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Military Rations In The Combat Zone
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keywords: wwii, homefront, military rations, a-rations, b-rations, c-rations, d-rations, k-rations, 10-in-1 pack
Synopsis: Learn the difference between the various military rations from food on the base to rations given out in the field all designed to give the U.S. soldier proper nutrition for peak health...(read more)
- Date: 1940's
- Duration: 00:10:15
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Military Rations In The Combat Zone
WWII training film, Rations In Combat Zone-Part 1 Fighting Food, describes the proper diet necessary to keep U.S. soldiers at their peak of good health
Shot List:
00:00:51;06
Shows a battalion of U.S. soldiers marching in an American city in combat uniform without weapons. Soldiers wading ashore from landing craft
00:01:01;17
Eating habits of Americans, farm workers at dinner table, man at lunch counter eating a hamburger and drinking a coke, young couple in a booth at a fancy restaurant
00:01:41;04
Three soldiers (GIs) at rest in field discussing GI rations
00:03:26;10
U.S. soldier with bayonet attached to rifle advancing, drops to ground, aims and fires rifle. CU of soldier aiming and firing an M1 Garand rifle in WWII
00:04:09;12
CU man in white laboratory coat with labeled bottles of chemicals in BG. Men and women office workers in large open office space. Interior scenes of an aircraft manufacturing plant. Soldiers "hitting the beach" from landing crafts
00:04:49;06
Shows WWII GI "A rations" displayed on table. Shows soldiers eating chow in WWII camp mess hall. Display of WWII GI "B rations" shown. Shows and describes a 10-in-1 carton of GI rations for 10-soldiers in the field
00:06:23;14
Image of fast moving tank approaching camera, CU of tank commander standing in hatch of tank
00:06:35;17
GI "C ration" is displayed and explained. Shows and explains GI "K rations"
00:08:22;00
Wounded soldier in wheel chair describes how he survived on a "D ration" , a chocolate bar, after being wounded in the leg
00:09:23;12
Shows a display of food in a GI "A ration", "B ration", "C ration", "D ration", "K ration", and the 10-in-1 pack
