Pre World War 2: U.S. Army description and demonstration of the use of the training stick in bayonet practice. The training stick is a long stick with a loop at the base end and padding at the far end. Footage of two soldiers practicing and switching roles by throwing the training stick and bayonet to one another, then practicing again. They practice on a large field, with suspended straw dummies behind them. Further in the distance, more soldiers can be seen walking in a line.
1930s U.S. Army training film describes how to disarm an opponent attacking with an underhand knife attack. Closeups of training knife and late 1930s U.S. Army uniforms. Two soldiers practicing the move slowly and at full speed, before practicing both disarming moves at will, switching roles with each disarm. Narrator advises attacking in pairs of two over footage of soldiers practicing a two against one scenario. Large group of soldiers practicing with bayonets by performing long thrusts and withdrawals on suspended straw dummies. Narrator advises that soldiers should practice bayonet skills on straw dummies each day while training.
A group of American and British forces pose in front of a tank, waving and shaking hands. Next, the U.S. Army 48th Combat Engineers are seen working at a sector of road where a bridge had been blown up by the Germans. Soon after, U.S. Army Lieutenant Francis Xavier Buckley of the 48th Combat Engineers, wearing long coat, shakes hands with Captain Souza of the Anzio Beachhead troops. Captain Souza is seen smoking a pipe. Next scene shows a group of soldiers walking towards the camera, led by U.S. Army General Mark W. Clark. General Clark shakes hands with the first US II Corps officer to reach the link-up location. In the background, British soldiers of the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment cheer. Additional close-ups of soldiers smiling and shaking hands, marking the end of the Anzio campaign in Italy, World War II.
Demonstration of defensive measures used at perimeter fence to guard against enemy ground attack. Napalm explodes after being shot off at night in dark in a fiery arc that drops to the ground, blazing at Bein Hoa Air Base. Fire burns in the background. Aerial view of the spreading fire.
Demonstration of defensive measures used at perimeter fence to guard against enemy ground attack. A fence in the dark. Totem pole flare burns at night in dark. Totem pole burns. A man with a dog in the foreground. Burning pole in the background and a fence in far background.
Bad Weather conditions due to monsoon rains. Maintenance work goes on at Tuy Hoa Air Base despite bad weather. Maintenance building surrounded by water near ramp. A man rides a bicycle through standing water around brick factory. Concertina barbed wire fence at the edge. A woman wearing a conical hat wades in water across the barbed wires. A camouflaged C-130 E plane takes off during inclement weather. Maintenance men work on a small bomb carrier hooked up to warehouse tractor as it rains. A saddle panel secured on F-100 D in a revetment. Water runs near a ramp, it runs under a sand drift fence. A camouflaged C-130 E plane taxis along the runway at the Air Base.
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