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Instructor explains about the infrared set of Sniper Rifle at Fort Benning in Georgia.

Instructor demonstrates functioning of Sniper Rifle at Fort Benning in Georgia. He aims the rifle at target. Instructor removes back pack and points at a chart next to him. Chart reads 'Infrared Set Number 120,000 Volts. He explains about the sniper scope which is mounted on a standard carbine. Instructor puts on the back pack, picks up the carbine and aims towards target.

Date: 1953, April 17
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043563
United States paratroopers undergo physical training at Fort Benning, Georgia (WW2)

Parachutists undergo physical training at Fort Benning, Georgia during World War II. United States troops exercise on parallel bars and narrow catwalks. They learn acrobat technique to fall on ground without hurting themselves. Paratroopers mass jump from a fleet of aircraft in flight. The trainees land on ground with their parachutes.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043869
United States Army paratroopers undergo training using special towers at Fort Benning, Georgia.

United States paratroopers undergo training at Fort Benning, Georgia. The soldiers take early training jumps with parachutes using special towers. The paratroopers descend on the ground with their parachutes.

Date: 1941, June 2
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043889
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