Montage of scenes showing U.S. Marines undergoing training at the ordnance school (probably at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland). Film opens showing a large sign identifying the "Ordnance School, Marine Corps School." Camera backs away, revealing two orange-colored Terrier guided missiles rotating around on their launchers. Glimpse into a classroom where an instructor uses a pointer to discuss weapon features. Instructor and students outside standing with the two terrier missiles. Marines march in formation past a circular spot containing an artillery piece and a tall white column and a much smaller artistic representation of a Seahorse.Partly obscured by trees, writing on the column reads "...seas School." Navy and marine officers confering at a table. Trainees operating the maneuvering mechanism of twin Bofors 40mm gun. Closeup of the gun. Marines aboard ship undergoing arms inspection. Marines in England, watching British Highlanders on parade.
United States Marines seen in Combat Readiness Training in the United States. A fleet of United States navy ships underway at sea. Ships with heavy equipment and Marines advance towards a target area. Refueling of a ship while at sea. The Marines on deck of ship readying for a combat drop. They put on combat gear. Scene on land of a Marine observing from a camouflaged position as a Sikorsky H-34 helicopter lands. Group of Marines run and get into the helicopter. Smaller boat at sea moving at high speed and then slowing and using a loop to grab a Navy frogman diver after an operation. Low aerial view of a number of folded wing aircraft on a ship deck. A submarine fires a Polaris missile from underwater. The Polaris missile rising into the sky. A radar on the ship in operation.
A Patrol Torpedo Boat crew is ready for a battle against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War II. An officer hands out certificates to trainees on the graduation day. The trained crew arrives at an island to fight the enemy. The crew disembarks from a ship and gets on a Patrol Torpedo Boat. 'Waldorf Astoria' written on the door as a sailor shuts it. A gunner named Richard comes next to the man on the wheel. Richard removes a kitten from under his shirt. An officer looks through binoculars and spots an enemy tanker. The crew comes on the deck and prepares to battle. The gunner fires at the enemy ship. The crew fires a torpedo at the enemy ship.
U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boat training crew at sea in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The crew spots an enemy submarine and heads towards it. The crew speeds the Patrol Torpedo Boat towards the enemy submarine. The enemy submarine goes into water for a crash dive. Point of view shot from camera on submarine as it dives underwater. Above surface, a gunner fires at the enemy. The crew could not fire a torpedo hence they throw a depth charger in the direction of the submarine. Three depth chargers are dropped on the enemy submarine.
United States Marine recruits being trained by Sergeant Morgan in the United States. Marine recruits read from a board and converse with each other. Sergeant Morgan briefs a large group of Marine recruits. They listen carefully. The Marines with rifles in hand march. The recruits learn knot tying with ropes at a sea school. An officer instructs them. The recruits stand in a line with their baggage.
U.S. Army Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center, in Colorado, United States during World War 2. The mountain troops march out on a snow covered surface. A dramatization shows troops conversing with each other. An officer speaks to a group of mountain troops. They learn to walk with skis. The mountain troops learn to march with skis. They learn techniques on short slopes. The officer demonstrates how to climb on a slope with skis. One of the mountain troops tries the technique himself. Officers converse with each other and check records of the mountain troops. The troops get ready for a ski test.
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