Synopsis
This 1952 episode of The Big Picture (TV 199) "We Never Strop" depicts the continuous training of the U.S. Army following World War II to meet the potential military challenges of the future. The episode shows various military training in the U.S., Europe, Caribbean, Asia, and Arctic. This video begins already several minutes into the film, where soldiers practice clearing a mock town at a U.S. base. An instructor shows the men a model of a town and discusses proper procedures for taking the town (00:45). In Europe, soldiers dig trenches and fox holes (01:20). Men go through a stake course in snowy conditions. Men from a chemical battalion practice making smoke to screen moving troops. Soldiers infiltrate a German town (02:35). Men camouflage an 8-inch self-propelled howitzer (03:22); they fire the large gun. Men sit on a tank and hand out chocolate to several kids (04:03). A sniper sits on a small platform in a tree (04:31). Men train against an aggressive force (05:00). After they capture the “enemy,” they go through the procedures of looking for useful information on the captured men. A plane takes off and men throw out propaganda leaflets to simulate aspects of psychological warfare (06:12). Men work on repairing equipment at a small base (06:44); a soldier welds a part of a car. Soldiers work on building a bridge across a river in the dead of winter. U.S. Navy ships fire guns off the coast of Puerto Rico (07:44). Infantry units and tanks storm a beach and move across a…
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- Running time
- 23 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage