A U.S. military training film titled "Pro Patria Vigilans" on the wartime and peacetime activities of the U.S. Signal Corps. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur aboard the U.S. Army Battleship USS Missouri during the Japanese surrender ceremonies of World War 2 in 1945. General MacArthur speaking on board the ship at the closing of the surrender proceedings. Aircraft flying in formation overhead. Antiaircraft guns directed towards the aircraft. Signal Corps recruits train at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The recruits dive and swim across water. The soldiers attend lecture by an officer. A sign reads: 'Field Radio Course'. Men working in the radio room are trained. Views of soldiers learning to operate radar. Various radar dishes. Closeup views of radar screens. An officer training the soldiers with the help of a model. The coastal defense training of the soldiers. The soldiers study the communication equipment. Soldiers working on communication switchboard equipment, telegraph, and teletype machines. A small messenger aircraft takes off and lands near the message center. A sign outside the building reads: 'Master Message Center'. Soldiers receive a map and clear it through the message center. Spinning equipment in the message center (possibly related to decoding or encryption). Officers seated at a desk, discussing a map.
A training film in the United States depicts training of soldiers in the army. A board outside a building reads: 'Infirmary'. The recruits enter the building. A medical examination being conducted. The recruits seated in a theater. A surgeon talking about contamination of diseases by the soldiers. The recruits drill. An officer instructing them. The recruits sweeping the ground with brooms. Some of the recruits cleaning containers and dishes in a mess. A bugler blows a bugle. The U.S. flag flying on a flag pole. Officers and the recruits saluting the flag. They arrive at a railroad station with their personal belongings. They board a train and the train moves on the railroads. They move for their first assignment. Men seated in a house discussing about the training. (World War II period).
Czechoslovakian women soldiers watch a demonstration during their emergency wartime duty training (early in the Cold War). Female Czechoslovakian soldiers learn first-aid wrapping techniques. Czechoslovakian women go over obstacle course by climbing, jumping and crawling. Spectators cheer on their comrades going over the obstacle course. A young Czechoslovakian woman stands up after crawling from obstacle and runs. Young Czechoslovakian woman successfully blocks her classmate holding pistol during self-defense training. Czechoslovakian women watch self-defense demonstration during training. Young Czechoslovakian women toss hand grenades together during training. Czechoslovakian women lying face down in field. Czechoslovakian women lie down and aim rifles in formation during rifle firing lesson. A box with small human figures as targets for rifle firing training. Young Czechoslovakian woman soldiers adjusts her rifle, aims, and shoots targets.
Railway car with lighting powered by Edison batteries (also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe battery) in the United States. A man opens the compartment under a train that contains Edison batteries, also known as storage batteries. He pulls out one of the storage batteries inside the compartment. Lights inside the train car. Train signal moving. A switch tower in a train junction. Engineers operate control in tower to change switch direction. Railroad switch moving. Locomotive and train moving down track.
A moving locomotive in Iran as seen from the train’s roof. Smoke rises from the train chimney. The train moves along the rugged desert terrain of the Iranian Plateau. A camel caravan moving in the desert as seen from moving train. Train moves along field with some trees.
United States Marine Corps helicopters fly over a desert in Nevada during a training exercise, during the Vietnam War period. Helicopter landing on the desert. Marines unloading equipment from a truck. Marines crowd at the back of another truck seen in the background. Marines sit at the back of a moving truck (USMC 212760). Marines walking and gather in the desert during their training. Naval infantry training how to move while carrying equipment. Marines carrying machine guns and rocket launchers. A Marine carries a bulky backpack with an antenna on top. Marines position machine guns and digging dirt. Marines in training setting up tents. Officers observe soldiers during their training. Two Marine smoke cigarettes while setting up equipment. A group of soldiers set up a large tent together.
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