Sailors learn methods of hand to hand combat attack and counterattack during a training program of the Navy in the United States. Two sailors demonstrate how to disarm an assailant with a gun in shoulder holster or in side holster. One of the sailors poses as the assailant and the other shows methods to disarm him. (World War II period).
Sailors learn methods of hand to hand combat attack and counterattack during a training program of the navy in the United States. Two sailors demonstrate how to disarm an assailant with an automatic pistol or a revolver. One of the sailors poses as the assailant and points an automatic pistol at the other sailor. The second sailor disarms him. (World War II period).
Re-enactment: Soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. Allied soldier walks and reaches a crossroad. Two signboards near the road. One reads 'II Corp gone to Gabes' and the second reads 'The 1st Army welcomes the 8th Army'. The soldier thumbs a ride from a passing military jeep.
New reservists join the American Navy. The reservist sailors parade. Rows and rows of reservist sailors eat food. Some reservists dive into water following the instructions of the trainer. They exercise with their instructors supervising. The sailors parade during a ceremony. The officers salute. A high ranking official inspects the sailors.
Vietnamese men work at a quarry, An Thoi. They break stones with small hammers. A Vietnamese wearing a coolie hat, swings an iron weight and breaks up small stones. The rock quarry. Vietnamese men under a temporary covering, breaking up rocks.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives, in an open car decorated with patriotic bunting, at a pier in San Diego, where the American cruiser, USS Houston (CA -30) is docked. Camera focuses on the superstructure of the Cruiser, which displays the American flag and a flag with the Presidential Seal. Next, the President is seen looking over the railing of the Houston as well-wishers wave from the dock below. Closeup of Roosevelt smiling broadly as he waves from the ship's railing. Glimpse of USS Houston underway in San Diego harbor. (Note: On this occasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarded the USS Houston for a fishing trip. His party included scientists from the Smithsonian Institute, who were to collect specimens from Central and South America while the President fished.)
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