French soldiers training in Artois, France, shortly before World War I. French artillerymen wearing gas masks, are seen inside a bunker. One loads a powder charge into a Cannon de 75 modèle 1897 field gun (So-called French 75). Slate states (in Swedish): Calculating the distance to an airship or airplane is often a very tricky task. View of French soldier, in a field, looking through a telescope, and another, nearby, looking through binoculars. The latter raises a large horn (or megaphone) and sounds it. Camera pans to two soldiers using a range finder. Closeup of aiming adjustments on a French 75 field gun. Next, gun crewmen remove shells from a protected storage caisson, buried in the side of a deep trench and other gunners load a nearby gun. Slate states that Automobile cannons constitute a very practical and effective weapon in the battle against airships. An artillery piece is shown mounted on a vehicle chassis, being maneuvered by gunners. A brief glimpse of mirror specially designed to signal to aviators.
Chinese troops at Chinese Training Detachment Headquarters in China during World War II. The troops stand in a line. United States aircraft parked in the background. United States and Chinese officers march. Soldiers with the flags of the United States and China. A fleet of aircraft in flight. U.S. troops carrier aircraft parked on the ground. Chinese soldiers stand at attention.
Training exercise and demonstration by the Royal Scots Greys and 2nd Dragoons cavalry in the UK. Bugler sounds an alarm. The cavalry respond. They ride their horses on steep cliffs and over difficult terrain. They cross a 10 foot deep river with strong currents in which their mounts must swim. On the other side, they join with other elements riding through woods.
Germany invades Poland. The animated map shows Warsaw and Modlin in Poland. Bomb craters on fields. Damaged building in the city. Smoke rises from bombed areas. A wrecked train and water in a bomb crater. A broken bridge. Destroyed Polish aircraft at an air base in Warsaw.
Contingent of U.S. cavalry arrive at a grove on training grounds of Fort Crook, Nebraska. They are mounted in formation. On their commander's order, the entire formation backs up and moves forward, again, in unison. The cavalrymen dismount. In another sequence, a small group of cavalry gallop from the distance, up a hill and stop short of the camera. Next scene shows dismounted cavalry lined up in front of stables. They mount their horses in unison, at a command. Their commander faces them, as three mounted buglers, behind him sound a bugle call. His horse paces about a bit as the bugles blow. In next sequence, several dismounted soldiers set up an artillery observation post, including a telescope on a tripod, in a field, as a mounted officer watches. An officer directs a cavalryman who sets a flag in the field. Back at the stables, mounted officers lead a group of soldiers pulling caissons and artillery pieces, with teams of horses. Dismounted soldiers are assembled with grazing horses, at the grove seen earlier. An officer arrives and issues an order. The soldiers mount and form up before moving out as a unit.
U.S. Army cavalry troops on horseback and horse drawn carriages, during training exercises prior to participation in the Punitive Expedition in Mexico under leadership of General Funston. Troops fire rifles from bushes during exercises.
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