New recruits receive military haircuts at the U.S. Great Lakes Naval Training Center in World War 2. Views of them taking swimming tests at a swimming pool. They line up outside a Training Center Chapel and march inside. A large group takes academic tests. Petty officera interview recruits, as they each are screened to see what specialties they are most suited for in the Navy. Several sit on a bench, comparing their job evaluations. A large formation of recruits doing pushups and other exercises, outdoors.
United States Marines at a Marine Cold Weather Training Camp in the Arctic region. Hot food for the Marines is brought by trucks. They sit on a snow covered surface. The Marines pray in a make shift chapel at the camp. An instructor takes a class. They also learn to care of the wounded. The Marines cross a net bridge and walk on a rope as a part of their training.
The Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees undergo diving training. An instructor explains how to work with a helmet. One of the trainee dons a diving helmet and goes into water. The trainees learn to repair the motor of a boat. They learn sign language. An officer reviews the trainees and sailors standing in a line.
The Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees undergo squadron maneuvers. A number of Patrol Torpedo Boats underway. One of them gives flag signals. A trainee on a wheel. The trainees fire at objects as a part of their training. Officers read their marks from a paper on a board. Two trainees use a broom as their rifles and practice target shooting. (World War II period).
Young recruits undergo training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. An instructor takes a class explaining the operation of an engine order telegraph and a compass. The recruits attend a photography class. They practice boxing. A recruit learns to repair engines and machinery. Radio and signal instructions given to the class. A dramatization shows two recruits conversing with each other. New recruits Potter, Benson and Dan salute a naval officer. A recruit goes to a library and looks for a particular book. The librarian assists him.
A Ford Motor Company documentary depicts the activities of U.S. soldiers at a camp in the United States during World War I. Buildings at a military training camp. U.S. soldiers march holding a flag of 'Fort Sheridan Training Camp'.
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