A training film about fighting against the enemy during World Wear II, focusing on themes of nerves, fear, and combat stress among soldiers. The enactment shows American soldiers as they fire at enemy during a battle. The U.S. tank fires. The tank catches fire and soldiers fall off the tank and die. The U.S. tank on fire after being hit by the enemy. Jim, an American soldier, fires rifle. He observes German soldiers bunching up and then being hit by machine gun fire. A fellow soldier near him is struck and dies.
A training film about fighting against the enemy during World War II, and soldiers dealing with stress, fear, and nerves. The enactment shows a dead American soldier on a battlefield. Jim, an American soldier fires and advances across a field. Jim sees a dead German soldier. Jim searches for his own water bottle but fails to find it. Jim feels hesitant to touch the dead soldier. He takes the water bottle of the dead soldier and drinks water. Jim gets up to face the enemy.
A training film about fighting against the enemy during World War II. The enactment shows an injured American soldier as Jim and another soldier look after him. Jim and the other soldier tend to the injured soldier. The American soldiers including Jim fire at enemy German troops and shoot down the enemy soldiers and advance ahead. Jim and other soldiers hit enemy soldiers and kill them.
A training film about fighting against the enemy during World War II. The enactment shows dead bodies in a battlefield. The injured soldiers being taken away for medical aid. An injured officer reports about the victory in the battle over a hand radio. The soldiers advance after the battle. The soldiers and sailors at a cafe as they celebrate their victory. Jim with two other soldiers at the bar. Jim thinks about the battle and the ability to face enemy attack as he smokes a cigarette. The three of them cheer up and drink beer.
A training film about the importance of standing watch duty for U.S. Navy sailors aboard a ship during World War II. Mix of dramatized and period footage. Enactment shows a lookout standing watch aboard a ship as he sights the periscope of an enemy submarine underway at sea. The lookout reports about the submarine to an officer. The officer looks through binoculars and gives out orders. U.S. Navy sailors called to battle stations are seen running under decks to assume positions. Torpedo from submarine detected coming toward ship. Captain gives evasive maneuver order. The Captain looks over the bridge of the ship as the torpedo misses ship. Depth charges being fired from the deck of the ship, and also rolled off the deck into the ocean, directed at the submarine. Explosions occur at sea from the depth charges. The submarine is destroyed. A sailor shows a Japanese and a Nazi German flag painted aboard the ship recording enemy vessels sunk. Next scene is a dramatized scene inside a Japanese submarine showing what would have happened if the crew member on watch was day dreaming and not paying attention. A member of the Japanese submarine crew looks at a ship through the periscope. Point of view shot through Japanese periscope of U.S. Navy ship coming into torpedo firing range. Submarine captain orders torpedoes fired. View of torpedo running in water toward U.S. Navy ship. American sailor aboard the ship executes an order a bit late and the ship gets struck by the Japanese torpedo. Dramatized scenes of Navy crew members abandoning ship and struggling in ocean waters. The sailors in water cry out for help. Dramatization of a dead sailor rising from the sea and speaking about the need to be alert while on standing watch. An inattentive and lazy sailor standing watch in contrast to an alert sailor. A ship underway at sea and sailors sleep in their bunk beds. Dead sailor calls standing watch a sacred duty.
Capabilities of various types of amphibious vehicles and control ships employed in transportation of U.S. troops. LVT 3-C (Landing Vehicle Craft Mark-3) underway at sea. LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel Mark-5) on beachhead. LVT A-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Mark-5) on beach, equipped with howitzer. DUKW (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) underway at sea. Various types of control ships include DEC (Control Escort Vessel), PCEC (Patrol Craft Escort Communication ship),
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