Parking area at American Locomotive Company manufacturing plant, in Schenectady New York, is filled with new M47 Patton tanks. Ground-level view of tank wheels and treads. A new tank being parked in the crowded lot of the plant. Several new M47 tanks being driven at high speed and rotating their gun turrets as they turn a 90 degree corner on the road. View from behind crewman in top hatch of tank underway. A demonstration of an M47 tank spinning about in place.
U.S. Marine with M-60 machine gun stands behind a brick wall. Marines walk on grassy area. Vietnamese house in the background. Marines walk along dirt road. Marine with M-16 rifle cross over remains of brick wall. Marines prepare and fire 106mm rifle located atop mechanical mule. Trees in the foreground. Buildings in the background. Marines run through a wrecked Vietcong building. Marines walk on dirt road. They fire M-60 machine guns. Wooded area in the background. Marine kneels over dead Vietcong soldier. Many marines run on dirt road past Viet houses. (Vietnam War period).
United States UH-1E helicopter shot down by NVA (North Vietnamese Army) during Tet Offensive in Hue. Dirt road in the foreground. Trees in the background. U.S. Marines of 'H' Co., 2nd Battalion. 5th Marines, 1st Division., march along dirt road. Marines reach a house in area. Marines with M-16 rifles enter the house. Several marines carrying M-72 66mm LAWs (Light Anti Tank Weapon) begin to enter the door of Viet Cong house. Marines walk on grassy area toward Viet religious shrine. Marines fire M-16 rifles from behind brick wall during battle. Marines move through wooded area. Vietnamese children in jungle. Marines place bandage on wounded Marine sitting against wall. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 3rd Battalion 22nd Marines in combat with enemy in Okinawa. Marines and several M-7 mortar carriages move across creek to new positions. M-7 tanks in new positions, firing 105mm Howitzers out. Marine carries shells to side of M-7 and hands it over to crew in turret. Artillery fire in valley. (World War II period).
Re-assembling of M-14 rifles in South East Asia. Students sit on benches during a briefing on fire arms. The Pacific Ocean in the background. Men around a table work on M-14 rifles which are broken down. A man works on the bolt section of the M-14 rifles during the reassembling. Students re-assemble the rifles. An instructor looks on. He explains about a weapon to a large group of students. A student stands and asks a question. The class seated on benches listens to the instructor.
Swift Boat 'Point Grey' underway in Vietnam. A hilly shoreline in the background. A small island in the far background. A PCF-3 Swift Boat is docked at a pier at An-Thoi area. Captain Shepherd (U.S. Navy) on wooden dock area being instructed in firing of M-70 grenade launcher. The captain fires a grenade and lowers his gun. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires an M-79 launcher. Two Vietnamese look on. A harbor area in view. A small island in the far background. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires a grenade. Captain Shepherd fires the M-79 grenade launcher. The grenade strikes the water. The Swift Boat at the pier.
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