WW2 Garand Training Films

[Dan In Indiana]

Internet Archive: Details: Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle

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[Badger]

Internet Archive: Details: Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle

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The following video(s) are excerpts which have been extracted from the "The Screening Room" (click here).

Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Garand Rifle
(1942 Training Videos and Companion Book)

These are excellent videos for those who would like to know more about rifle shooting. They are great for both the beginner and the expert who needs a refresher. The series focuses on the M1 Garand, but the techniques can be applied to any rifle. Part one covers sling usage and shooting positions. Part two covers sight adjustments and also has one of the BEST explanations of windage adjustments EVER. The film was made in 1942/43 for the U.S. war department and is now in the public domain, so it can be copied and recopied at will.

Special thanks to Jack A Sol of the Revolutionary War Veterans Association for making these videos available to the general public.

To view the two 1942 Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Garand Rifle videos, you must have Adobe Flash Player (click here) installed on your computer. Simply click on the film strip thumbnail pic and then on the PLAY button, or sometimes the center of the screen. Use the PAUSE and other buttons at the bottom of the video window to adjust your personal viewing preferences. Place your mouse over the video when it is playing, then "right click" for a "drop down box" to change other viewing preferences. Make sure you turn on your speakers and set the volume appropriately.

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NOTE: These two particular videos are captured from old 35mm film and there's a black screen leader at the beginning of the film. So, when you click on the PLAY button in the bottom left corner of the pop-up player, make sure you wait 15-20 seconds of black screen for the movie reel to start playing.


Mouse Click on the film strip thumbnail.



Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Garand Rifle (1942)
Part 1 - Video length = 73 minutes



Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Garand Rifle (1942)
Part 2 - Video length = 60 minutes

Note: The following U.S. CAL. .30 M1 Rifle (1943) video is in WMV file format, for playing using streaming video with Microsoft’s Windows Media Player, which comes with every version of Windows. If you have an Apple computer, you can obtain the FREE Flip4Mac WMV Player Add-on (click here), which will set up your Apple QuickTime player to play the Windows WMV file formats.

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U.S. CAL. .30 M1 Rifle (1943)
(Principles of Operation)

This is a 1943 official training Film of the U.S. War Department displaying the principles of operation of the U.S. CAL. .30 M1 Rifle better known throughout WW2 as the “Garand”. Signal Corps ordnance experts demonstrate the intricacy of the firing mechanism behind the most expensive and one of the best rifles of the Second World War.


U.S. CAL. .30 M1 Rifle (1943)
Video length = 15 minutes

The above films came with a companion training book titled "How to Shoot the U.S. Army Rifle" and other articles shown below. It includes the missing first section on sighting. There is also an article that was being used for a bookmark on "Snap Shooting" and pics of the "Sighting Training Device".


"How to Shoot the U.S. Army Rifle"
(INDEX pages showing content of book)

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"How to Shoot the U.S. Army Rifle"
Companion Book to video "Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Garand Rifle"


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PDF file size = 37.42Mb
NOTE: This is a LARGE file and we recommend you use the "Save Target As..." method to download the PDF file.



Article on "Snap Shooting"


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PDF file size = 2.0Mb



Pics of "Sighting Training Device"


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PDF file size = 1.01Mb

[WoodyWagon]

Many thanks for this excellent film. It certainly showed me how much I didn't know!
I cannot find Part 1. Am I doing something wrong? I have watched all of both videos. The first one starts off with part2.

[Buckeye Shooter]

I believe part 1 is the lost section. It's incomplete without it, but still fun to watch. They have been selling these video's at Camp Perry during the nationals. The extras shown here are not with what was sold at Camp Perry.