# U.S. ARMY RIOT CONTROL FORMATIONS FILM 77024

Made in 1957, as the U.S. entered a decade of civil unrest, this U.S. Army film is about RIOT CONTROL FORMATIONS. As the narrator explains: "A crowd becomes a mob when it is given direction and purpose by its leaders and when it is psychologically conditioned to carry out its purpose with wilds. A mob is a responsibility of local law enforcement agencies. If they can’t maintain the order here, the military can be called upon by higher authorities to come take charge." Here at mark 0:23 we have a scene of mob action. At mark 01:05, we have the military performing their riot control formations. There are three basic riot control formations. First, there is the wedge formation which designed to penetrate the mob and split them into sequence, this is displayed at mark 01:29. At mark 01:37, we have the line formation which is designed to hold the mob in place and deny its access to an area or push it straight back and the echelon formation which is shown at mark 01:45. It is designed to turn the mob in either open or build up areas. Any of the formation may be executed from a column or from another formation. At mark 02:04, we have all the formations been displayed. All of them are extremely flexible and can be used by a squad, or larger unit. Three positions of the rifle are used at mark 02:24 and each has its functions. The up position, safeguard and the on guard position which shows complete readiness. At mark 03:15, we have the troops perfecting the various formations. The…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/77024-riot-control-formations)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- 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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