U.S. Marines occupy trenches at their training facility in World War 1. Once positioned in them, they climb from the trenches, in squads, and charge forward. They are followed by a second wave of squads. Some marines are seen down in a dugout of the trench. Another scene shows more squads of marines going over the top of deep trenches, in successive waves. They climb rustic ladders to get out of these deep trenches.
A training film titled 'Gas and Gas Mask' shows how lethal gas is disseminated from gas cylinders and artillery shells in Europe by Germany during World War 1. German soldiers wearing gas masks move out from a trench through a screen of smoke or gas.The soldiers in prone positions advance through poisonous gas smoke and carry square shields. American forces demonstrate use of liquid fire (flame thrower) like that used by German troops to spray liquid fire in the trenches. Condensed gas in a cylinder. The cylinder lying on the ground in a horizontal position. A U.S. Army soldier wearing a gas mask opens the knob of the cylinder. The gas comes out. A gas cloud is formed and moves in the direction of the wind. A soldier holds a German gas shell. A large number of gas shells are exploded. A U.S. soldier demonstrates two different forms of gas masks. The first is a basic scarf which holds a small pad of cotton soaked in soda solution. He puts on the scarf mask. Next he puts on a more advanced "Gas helmet" (early gas mask).
The film 'The Great Train Robbery' in the United States. A group dances in a small cabin. A band plays music. Horses on a path in woods. A man fires guns. A group chases another. Three men in the woods. Other men sneak up on them. Horses in the background. A gun fight. First three men are killed. A close up of a man in a cowboy outfit pointing a pistol.
Women travel wearing Honeybugs sandals and slippers in the United States. A woman walks in the corridor of a sleeper car in a railroad train, beside sleeping berths or sleeping cabins. She is wearing slippers designed by Honeybugs. She climbs up a ladder into a sleeping bunk as a porter helps her. A woman with her two children wearing Honeybugs slippers. Women seated wearing Honeybugs sandals. Legs of women showing different designs of Honeybugs sandals and slippers.
U.S. Army artillery soldiers are taught invasion tactics in the Unites States. Physical training of the artillerymen. The artillerymen carry a log and toss the log. Men practice physical exercises. They climb up a tree one after the other and get down a rope. Dynamite explosions in a field. The men crawl under the fire and cross a trench. Smoke due to an explosion. The artillerymen fire machine guns during their practice. They pass under fences in prone position. (World War II period).
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The troops seated in a circle. An OSS officer stands in center. Another officer comes and hands over a gun to the officer. A Chinese troop comes forward. The officer teaches them how to hold a gun. The troop show him. All the trainees practice the same.
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