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U.S. 555th African American Paratrooper Infantry Battalion being trained at Fort Benning, Georgia during World War II.

Film begins showing a group of African American Paratroopers from the U.S. 555th African American Paratrooper Infantry Battalion (Triple Nickels) in Fort Benning, Georgia during World War 2. They are inspecting their parachutes, laid out on a long table. One of them is a staff sergeant. Next, they don their helmets and then put on their backpack parachutes. Views of them adjusting their parachutes. Closeup of a Technical Sergeant assisting a Master Sergeant with his gear. The troopers double time in a line to an area for inspection. Their static lines are folded on their backpacks, and they hold their reserve chute against their stomachs. A sergeant gives them a final inspection, and they double time to a parked C-47 transport airplane that they board. Glimpse from inside the aircraft as they mount the stairs to the cabin. Next are several glimpses of troopers exiting the aircraft with their static lines hooked to the inside of the C-47. Change of scene shows view from window of a C-47, as a group of troopers begin boarding the aircraft. View along the side of a C-47 transport plane troopers' white parachutes open as they jump from the aircraft. They float away down and behind the aircraft. Aerial view of troopers jumping from left rear door of a C-47 transport plane in flight.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074316
United States paratroopers jump from the airplanes and open their parachutes in Fort Benning, Georgia.

United States 501st Parachute Battalion in Fort Benning, Georgia. Airplanes on the air base. Paratroopers march. They board the planes. The airplanes in formation. Paratroopers jump from the planes in flight. They open their parachutes. They land.

Date: 1941, April 15
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028550
New 57 mm and 75 mm kickless and portable rifles being displayed at Fort Benning, Georgia.

The U.S. infantry school displays new 57mm and 75mm kickless and portable rifles at Fort Benning, Georgia. Two U.S. troops sit near a gun. Magazines lay near the gun and troops load guns. A rifle and a mortar hung as a soldier stands near it. Soldier loads mortar and it is fired. Soldiers fire recoilless gun. Blast occurs at target. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, April 9
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046770
President Eisenhower and military officers review two hundred pieces of weaponry at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reviews weapons at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Civilian officials and military officers review the weapons. President Eisenhower is accompanied by U.S. Army General Omar Bradley. Two hundred pieces of weaponry including tanks, combat rockets and Pershing missiles pass in review. A Redeye missile launcher is demonstrated by a soldier. A mobile train passes in review. A missile is launched. A missile firing helicopter is demonstrated.

Date: 1960, May 5
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051190
United States Marines attend Army Airborne School (AKA Jump School) at Fort Benning, Georgia.

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.

Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064399
United States Army soldiers being trained at various training centers in United States

Statue of U.S. Army infantryman (called "Follow Me.") is seen at opening of film. Closeups of some trainees crawling under barbed wire as trainers observe them. Others are seen running and jumping obstacles. Trainees on a firing range training with rifles and M60 machine guns. Glimpse of soldier placing a large round into a mortal tube. Soldier firing an M40 106mm recoilless rifle. Infantry advancing across a field. An M48 Patton tank maneuvering. An M109 155mm self-propelled Howitzer. An M113 tracked Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) moving in wooded area. View of Infantry Hall at the U.S. Army Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia. The statue of an infantryman, called "Follow Me," stands in front of the building. Infantry training in a rugged area. They wear elements of natural camouflage. A 175mm M107 Self Propelled Gun. Scene changes to U.S. Army Armor Center Headquarters, also at Fort Benning. Tanks are seen maneuvering and raising dust in a lightly wooded area. An M60 tank maneuvering and firing its gun. A 175mm M107 Self Propelled Long Tom gun firing. A Pershing missile slowly being raised toward firing position. Gun crew firing an 8-inch howitzer at zero elevation. Shell exploding in distance. Views of elaborate radar antenna system and of Army technicians monitoring instruments and printers in a control center. Green Berets at the the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. They tend to a wounded Special Forces soldier in a primitive shelter. Others are seen reading instructions as they sit in foliage. Some maneuver aboard rubber rafts in a river. Two Green Berets set a demolition charge on a rail line. Soldiers engage in unarmed combat practice. Others train surviving off the land. An instructor lectures an audience of officers and men in an outdoor setting. Soldiers in a parachute shop with parachutes of various colors opened for inspection. Lines of parked Army trucks. Jeeps and trucks undergoing routine inspection and maintenance Doctors and nurses tending sick and wounded soldiers.

Date: 1965
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038113