Rifle Marksmanship with the M-1 Rifle - Part 2 - Positions (1943) HD Restored
Channel: M.T. Harmon Photos
Date: 2023-10-13

"Rifle Marksmanship with the M-1 Rifle - Preparatory Training" is a series of official U.S. Army films shown to GIs in boot camp during World War II on how to shoot the M1 Garand Rifle.  The reels were produced by the U.S. War Department/Signal Corps for the Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, 1942 (Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair). This archive consists of five out the six films. Part one is missing.

Part 1 - Sighting and Aiming (TF 7-969 - missing)
-- Part 2 - Positions (TF 7-652) - THIS VIDEO
Part 3 - Trigger Squeeze (TF 7-1094)
Part 4 - Rapid Fire (TF 7-1062)
Part 5 - Elevation and Windage (TF 7-1100)
Part 6 - Zeroing and Use of the Score Book (TF 7-1101)

This video was downloaded from the Internet Archive and the original was upscaled to 720p HD. Background noise was also reduced from the audio and closed captions were created.

Creative Commons license: Public Domain