How to Survive in the Jungle | US Army Air Forces Training Film | 1944

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This World War 2-era military training film - originally titled as "Land and Live in the Jungle" - was produced by the US Army Air Forces in 1944. It dramatizes the survival of the crew of a downed military aircraft in the jungle. The film was intended to educate flight crews about the basic principles of survival in jungle terrain, but also to boost the morale of airmen who might have to make a forced landing in the Pacific campaign.
Plot:
Five crewmen from a stricken B-25 bomber parachute into a dense tropical jungle, many miles from their nearest base. Four of the crew land together and get just about everything right. Rather than fighting the jungle, they learn to make use of its many resources. On the other hand, the pilot, Captain Harrison, is separated from the others, panics and does just about everything wrong - and pays a heavy price for his ignorance.
From their examples, here's just some of what you'll learn: how to use your parachute for everything from making a hammock to catching fish, how to avoid large predators and snakes, how to treat scrapes and wounds to avoid jungle rot, plants and fruits to use and avoid for food and water, what fish and animals are safe to eat. The film also shows how to use Halazone & Atabrine tablets to purify water and fight malaria, how to set traps and snares to catch small animals and birds, how to deal with and prevent insect bites, how to get rid of leeches. There is also information about how to prepare food in the jungle, how to build temporary shelters and long term camps, how to build and use a river raft, how to deal with crocodiles, how to use signal mirrors and fires to aid search planes, how to deal with the local natives and a whole lot more.
Full Cast:
- actor Mel Ford as Sergeant Mel Ford, the gunner,
- actor Patrick McVey as Lieutenant Pat McVey, the navigator (and also the narrator of the film),
- professional golfer Buell Patrick Abbott as Lieutenant Pat Abbot, the Co-pilot,
- actor and screenwriter Charles Tannen as Charley Tannen, the radio operator and gunner,
- Academy Award winning actor Van Heflin as Captain Lynn Harrison, the pilot.
BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
About Jungle:
A jungle is land covered with dense vegetation dominated by trees. Application of the term has varied greatly during the last several centuries. Prior to the 1970s, tropical rainforests were generally referred to as jungles but this terminology has fallen out of usage.
About survival skills:
Survival skills are techniques that a person may use in order to sustain life in any type of natural environment. These techniques are meant to provide basic necessities for human life which include water, food, and shelter. The skills also support proper knowledge and interactions with animals and plants to promote the sustaining of life over a period of time. Survival skills are often associated with the need to survive in a disaster situation. Survival skills are often basic ideas and abilities that ancients invented and used themselves for thousands of years. Bushcraft and primitive living are most often self-implemented, but require many of the same skills.
Bushcraft is a popular term for wilderness survival skills. The phrase bushcraft's origin is from skills used in the bush country of Australia. Often the phrase 'wilderness skills' is used as it describes skills used all over the world. Bushcraft is about thriving in the natural environment, and the acquisition of the skills and knowledge to do so. Bushcraft skills include firecraft, tracking, hunting, fishing, shelter-building, navigation by natural means, the use of tools such as knives and axes, foraging, water sourcing, hand-carving wood, container construction from natural materials, and rope and twine-making, among others.
How to Survive in the Jungle | US Army Air Forces Training Film | 1944
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[@SI-ln6tc]

Too bad they didn't do one on the medications used in WW2. I think Americans had penicillin back then??

[@michelleayres5608]

I lived in the Philippines as a kid. One of my classmates went to go play in the jungle, got lost and died. So they made all the kids take jungle survival training. I'd probably still die in the jungle.

[@johnrogan9420]

Crew pulled their Captain through...when well he court martials them for being out of uniform!

[@knifelore1647]

Harris reminds me of most of the 90 wonders we had back in 83, while in the service! Lol

[@r.s.dissendissen6752]

HAAAAAH!!!!------*****SNAFU. 👍👍👍👍👍👍😂WONDERFUL

[@vibovitold]

"you may look like a couple of baboons, but... baboons do all right in a jungle." words to live by

[@howler6490]

Baboons do not live in the jungle...

[@michaelwilson8713]

Even monkeys fall from trees

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

@@michaelwilson8713 yeah but man fell a long time ago.

[@monikacognomen1096]

Baboons prefer more open country. They don't live in dense forest.

[@DG-iw3yw]

@johnlynch-kv8mz well, some of them fell. Then made the rest of the world suffer by calling them savages and attempting to take their lands and exterminate them interchangeably...

[@randomtechpriest1633]

'These rare and exotic tropical fruits that look like bananas.. are bananas." That was way more funny than it should have been

[@JoeBlobA]

A lot of first-world kids don’t know where bananas come from before they get to the grocery store

[@GettingPissedMan]

This whole thing was unreasonably funny

[@denisefrog1687]

@Ian Probably because, like myself, you are over 50❗👍😹 😹😅

[@bradleysmith9431]

@34:49 " as for the rabbit, well he never thought he would get into the air force this way" 😂🤣

[@00_rei90]

There are things like the inedible banana Abaca crops look alot like banana plant and they also produce banana fruit but they're inedible

[@warrenchambers4819]

How to survive in jungle. Step 1 get out of jungle. Step 2 stay out of jungle. This completes jungle survival training.

[@newton18311]

@Jamie the Brits were in Vietnam before them, they pushed the North Vietnamese back nearly to China.

[@brightlight3520]

You forgot step 3. Never go back

[@christianmattia7740]

😆😆😂😂

[@VidkunQL]

Learn Step 2 first.

[@joelonzello4189]

Bingle Bangle Bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I dont want to go home !

[@goldenpun5592]

"and an ugly looking bird" Toucan sam: "Bro wtf"

[@ioioioioio6026]

@MichaelKingsfordGray bruh what the fuck

[@bigmoniesponge]

@MichaelKingsfordGray what

[@jonathanstephens7015]

I love that they give them amphetamines in the jungle survival kit. That will help you focus on taking inventory.

[@AnkhKnowledgement]

🤭

[@jonathanstephens7015]

Don’t ask me how I know.

[@christinagray1456]

🤔

[@ashman187]

Very important: Keep everything, do not throw away anything. Every item can be used for other problems. Your padding you discarded can be used for bedding or pads for shoulder straps. Use everything three times before it is worn out. Use the empty container for storage.

[@diablog1621]

ash man and don’t be a Harrison

[@Whatupitskevin]

thanks for the info never know when ill get dropped into the jungle

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

@@Whatupitskevin it also applies to camping. And hiking in the wild. Many people do minimalist camping and you never know.

[@daleeasternbrat816]

Really good advice. (!)

[@brilianairlangga1408]

@Macysond i mean yeah in some forest/jungle but its pacific tho no tiger or lion in pacific

[@IrishAndroid]

"It costs all of seventy-five cents. More than Harrison is worth." *Damn*.

[@tydecola2515]

They dogging on him.

[@sharkxp2747]

Lmao. Narrorator: Poor turtle, COOK IT IN ITS SHELL.

[@waydevarney9637]

@MichaelKingsfordGray you must be a newborn moron

[@waydevarney9637]

@MichaelKingsfordGray and you are a dysfunctional moron

[@Redstripe921]

They chopped its head off first

[@PettenVeevo]

This has been more engaging of a watch than pretty much everything I've seen on Netflix

[@espressonoob]

I know right? Just sat through an hour of survival guide purely because the information is interesting and entertaining by nature. Crazy the lost art of compelling.. anything... by today's standards.

[@PettenVeevo]

@@espressonoob yes! and the quality of information, it just appears to be universal.. mandatory even.. like i feel more safe in my life knowing this, say if countries start nuking eacother or AI takes over or ____(fill the blank) . This is just straight up honest logical to me.. and yes - maybe i'm getting old, but this type of info has become more entertaining than most stuff i find on the web... weird eh :P

[@joejones9520]

@@PettenVeevo clear liquid from a vine is safe to drink but milky is not, could come in handy to know someday if we turn on the faucet and nothing comes out..ever again.

[@eggbenedict-gt7mw]

​@@PettenVeevo Netflix is tiktok generation, this is alpha generation

[@knightspearhead5718]

You lot must watch some boring shows.

[@anthonygonzalez7488]

The moral of the story is that a half cooked, half baked, half dead commander, rescued by natives ; once recovered, can issue orders to four poor bastards who out worked, out planned and out survived him.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

We should also note that those four crewmen could work together in synergy and teamwork, helping each mentally, while that poor sod, unprepared and ignorant as he was, had to endure all that alone.

[@Slippindisc]

@@yochaiwyss3843 I was thinking the same thing. In the rest of the crew there could have been at least one Harrison, who survived only because he was lucky enough to land near the rest of them. But Harrison gets all the blame lol

[@johnr797]

@@Slippindisc lol "if you don't know who the Harrison is in your jungle survival group, it's you"

[@JoeBlobA]

Life’s not fair, get used to it

[@InvadeNormandy]

@@JoeBlobA Nah, we can do like we always did when we feel things are unfair enough. Revolt

[@nagapoundcake7392]

"for water, add chlorine and shake. Open bag, if u dont smell chlorine, add more until you do."...lmfao i love how its straight to the point

[@christinagray1456]

Lol lol

[@Salam-mu9ed]

"There is only one answer to fear . Knowledge" A wise sentence

[@grahamfisher5436]

the greatest fear of all is the unknown. the hardest thing to see is oneself

[@DG-iw3yw]

and thats why ignorant people are often violent and subborn

[@TheManLab7]

I thought that's what religion does? Religion doesn't like knowledge or science because it LOVE'S to keep people in the dark and scared of something that doesn't exist. The world would be a much happier, safer and more productive places if people didn't invent religion. All religion's ever done, is divide people and cause COUNTLESS war's.

[@mountainbliss4u]

My Dad was Charles Tannen, and he was in this! :)

[@AazamPossum]

Wow

[@FullNelson007]

Was you the baby he had back home that he had not yet seen?

[@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788]

Wow that's awesome!!! It's a Small World... My dad was the guy flying the plane that your dad parachuted out of! Captain Steve Rogers.

[@Lapeno456]

@@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788 that sounds too crazy to be true, but wow

[@familiariuss2362]

@@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788 Steve Rogers........Hmmmmmmmmmm

[@MartinFluteCompany]

The man that raised my brother and me as though he were our flesh and blood was a Major when the Japanese took the Philippines. Thousands were captured; actually his C.O. surrendered which was his only choice. He was one of thousands in the Bataan Death March. He was a grave digger on the death march along with one other G.I. He overpowered the two guards with his shovel when one was using his rifle as prop and the other lite a cigarette. He spent almost 3 years living in the jungle before MacArthur returned. He led combat operations with native men against the enemy; hit and run style during that time. He retired as a Col. Col William H. Monay taught my brother and myself many things about working and how to respect others. He was a man of few words and honestly without his guidance I'm pretty sure my road ahead would have been much harder. It was hard but having the tools to deal with life truly makes all the difference. When he died at age 80 a politician paid tribute to him calling him a hero. The minutes from that congressional meeting can be read in the congressional library. RIP my friend, I will always remember you and have passed the stories along to my only children, two boys. Both in the Military as was I and my brother both Vietnam veterans. My brothers and sister along with my parents have all passed and not it's just me. I sit and reflect on days gone but and suspect it won't be long before I join them.

[@InnerCityX]

I fucking love how accessible KZbin is in the way of knowledge and tales. Thank you for sharing. I swear there is so much soon to be forgotten and lost to time stories and truths, that is why I always read comments. Your guardian sounds like a 1/1000000 type of person

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Wow, you were a lucky fellow. Hope you passed it on.

[@bradleysmith9431]

I'm reading the book 'As Good As Dead' it's about the Japanese death camps and death march. Following a group of guys who escaped camp A-10

[@gradedaxe8975]

Thanks for your service bro

[@richardhenry1969]

Thank you for the story. I was raised by ww2 veterans both my grandfathers. My dad was in Vietnam I was in during the gulf war. Don’t be to ready to join them we need to listen to those with stories like your. I remember in the 90s going to the VA and listening to ww2 guys some wonderful tales. I feed some old soldiers at perry point vA . The worst thing I believe these coward politicians are pushing for another war they won’t fight in. Wouldn’t this world be better if politicians fought their own wars. I don’t respect any politician that let Americans die then left others. Sorry got off topic. We need more lessons and stories from real men nowadays. Bless you and may the lord protect you!

[@agnel47]

This instructional video is so good, it almost makes me wanna go into the jungle.

[@floridanews8786]

That's the idea, to manipulate young people into thinking guerilla warfare in the jungle is a 5 star all expenses paid vacation.

[@ranulf8477]

@@floridanews8786 Until you get eaten by a japanese 😆

[@zvsmith2008]

You would be prepared, if you paid attention…😂😂😂✌🏾

[@madtrucker0983]

You gotta jump out of an airplane first.

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@floridanews8786 Not quite..... the idea is to keep people from panicking when Elitists drop their behinds into the jungle.;

[@AZAce1064]

Later Harrison went on to Star in movies and even fly the millennium falcon, he learned to live in the jungle but still hates snakes.

[@paulwolf7562]

Wrong actor. That's Van Heflin. One of the many World War 2 vets that eventually became actors.

[@AZAce1064]

@@paulwolf7562 I was joking, 48 people got it🙂

[@Puppy_Puppington]

@@paulwolf7562 lol the joke flew over your head my boy

[@carmenpuddinpop8642]

69 people got it, nice

[@katrinageorge6433]

Don't be too hard on Harrison, he stayed at the controls long enough for the rest of them to bail out.

[@adamw4245]

Did you know the narrator was Harrison

[@gamersfun98]

​@@adamw4245 YEAH I WAS LEGITIMATELY SHOCKED AT THIS TWIST

[@boscoalbertbaracus1362]

Fucking officers.

[@samueladams6207]

As a landscaper on the Gulf Coast Of Mexico, this is just like an average day of work to me.

[@halfdome4158]

😃❤💋

[@tballstaedt7807]

I saw this in 1982 in my high school Utah wildlife & survival class. It was taught by a teacher with coke bottle bottom glasses. A total nerd, but cool AF.

[@daleeasternbrat816]

they showed this exact film in Junior Naval ROTC. About 1968. I recognized this the instant I saw it. This is an example of one of the ways we trained millions of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. Some of these training films remain very useful . I just subbed .

[@IvoryDraco]

Born in 82 great flick

[@eggbenedict-gt7mw]

​@@IvoryDraco u were born in 1982

[@jeremyfowler1519]

Good times. I miss the old simpler times.

[@marc13bautista]

Holy heck a whole war movie

[@mikehughes4969]

Oddly enough, these are all still useful tips today for living in Florida. Especially dealing with the natives. Florida Man, while potentially friendly, can often be dangerous and unpredictable and should therefore treated with great caution.

[@Jerrycourtney]

You win the comments section.

[@kevinharrigan2727]

Bro ABSOLUTELY. I’ve been watching some stuff on jungle warfare and jungle survival and most of it is basic Florida knowledge. I saw one documentary that said “there are no jungles on the US mainland” and I was like have you ever seen the Everglades or the Okefenokee? They should show this kind of stuff in school, it’s worth it’s weight in gold.

[@rrbb5687]

Althought they might seem inferior to you, they have traditions which they value highly and you should respect.

[@rosesprog1722]

At 10:40 Sulfanilamide (also spelled sulphanilamide) is an antibacterial drug. Powdered sulfanilamide was used by the Allies in World War II to reduce infection rates and contributed to a dramatic reduction in mortality rates compared to previous wars. I had no idea, interesting stuff.

[@panzerparty6510]

42:40 is one of the best quotes ever boys

[@nick_steele9790]

hell yea

[@arwilson51]

for a film made in 1944 i was really invested in harrison lol, thought he was gonna die

[@FrozenJoe-ri5hj]

I love how the call the Tapir a Tropical Rabbit and the Toucan gets called a Fruit Pidgeon

[@lowskill2]

22:52 "He hasn't had any water all day" *Spits*

[@daleeasternbrat816]

One of the miracles of American and British war production was the ability to produce war materials and machines. Another miracle, even greater in my opinion, was the ability to produce millions of highly skilled and superbly trained people to utilize the aircraft, ships and weapons that industry and science produced. This film , which I have seen before, is one example of how this miracle was accomplished.

[@scowler7200]

Yet for some reason, we're held to the standards set by these people, who received their training for free.

[@scottashe984]

War is great for technology. Humans are a warring race and it's innately tied to our desire to explore and innovate.

[@mickwood3360]

My one grandpa devised a mathematical formula to express the exact curve of where the wing meets the fuselage on an airplane. Or any other curved surface. Prior to him asking for a job at Douglas Aircraft in 1943 where he did this, they were using gigantic sheets of paper cut with scissors and taped together, and had to make new ones all the time to distribute to other plane manufacturers, and overseas, to the war. This started him writing brief, short versions of mathematical textbooks for all the engineers and students needing an emergency crash refresher course thanks to the war. My other grandpa, he and his hughschool buddy in Indiana, built airplanes out of wood and canvas and old auto engine motors and flew them around the farm fields, for fun. This was the 20s. By 1942 he was supervising mass aircraft manufacture with a degree in aeronautical and mechanical engineering he picked up. I say this in response to your observation that many different types of people and talents of all kinds were fully utilized wherever possible, because that's what it would take to defeat a two front world war. Another example is grandma, with other older women, we're sent to rooftops during blackouts at night in So California outfitted with silhouette drawings of what enemy aircraft looked like, binoculars, and some type of signaling device, in case the ladies spotted Kraut or Jap bombers invading our shores, they could alert the rest of the small town. Obviously, we've never had to deal with that so far. Grandpa 2 said, these enemy countries had no idea what a powerful, lumbering giant they'd awoken in the US people.

[@vikingnusantara]

Look at their budget

[@dar4061]

Unfortunately the American military produces American soldiers..so I really can't believe they're highly skilled they're still American when they leave the training.

[@kezzler9556]

Best jungle survival film I have seen, and it was made in the 40's.

[@JoeBlobA]

Not one major argument in the group of four. No one complaining about exhaustion… definitely a movie

[@AnteBoss]

Harrison is alone, it aint fair comparing him to 4 men. They work in synergy and the psychological anxiety is less significant for them.

[@Chocolatnave123]

4 good men*

[@JoeBlobA]

Yeah, those guys didn’t all complain whenever they started building something, not once did the narrator say, “oh no, a dispute over which direction the bamboo should be facing on the boat!”

[@airsofttandy6175]

The point is to show how valuable teamwork is and being best prepared with knowledge.

[@Redstripe921]

These old time movies are so down to earth compared to todays obnoxius docs.

[@YouT00ber]

I don’t why I’m watching this, but I’ll watch just in case

[@daleeasternbrat816]

This is an example of how we trained and produced millions upon millions of very well trained warriors very quickly. What good are planes if you cannot produce the expert pilots and technical support to fly them? Or all of the other specialized equipment? That was true then and true now. Some of those films are still used today.

[@christinagray1456]

Lol

[@ghreqerhoah138]

I really want more passive aggressive 1940s narrator "and these fruits that look like bananas... you'll never guess it.. are bananas " 42:47

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

These old films are so much more entertaining than anything I could watch on TV.

[@JohnsonLobster]

This is the Surviving Edged Weapons of jungle survival films.

[@JustwatchingYouTube42]

Jungle survival skill tip: learn some magic tricks to keep the natives entertained so they don't eat you. ;D

[@fabricio-agrippa-zarate1000]

"You may look like a couple of baboons but, baboons do alright in the jungle". Sometimes is good to mimic what jungle animals do to survive there.

[@robinloxley205]

A film from the 1950's I would like to see was called "First Aid for Aircrew", it was a Canadian training film featuring a scenario where a crashed Dakota crew had to apply First Aid of various types to injured crew colleagues. When I first saw it as an Air Cadet in the UK 20 years ago I was the only one left in the room at the end except for the RAF Projectionist, the very accurate scenes of wounds were too much for the rest of the cadets, ncos, warrant officers and officers, who left with queasy stomachs.

[@InnerCityX]

Did you ever find this film? I'm absolutely interested

[@_PEPSISUCKS]

@@InnerCityX probably on liveleak bro.

[@DJones476]

What a bunch of 🐱🦪

[@tehjamerz]

​@@_PEPSISUCKS bruh... liveleak has been gone for ages... should I check ogrish, too? Lol

[@mickwood3360]

Just call up Canada. Ask if they also have "The War Department" in their fine country. Try Jordan Peterson. No seriously, sounds like a good film, I'd like to see it too.

[@Melodicfuckingmetal]

Interesting, looks like this training film were filmed in the south of Colombia near the amazon rainforest, all the biodiversity that's shown in the film especially the sloth bears with 3 claws, the toucan that was captured and the turtle called locally morrocoya are native spicies in that part of the country. Also they were recolecting cacao seeds whose can be find in the same place.

[@eduardopupucon]

it's in brazil amazonian forest

[@eduardopupucon]

you can see the cutia that is native to the parts of the amazon that are closer to the delta, nearby the guyanas

[@charliegreer4507]

@@eduardopupucon probably one of the higher budget war department training films. Usually they’re filmed in the US, but the fact that they’d find an accurate location in order to truly get the plantation accurate is pretty cool and rare.

[@floatingchimney]

@MichaelKingsfordGray Are you gay? Why are you calling everyone a coward?

[@InnerCityX]

How do you know all this?

[@BobGeanis]

If this was vietnam yelling would be a bad idea

[@krazypanda3386]

If it was enemy territory yelling anywhere would be bad

[@andreaskavak2364]

@MichaelKingsfordGray it's the 1960s, what do you expect?

[@ncch7568]

@@andreaskavak2364 Rather, it's 1944. This video was meant for operations in south east Asia against the Japanese who were in that area

[@andreaskavak2364]

@@ncch7568 even MORE smoking lol

[@mattiatorX]

They specifically mention that the crew knows they’re not in enemy territory

[@Celtopia]

"Red and yellow ,kill a fellow,.....red and black, venom lack" ....an old rhyme taught to my grandfather in Burma...

[@twinkytwinklier4047]

This plot is more thought of than a JJ film.

[@gamersfun98]

Sure is a happy ending. That lucky Harrison

[@gardengeek3041]

They sent them out as prepared as possible Can't believe just how many useful items fit into small survival kits. Hard to improve on 80 years later.

[@paulscountry456]

I have one from ww2 has 300 Benzedrine tablets in it!

[@stevenguy5507]

That's so awesome they talk about this "infection" you get from tick bites, yet Lyme Disease wasn't actually identified until 1975. It's like people knew without actually knowing.

[@arduinocoding]

I got Lyme when I was 14. Still have lingering impacts.

[@tronophono913]

In the times before the internet I would have lost my mind knowing banans grow upside down. These videos are great.

[@colonelkurtz2269]

The crew were happy to locate a Lucky Strike bush. Each man stuffed his pockets with the smokes. Good fortune. 👍

[@classicgunstoday1972]

Harrison is Hollywood actor Van Heflin. Played the good guy Joe Starret, the father and husband, in Shane; bad guy Raider in Santa Fe Trail, good guy in original 3:10 to Yuma (a lot better than Christian Bale). Usually a good guy, not a professional gunfighter or warrior but good enough to get the job done and not give up.

[@joelonzello4189]

Van Heflin was good in Act of Violence and The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers !

[@rja7420]

Harrison got a bad wrap.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

Somebody has to set an example. ;)

[@goldenpun5592]

"This is Harrison, the air force's biggest buffoon, Look and laugh at him as he tries to survive in one of the harshest environments on earth. Alone and traumatized."

[@johnrogan9420]

Rap

[@goldenpun5592]

@@johnrogan9420 I created a monster cuz nobody wants to see harrison no more they want the other guys he's chop liver. but if you want the other guys this is what I'll give ya a little bit of malaria mixed with some malnutrition

[@Seft2_]

These have great stories, better than any of whats on Netflix

[@bradjohnson1578]

"Wife , and baby he's never seen" Charlie you are not the father.

[@wernesgruder1]

In the jungle swinging from vine to vine is the quickest way to travel

[@peace-yv4qd]

And the Tarzan scream helps too.

[@johnr797]

@@peace-yv4qd "McVeigh knows it's important he locate Jane quickly"

[@oly6919]

Finding a really big bird would be faster.

[@kashyyyk]

Not all men who wander are lost... Except the Lieutenant... The Lieutenant is Lima Lima Mike Foxtrot.

[@MrWizeazz]

You can’t spell Lost without LT

[@simonnachreiner8380]

Despite the fact that this was originally created as an education style training film it's actually quite a good film from a story standpoint. Ups and downs with light hearted moments and a twist at the end. More entertaining than a lot of movies today.

[@richfeldman7780]

Three major mistakes assuming this is behind the lines. Yelling, smoking, and leaving behind unused items makes your position or direction known to the enemy. At least bury things you think you may not need, but even items perceived as useless can have some unexpected use. Also a distinction should have been made concerning what to burn that does not emit smoke, the wetter the material the more smoke it emits; another way for the enemy to track you. And if you are in an environment with no chance of hypothermia then a fire that can also give away your position should not even be used if you can find food that can be eaten raw, and raw food will hold more nutrients and calories than if you cook it.

[@FransceneJK98]

If I need to cause smoke to get my men to spot me from the air and send me supplies and evacuate me then I will do that even if it means enemies spotting me too. With a long dagger to defend myself for now. It’s better than dying without trying anything at all

[@JMazzaTaz]

Today, the Bushmaster is #17 out of the top 20 venomous snakes in the world

[@Almagells]

Now I am feel ready to take a walk in some jungles...

[@orcinus6802]

This is supposed to be a guide to surviving in the jungles of the South Pacific, but yet the animal species featured in this film: boa constrictors, New World coral snakes (Micrurus nigrocinctus), bushmaster snakes, Panamanian white-faced capuchin monkeys, American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus), yellow-footed tortoises, Keel-billed toucans, etc., are all native to lower Central America. The Brazil nuts the airmen were filmed gathering are also only endemic to the areas in or near the Amazon rainforest. If I had to guess the exact location where this movie was filmed based solely on the flora and fauna it featured, I’d say it was made in the Panaman Canal Zone, which was a U.S. Territory until 1979 and the site of both many U.S. military bases and hundreds of square miles of indigenous tribal lands. As a biologist, these kind of things never escape my notice 😉

[@alicia1463]

I'm not a biologist by any stretch of the imagination, but I was still thinking: "Wait, aren't soursop, bushmasters, and Brazil nuts from the Amazon, or at least South America? I thought this video was for people crashing in the Pacific."

[@brandtbuchanan5526]

Right? At first I was thinking Vietnam but then they started talking about getting rescued by natives and coral snakes. Then of course I realized this training film was made quite a bit earlier than the start of the Vietnam war.

[@tonycrane3274]

Well, using jungle in an active war zone was a little out of the question.

[@willisrice7844]

@@alicia1463 While living in the Panama Canal Zone in Balboa, CZ. in the mid 60s I visited the US Army Jungle survival school with my Boy Scout troop for a weekend in preparation to hiking across Panama via the Balboa trail.

[@Airon79]

I was born in 79 and my Dad was stationed near Panama City , Panama which I visited him in the summers .

[@badas45]

This is like a practical Twilight zone episode.

[@dsrleader1563]

Landing close by is like winning the lottery especially in the jungle,

[@krileym]

6:35 "and panic makes him yell for Pat."

[@YaotlYT]

I’m glad Harrison made it 😭

[@edhill8341]

Way better than TV today.

[@robertfitzsimmons9428]

12yrs old I was trusted alone on a small mountain to hunt by myself. Thanks Dad for teaching me right! I knew more than Harrison did! Dad learned in the military.

[@budscaglini]

How are you now?

[@tnwhiskey68]

I wish these same people still made training films!

[@theincorporatedunplugged8743]

I always end up finding ways to relate to these characters and watching these like movies

[@dagnrl215]

The good ole days when they made sure to put high grade amphetamines (Benzedrine) in your emergency personnel kit

[@jameswalley134]

I was a Pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force & a Combat Survival Instructor. This clip brought back so many memories about my Military days …. after about 40 years of having left the Military. Many wonderful memories & quite a few blooming close calls. I’m a blessed man to have experienced so much & walked away from it. May God please bless those 20 or more who I knew, but died in their youth while proudly serving their Country.

[@Big-Reds]

"If you do land in the jungle, then land and live!"

[@jdlives8992]

My father was in the army from 60 to 73. He wasa drill Sargent and a ranger in nam. When we where kids in the 80s he would take us camping when your 10 years old and your dad goes into the river with nothing in his hands at 1am and comes out with 4lb fish your pretty amazed.

[@aaronanderson7619]

One of the few things I enjoy out of comments are the little morsels of awesome like you just provided. River, 1 am, no tackle, 4 pounder.... Bless the memories, how's that saying go again? RLTW. take care young man.

[@Richard_K1630]

Save everything. The nearest Walmart or Cabella's 5000 miles away.

[@raymondabella4684]

Harrison now resides in Palm Springs, California, becuase it the furthest thing and extreme opposite from the jungle. He went crazy one day and destroyed his grandson's Guns and Rose's CD when his grandson played the song, "Welcome to the Jungle".

[@zirconthecrystal1150]

80 years late but the mention of the sloth about 29 minutes in is interesting, sloths actually can move fast when threatened and can even kill people with their claws lol. If anyone somehow ends up watching this and needs to survive in the jungle, do be weary of sloths

[@Redstripe921]

Sloth can kill ppl ? Thats a first one.

[@eggbenedict-gt7mw]

​@@Redstripe921 theua are slow

[@blastardinc]

Good lord this is hypnotizing.

[@PettenVeevo]

Good use of language and storytelling

[@rosesprog1722]

"In jungle travel, feet are the most important means of transportation" he he he...

[@peterjohnjoseph]

If there's one thing I've learned about all these training videos is that they always love to find a way to point out how big of horn dogs the soldier's are.

[@JoeBlobA]

Well, surrounded by dudes, they can’t fly solo… although that explains Harrison’s complacency

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Impressed by those survival packs.

[@houstonjoker3836]

32:22 if you look closely I think the rabbit actually escapes.

[@2lobo777]

This old movies are so well made and explain stuff very clearly.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Ah! Benzedrine!

[@DeltaVTX]

Harrison was sure lucky that tribe spoke sign language.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

And not sympathetic to the Japanese...

[@krileym]

@MichaelKingsfordGray lolwut? if this was filmed in Brazil, it was for safety. Clearly, this was intended for troops deploying to the pacific theater.

[@retroflame3104]

@@stevekaczynski3793 considering the Japanese were in the process of colonizing them it’s pretty unlikely they would be sympathetic.

[@bendover6272]

@@stevekaczynski3793 none of the natives were sympathetic to the japanese the japs terrorized them

[@dsrleader1563]

Didn’t know this video was so long, love it. Best way to survive the jungle is go on the outside of it and go on the beach towards the water if there’s no enemy

[@phillipdrake4371]

They break out the smokes pretty fast

[@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788]

In those days if you was past the age of 12, you had to smoke... It was the law...

[@oilsmokejones3452]

I've always believed in Murphy. That way the better you take care of emergency equipment the less likely you are to need it...

[@airi2161]

24:45 While this sounds like nothing today, $5 in 1944 was worth about $75 in today's money. Apparently tortoise meat was a delicacy.

[@h98b]

I was so invested in the plot line haha.

[@cmans79tr7]

15:09 - No, no, no! "Cut towards your Chum, not towards your thumb."

[@ilarilindholm]

Excellent survival film to all people .

[@phieyl7105]

Harrison wasn't a smoker, and outlived the other men.

[@quoththeraven3985]

They bypassed 25lbs of snake for 2lbs of tortoise.......am I missing something, its not good eating but its meat baby whoooh!

[@scowler7200]

Omnivores (wild pigs, some rodents, birds) and carnivores (snakes, crocs, gators) should be your second and last choices for food. They invariably harbor parasites that can survive if not cooked with proper equipment. Basically, if you have to eat anything that doesn't exclusively eat vegetation, you need a frying pan, or a lot of firewood, hot coals. Cook it long, cook it hot, cook it at the center of the fire to completely kill parasites. But since you wanna preserve firewood, best to stick to herbivores and fish for meat.

[@quoththeraven3985]

@@scowler7200 I'm an old trapper, I was raised on rodent (beaver stew) So I understand ....but I disagree

[@scowler7200]

@@quoththeraven3985 I'd love to get into trapping, but the potential for collateral damage puts me off. Rather just use them for crossbow parts. Springs, triggers, and other hardware. Just telling you what I've been told. Trichinosis is no fun. All wild omnivores can carry it. Particularly bears and pigs. Even farm pigs have been known to carry it. Not a problem after 600 degrees farenheit for several minutes, to my understanding.

[@anickloquendo]

maybe they didnt say about eating snake so that they would not mess with snakes and get bitten?

[@joker9494949494]

Rod Sterling narrating

[@DBAllen]

Tobacco is a great parasite/pest repellant; my first wife stays far away whenever I smoke a cigar. There's no better testimony than that believe me.

[@stevecastro1325]

@9:45, “Benzedrine” spoken casually as “bouillon powder” or “signal mirror”.

[@jeremyfowler1519]

My grandfather was a Bataan Death March survivor then a POW for 4 years. I love these old training videos. I can picture the guys laughing at the cheesyness of them like we today ok modern training. But I think these videos are better. Idk prob just me. Anyways thanks for uploading this I’ve watched it 7/8 times and sent it to all my family.

[@dsrleader1563]

The navigators back then are like those treasure finders

[@jacobrichards4448]

Boa constrictor should of been dinner

[@soullessSiIence]

Must be depressing to know a person who's never put a foot in the US knows more about English than you do.

[@dustinbrooks8610]

I love the scores from this era

[@naplinewander6927]

Remember: If you come across and invisible spider soldier who shoots poison darts at you, you can always throw him some poisonous frogs to eat. That should keep him distracted and make it easier for you to collect his camoflauge by taking him down with traunqs.

[@maplemaple1439]

THE FEAR

[@ReveredDead]

This one hour film can save someone's life. Love it.

[@JoeBlobA]

My biggest takeaway was that you’d better have a mosquito net and hope you have a bunch of dudes with you who like teamwork, otherwise you’re f’d