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C-123B transport aircraft tested for performance at Ardmore Air Force Base in Oklahoma.

A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance test at Ardmore Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Nine C-123Bs taxi, make cross-wind take offs and in flight. Two C-123Bs land on a dirt strip. U.S. troops board a C-123B. Litter patients loaded into a C-123B at a simulated front line casualty station. The C-123B takes off from the dirt strip.

Date: 1955
Duration: 4 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060013
Structure and working of 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as the main armament of BB-61 class battleship, United States.

A U.S. Navy training film titled ‘Major Caliber Guns & Turrets’ giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Drawings of various guns depict the gun turret of warship Monitor, two 15 inch guns in a ship, and 16 inch 50 caliber gun. Three 16 inch guns on BB-61 class battleship. Structure of gun being explained by an animation showing armored gun house, rotating structure below resting on a roller path. Circular turret foundation supporting the structure. Circular armored cylinder. Powder hoist and gun cradles of a gun house. Shelf plate, pan plate, power equipment for rotating gun located in a pan plate, electric deck used for training of gun, and projectile handling platforms. Projectile platforms which includes two concentric sections, shows projectile ring and fixed stowage. Pointers point to power handling room below projectile platforms. Structure of gun from top to bottom.

Date: 1955
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060014
Working of 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as the main armament of BB-61 class battleship, United States.

A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Three 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns mounted on BB-61 class battleship. Powder handling room of a 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as operators work out powder handling operations. Operators keep the powder bags moving to the powder hoists. Scuttle operators take powder bags from magazine scuttle and hand them to powder passers. Powder bags being placed in powder car which travels through powder trunk to gun house on top of the gun. Animation explains work of powder hoist as a car travels up through a trunk by means of cable. Projectile ring section as ring operators work under supervision of one petty officer. Projectile ring operator and hoist operator work. Projectile travels up to gun house. Gun house with gun captain, rammer operator, cradle operator, and a primer man. Gun captain at gun which is in loading position. Spanning tray of a gun in position. Rammer operator rams the projectile into the gun. Powder bags being rolled into the gun. Cradle operator raises the cradle and spanning tray. Gun captain turns the ready switch to ready. Gun goes back to firing position. Officer work at control panel. Guns of ship being fired. Gun goes back to loading position. Gun captain opens the breech of gun. Guns on ship being fired. Personnel at work.

Date: 1955
Duration: 5 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060015
The 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns firing from Iowa class battleship towards shore installations, United States.

A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Animation shows 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns from battleship firing toward shore installations. Guns attack targets at various distances inland. Pointers pointing to 16 inch gun turrets on Iowa class battleship. Guns on ship fire at targets. Smoke rises from gun fire.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060016
Dramatization: Rogers' Rangers fight during the French Indian War and soldiers advance during the American Revolution

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.

Date: 1955
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073594
U.S. Army infantrymen learn to fire rifles, repair vehicles and communicate during a training at Fort Benning in Georgia,US.

Training of U.S. Army infantrymen at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Aerial view of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. Infantrymen run on a field during their physical training. They are vaccinated. They give measurements for their uniform. An officer instructs them in a classroom. They learn to use rifles and other weapons. They study theory to be applied in field. They learn techniques of communication and vehicle repair. After maneuvers the infantrymen advance in a battlefield and fire artillery.

Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073599