Shows a jump tower at Fort Benning in Georgia. Man working on tower. A parachutist jumping from tower during training and landing near the trees.
Opening scene shows U.S. Army Brigadier General Charles H. Bonesteel, Commander of the VI Corps Area, seated in a new jeep with Ford Motor Company President, Edsel Ford, at the wheel in a Ford Motor Company factory in during World War 2. This jeep is the first in an order for 1500 jeeps being delivered by Ford to the U.S. Army. Ford Company executives in business suits, covered by white lab coats are in the background, along with regular factory workers. One executive signals for the jeep to be moved ahead, out of the factory. Next, the film shows jeeps being demonstrated at the Ford Motor testing ground. Army officers and Ford Company executives line a ridge overlooking the test ground as drivers take several jeeps through their paces in demanding circumstances. Scene shifts to Fort Benning, Georgia, where jeeps of the Army's 4th Division are seen driving along a dirt road towing small field artillery pieces. Several are also seen driving (without artillery pieces) through dense woods and other obstacles at the Army base.
Sketches of U.S. Army Infantry in the United States. 'Follow Me' statue at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. The sketches depict infantrymen in various conflicts in American history, from Washington in the Revolution to combat in Korea. An infantryman holds the American flag. U.S. Army Infantry during the invasion of Africa. They fight in the Korea War.
Actor Vic Morrow, who plays role of Sergeant Saunders on TV series, "Combat" speaks about his experience during his visit as a guest of the Commanding General at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in Georgia. He speaks about famous Infantry units, beginning with the Rogers' Rangers during the French Indian War in 1756. Dramatized scenes with reenactors show the rangers running through a forest during the French And Indian War. They advance and snare a sleeping Native American Indian and then battle with a North American Indian tribe. Scenes of cobblers, blacksmiths, farmers and bookkeepers joining the army to fight against Britain during the American Revolution. They advance on the battlefield during the American Revolution. Sketches depict infantrymen advancing during a war.
Shows four soldiers from U.S. 4th Engineers division ferry a Bantam Car or 'The jeep' across river stream..Driver carefully reverses jeep onto a tarpaulin sheet. Soldiers wrap up jeep and tie it up. Waterproofed Jeep is successfully ferried across river by troops. July 1941. (World War II period).
German prisoners dig ground with pick-axes and pitch forks at an interment camp in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA, during World War 1. Prison camp can be seen in the background. (Fort Oglethorpe was established as a U.S. Army Post in 1902, and is located in the Chickamauga National Military Park's North Post area.) (WWI; WW1)
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