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1. Camp Ripley, Minnesota Field Training, Camp Ripley, Little Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Adjutant General's Office
Date Created:
1935
Description:
This film depicts soldiers performing various drill exercises and marching around Camp Ripley.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Silent films

2. Home movie 4, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:
Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers doiong carpentry, peeling potatoes, mail call, chow line, using two man chain saw, jack hammer, digging one man fox hole.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

3. Home movie 5, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:
Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers building a pontoon bridge, assemblig a structural steel bridge across a ravine, being addressed in seated formation by VIP, kitchen scenes.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

4. Home movie 1, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:
Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:
1951-01-22
Description:
Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers waiting at the Princeton Great Northern Railway depot prior to departing on the train to Camp Rucker, Alabama.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

5. Home movie 2, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:
Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers waiting with their families at the Princeton depot, the arrival of the steam locomotive troop train and loading equipment on the train.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

6. Home movie 7, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:
Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers at rifle and machine gun ranges, field kitchen meal, paddling boats, swimming, VIP visit, marching on parade ground, building assault training, infiltration, grenade and bazooka training, constructing pontoon to ferry tank, wedding on base and graduation.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

7. Home movie 3, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:
Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers marching in formation from the Armory to the train depot escorted by a marching band and scores of citizens. Equipment is loaded on the train. The arrival at Camp Ruckeris followed by unpacking and cleaning of rifles.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

8. Home movie 6, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:
Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers erecting and climbing poles, pay day, using bulldozer to build timber bridge, field kitchen meal, basketball, horseshoes, laundry, calesthenics and family visits.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

9. Review of Minnesota Field Artillery Brigades, Camp Ripley, Little Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Adjutant General's Office
Date Created:
1935-06-24
Description:
This film depicts the transporting of troops by truck convoy to Camp Ripley and the review of the 59th Field Artillery, 151st Field Artillery, 125th Field Artillery, and 185th Field Artillery by Adjutant General E.A. Walsh and Major General George E. Leach.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Silent films

10. Review of the 59th Field Artillery Brigade, Camp Ripley, Little Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Adjutant General's Office
Date Created:
1934
Description:
This film depicts Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson and Adjutant General E.A. Walsh reviewing the 59th Field Artillery Brigade at Camp Ripley in 1934. Scenes include the 135th Infantry Regiment, 59th Field Artillery Brigade, and the 92nd Infantry Brigade marching past the officers as they are being reviewed. Also shown are some of the buildings and wildlife at Camp Ripley, a flyover by the 109th Observation Squadron, and a soldier chariot race with soldiers pulling the chariots.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Silent films
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