HISTORY OF THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT OF M14 RIFLE 14294

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This historical re-enactment film from the early 1980s titled “Springfield Armory” is a National Park Service Museum film that was presented by the National park Service U.S. Department of the Interior. The film discusses the importance of the Springfield Armory to the US Army and its military strategy, the development of the M14 rifle, and the solidifying of an American system of manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution. Through historical archival footage and re-enactment, the film takes the viewer from the foundation of the armory right after The Revolutionary War to its closing in 1969 and all of the inventions that came out of it. The film was produced by the National Park Service Division of Audiovisual Arts in collaboration with The American Precision Museum Association, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution, Slate Mill Historic Site, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation amongst others.
U.S. Marine walks through the M14 rifle, officially the United States rifle (0:31). Historical reenactment of rifles used throughout US history by military personnel (0:46). Springfield Armory logo (1:18). Montage / re-enactment showing the use of the rifle or musket as an important weapon in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII and beyond (1:25). Secretary of War Henry Knox (1:35). Map featuring Springfield, Massachusetts (2:12). Craftsmen and metalsmiths at work at the armory: European system of rudimentary production line (2:48-4:30). The War of 1812 and new demand for weapons (4:43). Thomas Blanchard walking through invention of the first machining lathe for interchangeable parts (4:52-6:18). Water mill and sources of energy for factories (6:33). Superintendent James Wolfe Ripley hosts a British delegation to study American technology and production methods (7:05). Milling machine to cut metal (8:34). Storage of manufactured weapons (9:33). Military inspection of manufactured goods by contractors (10:06). Contributions of Springfield Armory during The Civil War (11:04). Industrial Revolution and growth of the Springfield Armory (11:55). U.S. Army Ordnance Department effort to develop military rifle (12:25). United States Capitol Dome (12:44). M1903 Springfield and World War I (12:47). Victorious soldiers march the Champs-Élysées with the Arc de Triomphe in the background in Paris (13:27). John Garand and invention of semi-automatic M1 Garand (13:46). Production of M1 Garand during World War II (15:09). 1964 Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara closed the Springfield Armory (16:27). Closing credits (16:51).
The M14 rifle, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American selective fire battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO (.308 in) cartridge. It became the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1959, replacing the M1 Garand rifle in service with the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps by 1965. The M14 was used by the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for Basic and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.[
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[@edm240b9]

I interned there for college credits my senior year. The grounds now hold a museum and I saw some truly amazing firearms, including one off prototypes and rare firearms, to incredible pictures and artifacts collected over the years.

[@MrWrzaSQN]

This style of producing those films are fascinating.

[@DerwoodPFreen]

Love to see the old machinery in operation.

[@joshuagibson2520]

3500 made a year doesn't sound like much, but then you consider they're made entirely by hand. Pretty amazing.

[@longshot398]

I own 2 Springfield Armory weapons, soon to be 3. Got my best rifle a few months ago, M1a civilian version of the M-14. Carried that when i was in the Marines.

[@rondobrondo]

If you are talking about new rifles, the Springfield Armory that exists today is NOT the same one that used to exist. If you are talking about OG product, then that's badass

[@longshot398]

@@rondobrondo I am aware of this. This is not my first rodeo. I am a 69 year old veteran, my first rifle was a M-14. My M1A is a very good rifle, no problems with it. Over a 1000 rounds shot. The group i shoot with can not out shoot my M1A or me even with my black scary rifle. With that being said, have a groovy day.

[@Sennmut]

Excellent. You've done it again! More like this!!!

[@uncletrick1]

I've visited the Springfield Armory. It's an interesting place.

[@skitariisoldier7367]

I went there and saw the biggest pair of calipers ever and that lathe! That thing is a monster!

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@skitariisoldier7367 I've used 24 and 36 inch vernier calipers. How big were the ones there?

[@skitariisoldier7367]

@@joshuagibson2520 Not sure, but they weren't vernier calipers. They could have been dividers.

[@skitariisoldier7367]

@@joshuagibson2520 They looked like this, just a lot bigger valkenpower.com/image/magictoolbox_cache/8c95d73fec130487c102a73bf1ab42ce/5/3/5396_product/thumb900x900/2967682210/PSU6.jpg

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@skitariisoldier7367 aaaah okay. Now I know what you're talking about! Thanks.

[@deanmeyer1815]

I own 3 “Trapdoor Springfield” infantry rifles, in 1878, 1884, and 1888 variations, and most of the pieces of a “Cadet” rifle with 1874 range serial number. Also an 1898 model Krag. Fun to shoot and very accurate. The “Springfield Armory” copyright is currently owned by a firearms manufacturer in Northwest Illinois and produce and sell a wide variety of high quality of product. As well as reproducing arms such as the 1911 pistol and M1A rifle, the civilian version of the Garand with detachable magazine.

[@rondobrondo]

And they are also fuddmasters and 2A traitors

[@jimmyp6443]

When iron men built wooden ships

[@ypaulbrown]

always great stuff here....

[@frogfrager]

RIP springfield armory

[@TEXASGIANT1959]

Thank you!

[@bombfog1]

It’s quite a shame that Massachusetts has decided to leave behind the ideals upon which this great nation of ours was founded, especially those enumerated in the First and Second Amendments.

[@ypaulbrown]

well said....

[@nicksarna3288]

It really isn't. Mass is doing just fine.

[@bombfog1]

@@nicksarna3288 It was the birth place of our freedom and now is a hotbed of oppression. There are few other states who tax their citizens as much as Massachusetts and, likewise, there are few who illegally infringe upon their citizens Constitutional rights to the extent Massachusetts has. It’s just about the most unfree state in the Union.

[@philup6274]

It was never what you thought it was... You were sold a lie.

[@skitariisoldier7367]

​@@nicksarna3288 What right with this: Unnecessarily high energy prices due to an obsession with "climate change", being a sanctuary state, the high crime rate in Springfield and the CRT/Intersectionality garbage in schools?

[@jimmyp6443]

Have you hugged your Springfield lately ?

[@ypaulbrown]

@@1987HTR Outstanding.....

[@timothysanders431]

No but I'm going to!

[@KE0ZCO]

Thank you

[@steveb6103]

I own 6 rifles made at Springfield. A M1903, A M1903A3, and 4 M1's. The problem is well known for the M1903 of bad heat treatment of the receiver. Most were return and replaced. But before buying one do your research.

[@CosmosNut]

If there is anything about the M14 rifle I missed it! My service sidearm M1911a1 (am old) was I thought also originally made by the Springfield Armory but no mention made here...

[@dickyhead]

Agreed, not a word about the M14.

[@steveb6103]

Most were made by Colt but there were others making them under contract. I own 5 and all are Colts.

[@wizardofahhhs759]

The 1911 was made by COLT in N.Y.

[@eddietat95]

The title's a little off. There is no coverage of the development of the M14 rifle itself.

[@LosTCoz3000]

i love these videos.

[@behemoth5022]

That was perfect.

[@purm0ndis]

Used to work in a repurposed part of the armory

[@keithmoore5306]

hey periscope more of this and way way less of the tourist junk of late!!!

[@eddietat95]

15:15 There he is. John C. Garand.

[@Militarycollector]

That’s one of the saddest stories in American history.. After 174 years McNamara just decides that’s the end of that.. I got a better idea get rid of him instead..!!!

[@oliverdelaenfield2]

It should never have been closed.

[@keithmoore5306]

yeah they just moved most of the maintenance work the armory did to Aniston! didn't save a penny!!

[@rondobrondo]

The M1 was originally designed 10000 years ago by prehistoric Africans

[@Shadismic]

I love how humans create these instruments to kill each other, there’s just not enough of them being made. Viva intelligentsia.

[@rondobrondo]

Guns are based, poser

[@Shadismic]

@@rondobrondo ? Can’t decipher what you wrote. Nevertheless, if you don’t eat your meat you can’t have any pudding!

[@rondobrondo]

Current Springfield Armory is a mockery of this once great institution lol, except maybe their licensed deal with HS Produkt for the "Echelon", which is a hideous name, but it's better than a Sig P320

[@scratchdog2216]

Quite familiar with the area but never the histort of the Armory.

[@Robert-e5l1l]

This "history" is OK as far as it goes for a reenactment film artifact. However, as for actual industrial history, the film entirely ignores the critical advent of interchangable parts in the industrial process. One assumes this was because the important breakthroughs on interchangibilty took place at the Harpers Ferry armory rather than at Springfield. Yet, it certainly merited a mention at least, given its crucial importance, and in light of all the other information they chose to include.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

@Robert-e5l1l great comment thanks!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

🇺🇸

[@pb68slab18]

No Krag in the intro???🤬

[@davidoflight1313]

Inherited antique tech. from a previous age of mankind?

[@crunchytheclown9694]

Isnt it al ? But i get your point :-)

[@rondobrondo]

The M1 was originally designed 10000 years ago by prehistoric Africans

[@nickraschke4737]

The French invented mass production. Bloody hell.

[@wizardofahhhs759]

They were the first to mass produce white flags, but only the French government was interested in purchasing them in mass quantities.

[@rickbonser9923]

A really interesting film...but ruined by the pointless blacked area for the pointless timer. It was obscuring interesting close ups of the manufacturing. Get rid of it!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@bloopahVIII]

vhs videos now: "scary" "horror" videos that all use the same format of either analog horror or backrooms vhs videos then: here's a visualized history of the american infantry

[@jimmyp6443]

Pearl Harbor today boys ,December 07 1941 ,If not for the Grace of God ,and all this ,we would be speaking German or Jap !