Pre World War 2: U.S. Army description and demonstration of the use of the training stick in bayonet practice. The training stick is a long stick with a loop at the base end and padding at the far end. Footage of two soldiers practicing and switching roles by throwing the training stick and bayonet to one another, then practicing again. They practice on a large field, with suspended straw dummies behind them. Further in the distance, more soldiers can be seen walking in a line.
Narrator describes the second of two rifle and bayonet disarming sequences while two soldiers demonstrate step-by-step. Closeups of M1903 Springfield rifle with training bayonet attached. Closeups of U.S. Army soldier's face acting distressed as he is disarmed. Slow and full speed demonstrations of the full sequence. Soldiers swap roles with each disarm event. Pre-WW2.
U.S. Army step-by-step demonstration and description of the third (of three) method of disarming an opponent armed with a rifle and bayonet. Third method involves a kick to the crotch or shin and a twist to remove the bayonet from the opponents hands. Closeups of the M1903 Springfield rifle and training bayonet used by soldiers. Slow motion and full speed demonstrations of the third disarming sequence, with the soldiers switching roles with each disarm. Soldiers practicing all three methods of disarming an opponent at full speed, once again switching roles with each disarm. Pre-World War 2.
Pre-WW2 U.S. Army training film shows step-by-step demonstrations and description to disarm an opponent attacking with an overhand knife attack. Closeups of training knife. Multiple camera angles of two soldiers demonstrating the movement slowly and at full speed. Filmed in a large field with training equipment and more soldiers walking in a line in the background. Soldiers grapple for the knife after falling to the ground.
Soldiers from Company B of the U.S. Army 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment begin learning cross-country techniques such as the "side step," "herringbone" and "kick turn," as described by the narrator. The soldiers practice their skills in deep snow in Alta, Utah, hiking up steep slopes in single file. The men ski down tall slopes one by one, and in groups on wider terrain. A line of soldiers stand arrayed behind upright skis. During World War 2.
A sweeping camera shot shows multiple groups of parachutists on a mountain slope in Alta, Utah. An instructor demonstrates the "snowplow" technique for braking while moving downhill. Soldiers attempt the technique one by one. Each morning, the narrator describes, soldiers of Company B practice basic body swinging exercises. Expert instructors glide down the slopes effortlessly, performing turns and a jump. The soldiers learn basic turning technique, and one man loses his balance and falls. Lines of soldiers hone their skills, learning the "stem" and "stem christie" turns. (World War 2 period.)
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