U.S. training film 'The Recon Marine' shows United States Marine Corps undergoing training in the United States. Glimpse of a U.S. Marine Corps M48 Patton tank moving past camera. A Landing Vehicle Tracked, LVT(A)1, armed with machine gun and fitted with the turret of a 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8. It is moving through surf, away from shore. Fleeting glimpse of U.S. marine Corps jet fighter aircraft in flight. Major Richard S Stark ,U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, talks about the aspects of Marines training program. The American flag in the background. Battle scenes of Marines advancing amidst heavy firing. Marines in training, using ropes to cross a a concrete pool filled with water. (One falls into the pool.) Marines training in unarmed hand-to-hand combat and running an obstacle course. Marines marching in formation.
U.S. Army Reserve soldiers train at regular Army Camps. They are seen in formation outside barracks. Then they participate in bayonet practice. Closeups of Reservists and instructor doing practice moves using rifles with fixed bayonets. Next, Army M60A3 Battle Tanks and M113 APCs (Armored Personnel Carriers) are seen maneuvering in a field. Crew in an M113 APC moving through woods. Reserve infantry moving along a field with smoke rising ahead of them. Troops moving in concert with APCs as smoke rises from explosions nearby. Army ROTC cadets being led in pushups during training. Officer training graduates parade on a field past a military brass band.
South Vietnamese soldiers board an armored rail car in a train in 1960 before the Vietnam War. Close view of steam locomotive wheels and piston as it starts up. A silhouette of a soldier with gun on board a train with tracks in the foreground. An explosion on train tracks ahead. A gun firing from a gun turret. A machine gun firing from a slit. Soldiers running up a hill and field. They shoot with guns in the smoke-covered battlefield. Explosion in the field. South Vietnamese soldiers evacuate wounded and carry equipment out of battle. United States officials disembark from United States aircraft. A United States official, possibly retired General Maxwell Taylor, is interviewed by the media. United States and South Vietnamese soldiers inspect a cutaway of an airplane engine and propeller during training. A United States Air Force instructor shows an aircraft model to South Vietnamese pilots. United States and South Vietnamese pilots shake hands. South Vietnamese pilot sits in fighter plane cockpit. The cockpit canopy closes. A United States Army specialist speaks to South Vietnamese soldiers in Vietnamese during weapons training. United States military adviser talks to some soldiers, pointing to a map. Soldiers carrying ammo boxes and weapons, and wearing foliage for camouflage. An African American soldier holding a 60mm M2 mortar. Soldiers shoot guns, including M1919 Browning machine gun, as Vietcong soldiers run away. Camouflaged U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers running towards jungle. A U.S. soldier points as a young Vietcong soldier emerges from brush. Captured Vietcong prisoners sit on the ground and are led away. United States medical specialists treat Vietnamese civilians in village. An army doctor uses a stethoscope on a woman’s chest.
A film about use and importance of M8 cargo carriers. An M4 tractor and a 71/2 ton truck arrive. An M4 tractor pulls cargo as it moves through snow covered regions and muddy areas. A picture of an M4 tractor and a 71/2 truck. An M8 cargo carrier. The engine of the M8 cargo carrier. Soldiers board the cargo carrier. A 50 caliber machine gun mounted onto the cargo carrier. Rubber tires and suspension wheels of the M8. The M8 cargo carrier pulls artillery. A dozer at the nose of the M8 cargo carrier.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Reforger II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operation. Locomotives drive on railway tracks at Heilbronn South Train Station in Germany. Men of 16th Infantry Division guide them. M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) drives onto flatcars. A man directs them and men loaded on APC. Locomotive pulls train load of APC away from station. Locomotive travels along tracks. (Note: Other vehicles seen include: M114 ARV reconnaissance vehicle and M578 Recovery Vehicle.)
Activities of U.S. African American soldiers training stateside for battle during World War 2. Soldiers aboard jeeps and trucks driving past on a training battlefield. A snow covered area with U.S. Army soldiers in many tanks, trucks, and a M3 Gun Motor Carriage (tank destroyer) advancing in the snow. The soldiers stand near artillery lined up on the battlefield. They load and fire artillery. Tanks advance on the battlefield. Smoke rises due to firing. Engineers building a pontoon bridge over a river. Cavalry units advance on the battlefield. Trees in the background. African American troops advancing against targets in a mix of M3 half tracks APC and M3 Gun Motor Carriage Tank Destroyers. The soldiers fire an anti-aircraft artillery. African American U.S. Army Infantry units lying in prone position fire rifles and guns on the battlefield.
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