Fighting Men: Kill or Be Killed

Year Published: 1943

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: 16mm/video file

Sound: sound

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 4713682 / Local Identifier 111-TF-3076 - Fighting Men: Kill or Be Killed - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). This military training film shows that there are no rules of sportsmanship or fair play on the battlefield. As expressed in the film: "Anything goes when the stakes are kill or be killed." Soldiers were encouraged to use any weapon that comes to hand which could be anything from a rifle, to a bayonet or hand grenade. -, Urges the American soldier to forget his feelings of fair play and to kill the enemy in any way, using any method. Emphasizes the necessity of employing the right weapon at the right time. A War Department training film.

Complete Record: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 4713682 / Local Identifier 111-TF-3076 - Fighting Men: Kill or Be Killed - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). This military training film shows that there are no rules of sportsmanship or fair play on the battlefield. As expressed in the film: "Anything goes when the stakes are kill or be killed." Soldiers were encouraged to use any weapon that comes to hand which could be anything from a rifle, to a bayonet or hand grenade. -, Urges the American soldier to forget his feelings of fair play and to kill the enemy in any way, using any method. Emphasizes the necessity of employing the right weapon at the right time. A War Department training film. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.