SOLDIERS OF THE SEA Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Marine Corps recruits are trained at the San Diego (Calif.) Marine Base. Reel 1, the recruits take an oath, receive equipment, arise at reveille, attend classes in military etiquette, drill in close order, row whaleboats, receive bayonet instruction, and fire rifles and machine guns on a range. Training planes are checked, fueled, taken off, and flown in formation. Reel 2, the recruits, protected by low flying planes, pull disassembled 75mm howitzers through the surf and onto a beach during a practice landing operation; the advance continues inland. Shows close-order drill, the manual of arms, and a parade.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Marine Corps

Series

Motion Picture Films