# " SOLDIERS OF THE SEA " 1939 U.S. MARINE CORPS PROMO FILM USMC RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO

Produced in 1939 by RKO and Pathé News, “Soldiers of the Sea” gives audiences an inside look into what makes a United States Marine, and what are the operational capabilities and history of the branch of service. See in this reel the progression of Marine Corps training from recruit intake / induction, training of basic knowledge and movements, close quarter combat and weapons training, on to a full scale training assault, and ending with graduation. Also featured is footage of squadrons of Marine aviators. Locations shown include the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and what is probably Camp Pendleton, California. (0:06) Title sequence. An RKO Pathé Presentation: “Soldiers of the Sea”. Production credits. (0:21) Aerial footage of United States Marine Corps base in San Diego, CA. (0:47) Entryway of Marine Corps Recruit Depot. (1:01) USMC recruiting on sidewalk. (1:28) USMC recruiting office, initial intake of new recruit. (1:48) Reveille, recruits starting day. (2:09) Classroom for newly enlisted. (3:20) Recruits learning basic military movement. (3:40) Fixed bayonet combat training. (4:10) Rowing whale boat. (4:34) US Marines on firing range, firing M1903 Springfield, Browning model 1917. (5:43) Men downrange holding targets in front of live fire. (6:11) Grumman F2F being flown by USMC pilots, probably at Miramar (8:29) US Marines aboard aircraft carrier. (9:46) Grumman F2F low pass over beach. (10:02) United States Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) assault beach, probably on Coronado…

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1939
- Runtime: 17 min
- By: Frederic Ullman Jr.
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22_SOLDIERS_OF_THE_SEA_%22_1939_U.S._MARINE_CORPS_PROMO_FILM_USMC_RECRUIT_DEPOT_SAN_DIEGO.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Frederic Ullman Jr.
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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