphur and agricultural products. Factories and industries. Construction work underway. An airfield. Soldiers march. Downtown street views and town views of commercial centers with traffic, pedestrians, shops, and businesses in various areas of Texas including Dallas, Amarillo, Houston, Fredericksburg (with view of the Hotel Nimitz), Ft. Worth, Pampa, Kerrville, San Antonio (with views of the Alamo), Kilgore, (view of many oil well towers), El Paso, Beaumont, Wichita Falls, San Angelo and Austin. City road signs identifying many of those cities are also seen.
Logs piled up in California A crane near the pile. Logs on a truck.
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