U.S. MARINE CORPS M1 RIFLE & M2 MORTAR PRACTICE AT FIRING RANGE QUANTICO MARINE BASE 82204
160Shot by a member of USMC combat camera named Edwin C. Udey, this silent film portrays U. S. Marines training at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The training includes shooting practice of typical weapons used during World War II, including M1 rifles, M1918 BARs, and M2 Mortars. The film also includes a live fire exercise. It likely dates to the immediate post-WWII period.
Marines at a firing range (00:08). A Marine shoots an M1 rifle (00:15). Close-up footage of the rifle’s mechanism (00:38). Marines laying on a field (01:06). A Marine shooting an M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) (01:30). The Marine adds ammo (01:49) and shoots again (02:00). Marines marching (02:11). A group of Marines walking on a field (02:50). Marines hide in high grass and move forward in sections (03:11). Marines laying on the ground shooting their rifles (03:46). Close-up footage of one Marine shooting an M1 rifle (03:54). Close-up footage of one jarhead shooting an M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (04:23). A Marine is using an EE-8 field telephone (04:37). Other Marines are laying on the ground nearby and shoot their weapons (05:08). Mortar or artillery round explosions on a field as groups of Marines watch from a distance (05:30). The field is burning, and clouds of smoke blacken the air (05:49). A group of Marines are handling cardboard canisters., possibly containing mortars (05:59). Striped wooden sticks are put into the ground (06:13). A jarhead attempts to balance horizontal stick on another vertical stick (06:26). Marines on the look-out (06:38). A group of Marines (06:59). Marines loading and firing an M2 Mortar with M49A3 60mm mortar ammunition (07:05). Footage of a field (07:23). Marines laying on a field looking through binoculars (07:37). Marines setting up an M2 Mortar (08:04). The ammunition is prepared (08:34). The ammunition is loaded into the M2 Mortar and shot (08:56). View of a field (09:01). Two Marines, one of them spotting through binoculars (09:05). A Marine is adjusting an M2 Mortar (09:24). The ammunition is loaded into the Mortar (09:40) and it is fired (09:41). View of a field (10.06). Marines firing the M2 Mortar (10:12). Views of the field and smokey air (10:17).
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