STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND RECEIVES M-14 RIFLES; ARMY TRAINING FUTURE LACROSSE MISSILEMEN; ARMY SUCCESSFULLY TESTS NIKE-ZEUS ANTI-MISSILE MISSILE [Allocated Title]
Title:STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND RECEIVES M-14 RIFLES; ARMY TRAINING FUTURE LACROSSE MISSILEMEN; ARMY SUCCESSFULLY TESTS NIKE-ZEUS ANTI-MISSILE MISSILE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1697
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Combat troops of 101st Airborne Division (company sign: Tiger E) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, gather for training with their new M-14 rifles, which fire ammunition that is interchangeable with weapons from other NATO nations. Instructor demonstrates the various parts of the gun.
Soldiers of the US Army's 5th Missile (Lacrosse), 41st Artillery, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, are shown winding up basic training and preparing for the advanced phase. Sequences shown are from the fifth week of the seven week basic programme "where individual and team skills are developed throughout the battalion". Vehicles enter training area and soldiers set up, check, attach firing cable, aim and prepare to fire the Lacrosse missile.
Nike Zeus missile is prepared for firing, and takes off. (Shotcard notes that this is an early test vehicle of the Zeus anti-missile missile at the White Sands missile range, New Mexico).
[Contents above comprise of three Reels; 1, 2 and 3 respectively].
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
