Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War and the reconstruction. The Stoneman brothers departing to join their regiment. Men and women dancing in a hall after the first Battle of Bull Run. Bonfire celebrations on the street. Men and women dancing and celebrating. Some of the women watch them dancing. An old woman seated on chair in a room. A man meets and hugs a child. The child lying on a sofa.
A film titled: 'The Sergeant Shows em How' on training of U.S. soldiers during World War 2. Tents being erected on the ground. Soldiers washing their faces. A soldier wipes with face with a cloth. Soldiers washing their mess kits after a meal. A replica of a fortified town in Germany is built at the camp. View of artificial houses along street sides. Soldiers construct buildings. Target boards in a trench. Nazi German flags flying on flag poles on the buildings of the trainin camp. Soldiers discussing amongst themselves. Men working inside a building. Several visual aids being used for the training purposes. Opened equipment is wrapped in plexiglass so men can examine the pieces during training to understand how the equipment works. Soldiers explaining about various war equipment and ammunition.
Animated film on characteristics of U.S. Army soldiers during World War 2. Propaganda film depicts positive characteristics of the soldiers. They are compared to other people. They are taller and weigh more than other people. They know more about maps and compasses. They shoot more accurately with rifles. They have more fire power than others. They also know more about arrangement of beds than the average housewife.
A training film in the U.S. shows an attack on an enemy tank by U.S. soldiers. Soldiers gather on a field. A system patrol leader instructs them. They discuss strategies. They look at the position of a tank on a map and make strategies for attacking it. A group of soldiers standing. They practice by raiding a dummy tank. They are divided into 3 groups by the leader. They advance towards the dummy tank. The soldiers lying in prone positions get ready to attack the tank. The leader gives the signal to attack. Errors made during the attempt are noted down. The soldiers then advance for the actual attack at night. They arrive near the enemy tank and crawl forward. They hold rifles in hands. The platoon leader joins them. The soldiers lying in prone positions fire at the tank. The tank explodes. Smoke rises from the explosion. The soldiers lying in prone positions fire rifles. (World War II period).
qA training film in the U.S. shows U.S. soldiers fighting the Germans on a battlefield. Two officers talking amongst themselves. They discuss strategies against the Germans. They instruct soldiers. The soldiers advance on the battlefield. They hold rifles in hands. They advance through a wooded area and take their positions. The soldiers lying in prone positions crawl forward on the battlefield. Smoke rising from firing and bombardment. A soldier gets injured by an enemy shell while saving an officer. Officers discussing amongst themselves. A wounded soldier lying on a stretcher. Medics treating nearby. Officers aboard a ship underway at sea. (World War II period).
A documentary on occurrence of a tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas. Wrecked cars and rubbled equipment. Cars parked along street sides. Rescue workers, Red Cross workers and volunteers come to help the victims. They carry wounded on stretchers. Officers discussing amongst themselves. They look at a chart. They speak about coordination with the National Weather Service. A man seated in a car talking over a radio. Exterior of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Men working inside. They keep a watch on air disturbances with the help of satellites and radars and issue tornado watches and tornado warnings when needed. An officer seated at a desk. He speaks about working of the radars and the satellites. He looks at satellite pictures on a TV screen. Exterior of the National Severe Storms Laboratory of NOAA in Norman, Oklahoma. Cars parked outside the building. A man inside the laboratory speaking about the working of a radar.
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