Close Combat (1943)
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Channel: Nuclear Vault · 2012 · Education
National Archives Identifier: 24482 A British Navy training film. Reel 1 demonstrates attack and counterattack methods of hand-to-hand combat and defense against an attacker bearing a knife or a club. Shows the use of the helmet as a shield and as a weapon. Reel 2 demonstrates how to tie a prisoner and how to escort a prisoner. Methods of disarming an opponent are shown.