Film begins with camera panning over the desert at the U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War 2. Moving vehicles spew smoke, forming a thin smoke screen across the background. Military vehicles of various kinds are maneuvering over the site. Two M3 Lee tanks raise dust as they move toward the camera. Closeup of one with gunners in the main and the sponson turrets of the tank. Various military vehicles, including half M3 half track armored personnel carriers, jeeps and trucks move along a dirt road. An M3 lee tank moves down from an upper road to a lower one, creating dust clouds as it does. It passes between some foot soldiers and an M3 armored personnel carrier (M3). Lots of dust is raised by the tank.
Tanks and troops moves across the desert at U.S. Army IX Corps camp in California during World War II. A smoke generator mounted on a truck throws a heavy smoke screen. Billows of smoke rise up.
An Elks Convention in Los Angeles, California. A parade led by a band as it plays various musical instruments. Open flag and umbrella decorated automobiles lined up on a field. A sign on the umbrellas read 'B.P.O.E. no.3 Philla'. Men mounted on horse back as they move forward in the parade. Soldiers march on foot as they carry American flag.
A film titled 'Soldiers of the sea' about the training of United States Marines. Aerial view of a Marine Corps base in San Diego, California. A car enters through a gate. A poster reads 'US Marines'. A Marine talks to men near the poster. A sign outside an office reads 'Recruiting officer'. A recruit takes an oath. He gets a haircut. Uniform being issued to the recruit. A Marine blows a bugle. Recruits get up and put on their clothes. The recruits in a classroom. They are taught about various parts of a ship with the help of a model of a ship. A sign reads 'Never say you to an officer' as recruits learn military etiquettes. They learn to prepare a casemate hammock.
A film about training of United States Marines in San Diego, California. Recruits learn the details of squad formation as they perform a drill. They receive bayonet instructions. Two men demonstrate the use of bayonets during a hand to hand combat. The recruits row a whaleboat across a river.
A film about training of United States Marines in San Diego, California. Recruits learn to fire rifles at a firing range. The recruits lying in prone position fire rifles at targets. A man lying on the ground as he holds a target. The recruits fire machine guns at the target. They fire machine guns at a forward moving target.
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