WW II TRAINING DVD G.I. FILMS COMBAT SKILLS SERIES

REPRODUCTION WORLD WAR II TRAINING DVD FILMS

G.I. FILMS COMBAT SKILLS SERIES

Each DVD is filled with nearly two hours of training films mined from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.   Most have never before been offered for sale.  The film quality of the material the archives allows to be copied varied.  Understand that these are, of necessity, third generation copies (i.e. copy of the copy the archives copied from the original).  The greatest flaw that some individual black and white films have is low contrast.  This can be partially remedied by turning up the contrast on you television set.  The subject matter focused on in this series was basic training and indoctrination of the WWII citizen soldier (Fighting Man Series) and introductory and advanced combat training, with a concentration on tactical training (Combat Skills Series).  Infantry and Armor branches are covered as well as specific ordnance subjects directly related to combat.  This is how our army was trained, and retrained, to fight as the lessons of earlier combat were absorbed.  Very useful for living history groups and a painless way for the novice to learn the psychology and the science of war for American soldiers as it evolved from 1940 to 1945.

G.I. FILMS COMBAT SKILLS SERIES

CS#1
TF 7-993 Hasty Field Fortifications, Part I,  Individual Entrenchments, 1943 (22 min.) TF 7-1220 Fire & Movement, 1943 (17 min.)TF 7-1061 A Daylight Reconnaissance Patrol, 1943 (36 min.)TF 275 Operation of Reconnaissance Patrol at Night, 1941 (30 min.) 

CS#2
TF 7-1182 The Rifle Squad /Platoon in DefensePart I, 1943TF 7-1183 Rifle & Machinegun Elements in Defense, 1945TF 1257 Employment of Light Machinegun in the Attack, 1944TF 7-1266 Infantry Weapons & Their EffectsTF-19-1360 Handling POWs, 1944

CS#3
TF 7-393 Battle Formation, Part #I The Rifle Squad TF 7-228 Battle Formation, Part #II The Rifle PlatoonTF 7-2055 Combat PatrolsTF 21-1370 Camouflage-Movement of Individuals & Units 1st Reel

CS#4
TF 21-1370 Camouflage-Movement, Individual & Small Unit 2nd ReelFB-151 The Tank Infantry TeamTF 7-1446 Combat in TownsFB 181 Automatic Weapons, German vs. USTF 7-1006 Attack & Defense of Roadblocks 

CS#5

TF 17-2042 The Tank Platoon, Fundamentals of the Attack, 1944 (24 min.)TF 17-1322 Combat Firing, Individual Tank, 1944 (17 min.)TF 17-1083 The Tank Platoon, Bivouac & Outpost Security, 1943 (43 min.)TF 17-1085 The Tank Platoon, The Advance Guard, 1943 (33 min.)

CS#6
​TF 18-1166 The Antitank Rocket M6: Methods of UseTF 18-1116 Employment of Secondary Weapons Against TanksTF 21-2025 Mechanized PatrollingTF 7-280  The Recon Scout

CS#7
TF 21-2056  By Your Command “Fighting Men” series, 1943  (26 min.)TF 629-1027  Hand to Hand Combat (U.S. Navy Production) 1944 (48 min.)

CS#8
TF 21-2035 Security on the March, 1943 (25 min.)TF 7-2023 Interior Guard Duty, 1943 (15 min.)TF 7-2051 The Soldier in Bivouac, 1944 (32 min.)TF 21-1289 Locating the Enemy, 1943 (17 min.)TF 7-1131 Infantry Hasty Field Fortification, Part II, Emplacement of .30 cal.MG, 1943 (20 min.)TF 7-1141 Infantry Hasty Field Fortification, Part III, Emplacement of 60mm Mortar

CS#9 
​TF 17-1262 Vehicular Firing M5 Tank (26 min.)TF 9-1022 Gyro Stabilizer, Part I, Principles of Operation (30 min.)TF 9-1023 Gyro Stabilizer, Part II, Maintenance  (35 min.)FB 191 M-26 Pershing Tank

CS#10
TF 10-1237 Rations in the Combat Zone, Part I, Fighting Food, 1943 (10 min.)TF 10-1215 Rations in the Combat Zone, Part II, Unit Messing, 1943 (10 min.)TF 10-1216 Rations in the Combat Zone, Part III, The “C” Ration, 1943 (10 min.)TF 21-2067 Introduction to the Army, 1944 (39 min.)TF 11-235 Articles of War, 1941 (45 min.)

CS#11 
​TF 18-1232 Tank Destroyer Marksmanship - Part I,  1944 (12 min.)TF 18-1233 Tank Destroyer Marksmanship - Part II, 1944 (24 min.)TF 18-1213 Direct Fire: The Tank Destroyer Section, 1943 (16 min.)TF 18-1243 The Tank Destroyer Platoon in Combat, 1944 (37 min.)TF 11-2061 Use of Voice Radio, 1944 (28 min.)

CS#12
TF 17-1338 Recognition of Armored fighting Vehicles: The Sherman Tank, 1944 (10 min.)TF 17-13     Recognition of Armored fighting Vehicles: The PzKw IV, Tiger I 1944 (10 min.)TF 11-1199 Use of Field Telephone, 1943 (16 min.)