Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The trainees learn marksmanship. The trainees in prone position aiming at the targets. An OSS officer trains them. Mountains in the background. One by one the troops lay down in prone position and fire while the other look out. The troop lie down in prone position and practice firing. A soldier in prone position firing at the target. The target mounted across a river. The trainees in prone position and aiming at the targets. Two troops in prone position firing guns. A close up of a Chinese troop firing and smiles.
Collision between two trains on a same track during the repair work in Germany. The wrecked train cars. A view of the wreckage. A sign board reads 'Stuttgart Waibilngen'. The scattered wreckage where the accident took place. U.S. Army personnel walk in between the wreckage. The personnel cover a coffin. The rescue workers stand in the background. The personnel carry the coffin through the railway tracks. The scattered wreckage.
Naval crew training at the United States Naval Fleet Training Center in Charleston, South Carolina. In a mockup of a submarine compartment, an officer speaks into a microphone, while a sailor operates a periscope.
U.S. Naval Fleet Training Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Training in submarine simulator. Naval Commander gives order and the simulator physically emulates movements of a submarine in response to crew actions. View of "trainer controls" panel. Crew members operate the simulated submarine in response to instructions from the instructors. Simulator commences a steep dive.
A large group of soldiers in 1930s U.S. Army uniform practice bayonet attacks in two circles. One soldier is at the center of the circle with the training stick, calling the soldiers in the circle in towards him one at a time to practice with the training stick. Narrator describes the exercise. Soldiers performing the same exercise, this time with their backs turned so that they do not know when they will be called to the center of the circle. Demonstration and description of another exercise, this time a competition between the soldiers for accuracy and proficiency with the bayonet attacks.
German training or propaganda reel from World War II. German paratroopers being dropped from two Junkers Ju-52 three-engine transport aircraft. Their chutes open immediately and billow out. The chutes of the descending paratroops fill the sky.
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