dalbert Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 All, I recently acquired 5 WWII era USMC filmstrips, one of which is "TFS-1," covering the Reising Submachine Gun. While this filmstrip has obviously existed for about 68 years, I don't believe it's been seen by anyone recently. It has 56 frames, and I've made a watermarked pdf file of the filmstrip available for download here. It's a 5 MB file. The pdf has a white line through the middle of it, which seems to be a product of the software I used to convert it, and all frames are watermarked with my name, and the website name. I'm doing this because I don't want someone to just pick it up and start selling it as their own. I scanned each frame in at 1200 dpi, and I think you will be happy with many of the unique images of the Reising in use by Marines contained within. Incidentally, many of the pictures in this filmstrip document use of the Reising sling with the extra space for a forward keeper in front of the snap. That sling dates this filmstrip to after August, 1943. It also shows that the leather BAR/Thompson spare parts pouch was used for the Reising. Somewhere, someone may have a phonographic record with the sound for this filmstrip. I'm thinking maybe the National Archives, or maybe someone in the surplus business, or they may be in an attic or basement. Hopefully they didn't all end up in a landfill. It will be something to keep an eye out for, because it would be great to be able to mate the images with their sound again. In the meantime, I'm sure you can use your imagination. This is very cool stuff, and I hope all will enjoy. I have also completed digitizing an M1 Carbine nomenclature filmstrip, which I will post soon on the M1/M2 Board here at Machinegunboards.com. We all paid for the production of these filmstrips years ago, and I'm happy to make them available again. The other filmstrips I have, which are not yet digitized, cover the "Care and Cleaning of the M1" Garand, "Replacing the Firing Pin - U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1," and "U.S" Anti-Personnel Mines." Your thoughts on the content of the Reising filmstrip are appreciated. I will probably pin this post at the top of the board after a while. Here is the filmstrip download link: http://www.sturmgewehr.com/dalbert/Reising...Watermarked.pdf Thanks! David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com Thank you Sir. Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnanceguy Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Great stuff, Dave. A very historical item and one that would have been lost to history but for your efforts. Thanks for saving it and making it available to the rest of us. I thought it was interesting that the enlisted Marines are all seen wearing M1923 cartridge belts for the .30 rifles, while shooting a .45 ACP SMG. No sign of the elusive Reising web magazine pouches. Regards, Charlie Flick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasvwnut Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thanks David. Great stuff!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anticus Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Very cool ! Do you have the text material that goes with the images ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhm Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Very Very COOL! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Very cool ! Do you have the text material that goes with the images ? anticus, Thanks! No, I'd like to find whatever verbiage, or sound that accompanied the filmstrip. I have a feeling it was a phonographic record. Keep your eyes peeled! David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 David, thank you for sharing this USMC Reising filmstrip ! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robgunbuilder Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Dave- Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. Wonderful stuff.-Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Excellent, Thanks for Sharing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalei Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemarvin Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Thank You, from a new member. Great historical find.This is a very informative site. Appreciate the vast amount of info available here.I don't yet have a Reising SMG, I have a model 65 .22 that my father-in-law gave me many years ago. It was his first rifle, he bought it as a teenager in the early forties. Should this gun be added to your database? Thanks again,Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Thank You, from a new member. Great historical find.This is a very informative site. Appreciate the vast amount of info available here.I don't yet have a Reising SMG, I have a model 65 .22 that my father-in-law gave me many years ago. It was his first rifle, he bought it as a teenager in the early forties. Should this gun be added to your database? Thanks again,Mike Mike, Thanks for your kind words. Information and valuable discussion is what it's all about. I added the serial number that you mentioned in another post about your rifle, as well as the stock and buttplate assembly number information to my database of Reising Model 65's. I have 86 examples documented so far in the Reising .22 Rifle series. Thanks! David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dog 1110 Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 DavidAwesome! Semper FiJimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APEXgunparts Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) Thanks for sharing!That is a very informative set of images.It is always interesting to see the uniforms & kit in actual use.Here is another good site that has turned up some WWII "Gems".. http://archive.org/search.php?query=wwii I tried searching for the Reising hoping that they had the audio track, but no luck.There are plenty of WWII training films, documents & manuals to be viewed or downloaded on that site for free. Richard Edited March 27, 2013 by APEXgunparts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemarvin Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 David, have you ever posted any of that model 65 database?Thanks,Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhpierre Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Thanks for the filmstrip. Edited November 30, 2017 by dhpierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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