German Army tanks pass through barbed wire entanglements during the German invasion of Luxembourg during World War II. Sign reads “Passage interdit Durchgang verboten” (“Entry forbidden” in English). View of a high-speed rail train in Luxembourg. German troops smiling and waving from a small trail way carriage traveling at high speed. German soldiers and supplies in train carriages. Luxembourg civilians welcome and distribute food to German troops marching down street. A Luxembourg man spraying a jet of water to cool soldiers marching through village. German troops smiling as they move through the village. Civilians watch entrance of German troops. Horse drawn cart towing anti-aircraft guns. A German soldier uses a bicycle. German soldier receives a drink from local civilian.
Two U.S. Marines in a Jeep during a training exercise in Nevada, United States, during the Vietnam War. United States Marine Corps naval infantry gather in front of an army medical truck. They organize backpacks, rifles, and helmets on the ground. Marine Corps backpacks, rifles, equipment, rocket launchers, and helmets neatly placed in front of the soldiers. An African American Marine examines the sight on a machine gun before placing it back on the ground. Officers training the Marines inspect them and their equipment. A Marine laughs beside other men.
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. train comes out of a tunnel in Southern California. An engine and a header, nineteen freight cars, a caboose, and a pusher engine creep slowly round the curve and up the steep grade. Fine smoke rises from the railroad train.
A how-to for bayonet instructors on giving non-verbal commands to soldiers when training them with a bayonet. U.S. Army officer demonstrates various visual commands, avoiding verbal commands. Narration describes the non-verbal training methodology. Soldiers respond to the commands with various fixed bayonet attack positions.
U.S Army Signal Corps film about bayonet training film. Narrator introduces the purpose of the bayonet over battlefield footage in a a training scenario. Soldiers crouching in a trench, WW1 era Vickers machine gun in use. Soldiers lying in brush in a field. Soldiers charging a trench. Narrator describes what must be required of a soldier to be able to wield a bayonet (physical agility, mental alertness, etc.). Footage of U.S. soldiers wearing boxing gloves sparring with one another in a field learning hand to hand combat skills, as well as some footage track and field events including a running race and shotput event. Two soldiers practicing sparring with fake bayonets while narrator discusses the main points of how to use a bayonet.
Step by step demonstration and description of the first method of disarming an opponent armed with a rifle and bayonet. Closeup of training bayonet. Disarming sequence shown slowly from multiple camera angles. Multiple full speed demonstrations as U.S. Army soldiers switch roles with each disarm during training exercise.
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