A film about training of 725th Railroad Operating Battalion personnel at Camp Claiborne in Louisiana. A train on the roll. Officers at a desk as they plan for a mock attack on a railroad train to impart practical training to 725th Railroad Operating Battalion personnel. Security guards aboard the train as they fire at attacking airplanes. Air attack causes damage to railroad track. Personnel inspect the damaged track. Caboose being informed about the damage. Security guards move to vantage points to provide a protection cover during repairing work. A signal man goes up a pole to make connection to an open telephone line. He makes a call to a dispatcher and the First Sergeant. The First Sergeant blows a whistle and repair parties load onto trucks. Others load onto railroad motor cars. A sign reads '725th Ry. Opn. Bn.'. The repair parties in trucks arrive at the site of the attack and equipment being unloaded. Broken tyres being removed. Another repair crew arrives. Rails being put in place and angle bar being used to tighten the bolts. A train rolls on the tracks. Guards on duty aboard the train. (World War II period).
A film in the United States about achievements and role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization depicts an African American priest at a church as he addresses people about the contribution of African Americans in every branch of army like quartermaster corps, infantry. A woman gets up and says that her son is serving in the infantry. She reads out a letter from her son Robert. Army recruits at a railroad station. Elevated view of men walking in organized lines in the train station. Robert bids goodbye to his mother. A train arrives at an army training camp with snow on the ground and icicles hanging from the train station. Recruits being addressed by an officer. Robert being interviewed about his past life. An officer teaches the recruits the correct manner of saluting. The recruits remove civilian clothing and put on military uniforms. They undergo physical examination by U.S. Army medical staff. They board a train and leave for a replacement center. The recruits arrive at a camp and get off trucks onto snow covered ground. In a barracks area, they learn to make their beds and march. The recruits march across training grounds. Ill soldiers and recruits at a hospital as doctors examine them. The recruits undergo a dental check up. They learn to fire rifles at rifle ranges. The recruits play football, baseball, boxing and ping pong. They listen to poetry. African American women WACs ( Women's Army Corps) march at a training academy. They drive jeeps over a rough terrain. A recruit polishes his shoe. The African American recruits dance with girls at a dance ball. They perform exercises during a drill.
Members of the Japan ground self defense force at Rumoi, Hokkaido in Japan for ski training. Ski troops go carrying ski equipment in their hands. Dog seen with troops. Steam locomotive train arrives. Ski troops board railroad train. Smoke emits from engine. Train leaves. Ski troops receive training for wearing ski gear. Ski troops in sliding actions. Snow covered mountains in the background. Ski troops practice traveling on the hill carrying machine guns. They travel straight down the hill. They dig the ice and set up mortars. Ski infantry rifles are wrapped in white cloth. Brigadier General Ned D. Moore, Chief of the army section of United States Military Advisory Group, talks about training of selected Japanese officers, in the United States. Japan ground self defense forces march in parade.
Railroad train operations in South Charleston Ohio and Glen Jean (Waverly) Ohio. View of railway cart on tracks and a building. Steam locomotive passes by the building pulling a passenger train. View of Charleston train station building. View from last train caboose or bogey shows a Ford Model T milk van carrying milk cans cross the railway tracks. Train on bridge and view of bridge from last train caboose at it crosses the bridge.
Trains operating through a railway station in France. A train at the railway platform. A man stands near a large steam locomotive engine. A freight train passes through the station. People stand on the railway platform. A train arrives. Engine and wheels of the train in view. Steam rises up from the train.
Psychiatric procedures for United States soldiers in combat areas during World War 2 suffering stress following trauma of battle. Battle scenes: Strong and courageous soldiers sent for fight. They attack enemy and fire rifles from hidden places. Smoke rises. They face danger in battle day after day. View of wounded, burned and dead soldiers in battle. Strongest soldiers of the army maneuver over field. Soldiers seated facing the stress of combat and become psychiatric casualties. Chart depicts fighting front and its three levels: division, army and base. Soldiers are sent to battalion aid station and back to clearing stations for treatment. Medical van brings the wounded soldiers and psychiatric casualties to battalion aid station. One officer checks the ID card of soldiers. ID card reads: '1st battalion, 168 infantry regiment, yes incurred in Italy'. Chart shows training and rehabilitation center (T& R center) near clearing station. Soldiers reach to training and rehabilitation center. A Sign of 'Training and Rehabilitation Center'. Combat fatigue cases are reconditioned by battle training. A psychiatrist interviews a soldier suffering from reactive depression and asks about troubles and feelings faced by him when he got wounded. After interview soldiers are send to clearing center. Soldier enters into tent at camp. They take rest, make social contacts with other soldiers, write letter, get shaved and eat food. Two days later, soldier is re-interviewed about improvement after relaxation in training center. He shows improvement and is encouraged. Recovered soldiers fill the artillery outside the tent near training center. (Modern equivalent - PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder treatment)
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