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Activities of crew members on USS Samuel Chase on mission to Algiers in World War II

The USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) en route to Oran, Algeria, in World War 2. A life preserver reads "USS Samuel Chase, USCG". American flag flies nearby. Silhouette shot of another transport ahead, gun mount and rigging in foreground. Silhouette of transport, sun in right side. Looking down on main deck of transport shows several Free French sailors in dress blues. Crew of ship on main deck. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (Higgins Boat) on deck with identification "PA 26 3" painted on its hull. Transport underway. Marine dressed in fatigues. Water in background. Men lounge around on deck. Chief speaking to assembled Coast Guardsmen.

Date: 1943, March
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046335
U.S. Army training film about winning at any cost attitude of U.S. players and soldiers (WW2)

United States Army training film about the attitude of athletes and soldiers of the United States in World War II. The film is titled 'Fighting Men', 'Kill or Be Killed'. Narrator contrasts fair fight tactics in sports in the United States versus the kill or be killed attitude necessary to win in war. Opens with series of scenes of players playing various sports, seemingly at college and professional level for most: baseball, basketball and ice hockey. Boxers in a boxing ring and runners at a race track in a track and field race. Two young boys boxing in a ring while a referee in a Navy sweatshirt looks on. A tennis player preparing to serve a ball. A football game. Soldiers run in a field and fire while in prone position. A soldier fires machine guns while the other holds the bullet belt. Bomb explosion on a battlefield. Artillery and soldiers at a front during a war.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046389
A U.S. Army training film about soldiers using different types of hand weapons in a close fight in a field.

A United States Army training film about use of different weapons by soldiers of the United States. Soldiers fire guns, artillery, mortar, rifles and machine guns. Players at a boxing ring and soldiers in a close fight in a field. Soldiers use weapon 'morning star'. Brass knuckles displayed. Short gun and use of French knife demonstrated. A soldier fires a gun. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046390
A U.S. Army training film about soldiers using gun and hand grenade during a war (WW2)

A United States Army training film about use of different weapons by soldiers of the United States in World War II. A soldier fires a gun and kills other soldier. Three soldiers see a dugout. They lay on ground and throw a hand grenade on it.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046391
A U.S. Army training film about soldiers using different weapons to save their lives during a war (WW2)

A United States Army training film about use of different weapons by soldiers of the United States in World War II. A soldier hides behind a damaged building. He attacks a soldier from the back and kills him with a knife. Two soldiers in a close fight. One soldier hurts another's eye and kills him. A soldier sees another in a field and fires from a prone position. Players in a boxing ring. Soldiers fight in a field.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046392
United States Army troops communicate with field telephones in the front (WW2)

'Your Job in the Signal Corps' discusses the importance of communication lines in the army during World War II. A sign on the door of the office of a Major General. U.S. Major General H. G. Ingles, Chief Signal Officer speaks about the U.S. Army Signal Corps and their role in all the three divisions of army. Major General Ingles speaks from his office. A soldier on top of a moving tank. Tanks in a field. Mechanized units in a field during a war. The troops communicate from the field. Aircraft fly and bomb. Bomb bay door opens. Bombs fall from bombers and hit the ground. Artillery is fired. A soldier reads a map and talks over a field phone. Gun crew fires artillery. Railway gun firing. Naval artillery firing from ship. A boat lands on a beach head. Troops walk in a jungle. A soldier blows a whistle. Allied soldiers fire a bazooka on a moving German armored vehicle. Man sends a telegram using a telegraph machine. A soldier calls with a telephone. Another soldier uses the radio for communication. Carrier Pigeons and rockets are also used to stay in touch. A hand fires a signal rocket. A messenger hand delivers a message. Officers making calls from their desks, field telephones and telephones on trees.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046398