- Title: VM-1176B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:06 - 00:31:53"DRILL SERGEANT" CAMERA FOLLOWS AN ARMY SERGEANT, WHO DECIDES TO BECOME A DRILL SERGEANT, THROUGH HIS TRAINING & DURING THE TRAINING, BY HIM, OF NEW RECRUITS UNTIL THEIR GRADUATION DAY. 00:32:00AERIAL PLATOONS OF SOLDIERS MARCH DOWN DIRT ROAD WITH DRILL SERGEANTS CALLING OUT DRILLS AN GIS RESPONDING IN KIND. 00:32:32DRILL SERGEANT CALLS OUT "1, 2, 3, 4," AS HE MARCHES ALONGSIDE HIS MEN, THEY RESPOND. CU MARCHING FEET. 00:32:49CU SERGEANT WITH CREW CUT LOOKS IN MIRROR AND NEATLY PLACES HIS CAMPAIGN HAT ON HIS HEAD. HE THEN TURNS ON LIGHT SWITCH, BLOWS HIS WHISTLE AND SHOUTS, "ALRIGHT HIT IT", AS HE WAKES UP HIS MEN 00:33:50SERGEANT SITS IN RESTAURANT IN GERMANY PRIOR TO HIS BECOMING A DRILL SERGEANT. CU FACIAL EXPRESSION OF DEEP THOUGHT. 00:33:53CANNONS FIRE IN SALUTE OF ARMY SECRETARY AS HE REVIEWS TROOPS AT "CONART", CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND. SECRETARY STANDS IN JEEP AS HE REVIEWS 00:34:42OFFICER AT CONART SPEAKS TO OTHER OFFICERS ABOUT TRAINING OF SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS. 00:35:23DRILL SERGEANTS CORRECTS A GI'S HAND SALUTE. 00:36:05SERGEANT ADJUSTS GI'S UNIFORM AS HE INSPECTS. 00:36:23OFFICER INTERVIEWS SERGEANT FOR JOB OF DRILL SERGEANT, TELLS HIM OF ADVANTAGES. 00:37:23SIGN: "FORT LEONARD WOOD, DRILL SERGEANT SCHOOL". 00:37:40DRILL SERGEANT AT SCHOOL LECTURES AN OUTDOOR CLASS OF STUDENT SERGEANTS. 00:37:43MONTAGE THE SERGEANT STUDENTS DO DRILLS, CALISTHENICS, GUARD DUTY AND REVIEW EVERY SUBJECT TAUGHT IN BASIC COMBAT TRAINING. 00:38:21SERGEANT SHOWS STUDENTS CHART CONTAINING M-14 RIFLE WITH COMPLETE NOMENCLATURE OF ITS PARTS. OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL ARE SIMILARLY INDOCTRINATED 00:38:47INSTRUCTOR SHOWS CLASS HOW TO BRING DOWN A MAN FROM BEHIND. 00:39:08LT. COLONELS AND ABOVE ATTEND A SENIOR OFFICER'S ORIENTATION AT FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA. 00:39:49NEW DRILL SERGEANTS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS & DISTINCTIVE CAMPAIGN HATS AFTER GRADUATION. 00:41:17THREE WHITE & 1 BLACK DRILL SERGEANTS ARE BRIEFED BY THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER WHERE THEY ARE ASSIGNED. 00:41:49YOUNG RECRUITS, STILL IN CIVILIAN DRESS RIDE BUS TO CAMP. DRILL SERGEANT IS THERE TO MEET BUS. 00:42:08SUPPLY SERGEANT HANDS OUT CLOTHING. CU RECRUIT SITS IN CHAIR AS HIS HAIR IS CUT OFF. MEDIC INJECTS EACH RECRUIT WITH INJECTOR GUN. UNIFORM IS FITTED ON RECRUIT. 00:42:58EACH RECRUIT IS INTERVIEWED FOR BEST JOB SUITED TO HIM. RECRUIT ANSWERS QUESTIONS. RECRUITS LINE UP CARRYING THEIR DUFFEL BAGS, BOARD BUS UNDER SUPERVISION OF DRILL SERGEANT. 00:44:11RECRUITS ARE SHOWN BY DRILL SERGEANT, HOW TO TAKE MAN DOWN FROM BEHIND 00:44:55MEN ARE DISMISSED, RUN SCREAMING INTO THE RECREATION HALL. 2 RECRUITS PLAYING CHECKERS, BLACK AND WHITE RECRUIT PLAY BILLIARDS, 2 PLAY PING PONG, 00:46:04SERGEANT INTERVIEWS RECRUIT ABOUT PROBLEMS ON A WRITTEN TEST. 00:46:37VINTAGE FILM SHOW RECRUITS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING REPORTING TO CAMP DURING WWI. 00:46:43PLATOON OF WWI RECRUITS DOING CALISTHENICS IN OPEN FIELD. 00:46:47WWI RECRUITS CHARGE AND ATTACK DUMMY WITH BAYONETS, THEN CHARGE TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:46:50PLATOON OF DOUGHBOYS LED BY SERGEANT MARCH TO FRONT 00:47:02SMILING GIRLS WAVE OFF DOUGHBOYS AS THEY MARCH TO TRAINS ON WAY TO FRANCE. WWI DOUGHBOYS WAVE THEIR CAMPAIGN HATS OUT TRAIN WINDOW AS IT TAKES OFF. 00:47:16GOOD VINTAGE FILM SHOT OF DOUGHBOYS MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA TO WWI FRONT 00:47:23MONTAGE RECRUITS MARCH IN DRILLS DURING WWII. GIS JUMP OVER WALLS DURING TRAINING. 00:47:37TWO OPPOSING GROUPS OF GIS ATTACK A HUGE MEDICINE BALL DURING TRAINING EXERCISE. 00:47:47BLINDFOLDED GIS FIGHT EACH OTHER IN SAND PILE AS OTHER GIS WATCH. WWII 00:48:33GIS TAKE BAYONET TRAINING THE NEW WAY. RECRUIT HURDLES GRENADE AND HITS THE DECK. RECRUITS TAKE FIRST AID TRAINING. 00:49:03RECRUIT LEARNS NIGHT FIRING OF HIS RIFLE & INDIVIDUAL CAMOUFLAGE WHICH IS HELPED PUT ON BY A BUDDY. 00:49:20GIS REMOVE THEIR GAS MASKS AND FILE OUT OF SMOKE FILLED BUILDING DURING CHEMICAL WARFARE TRAINING. 00:50:12GIS MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA CALLING OUT DRILLS. 00:50:23GIS IN T-SHIRTS RUN THROUGH AN OBSTACLE COURSE CLIMB OVER HIGH LOG STRETCHED ACROSS A ROAD. 00:50:42TWO GIS FACE OFF WEARING HEAD GEAR DURING PUGEL STICK COMBAT, WITH EACH END OF STICK HAVING ROUND SPONGY MATERIAL 00:51:02CU OFFICER PLACES MARKSMANSHIP MEDAL ON GI'S POCKET LAPEL. 00:51:16CU RECRUIT AIMS AND FIRES HIS RIFLE ON FIRING RANGE. CHECKS TARGET. CU MUSSEL OF RIFLE AS GI FIRES. TARGETS FALL AS THEY ARE HIT. 00:52:04RECRUIT FIRES AT TARGETS AS THEY POP UP FROM ALL DISTANCES. CU GI AIMS AND FIRES. DRILL SERGEANTS CHECK THEIR MEN'S SCORE ON BLACKBOARD. 00:52:42RECRUIT MOVES HAND OVER HAND ON MONKEY BARS DURING, PHYSICAL COMBAT PROFICIENCY TEST, PCPT. 00:52:47DRILL SERGEANTS STAND OVER MEN AS THEY CRAWL SPEEDILY IN THE SAND. MEN THEN RUN THROUGH MAZE OF BARRICADES. THE RECRUITS THEN DO THE MILE RUN AS OTHERS WATCH. 00:53:34TWO GIS PUT ON A KARATE DEMONSTRATION. 00:54:31RECRUITS FIRE FROM BEHIND BARRICADES, THEN RUN FORWARD AND DROP DOWN BEHIND LOG AND CONTINUE FIRING. THEY THEN CRAWL TO THE NEXT LOG. 00:54:58INSTRUCTOR SHOWS RECRUIT HOW TO THROW LIVE HAND GRENADE AND DROP FOR COVER. 00:55:20MEN CRAWL UNDER HAIL OF LIVE MACHINE-GUN FIRE, AT NIGHT. 00:55:54BLACK & WHITE RECRUITS ON CHOW LINE IN CAFETERIA. 00:56:49RECRUITS PLAY PIN BALL MACHINES AT REC HALL. RECRUIT DIVES OFF HIGH BOARD AT POOL. 00:57:26DRILL SERGEANT EXITS CHAPEL WITH SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES, THEN STOPS TO SPEAK TO SOME OF HIS MEN, MEETS FAMILY MEMBER. 00:58:00RECRUITS MARCH SMARTLY DURING GRADUATION REVIEW .
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1914
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1176B