1950s U.S. ARMY DEMOLITION ELECTRIC PRIMER TRAINING FILM 32454

This U.S. Army film from 1957 was shown to demolition men, instructing them on the use of electric primers. Dynamite and a variety of other explosives are shown. This is a story on how the military carry out demolitions. This is a standard operating procedure as seen at mark 0:50. Most of the demolition done by today’s Army is by means of explosives as seen at mark 1:11. A main explosive charge is needed. In order to denote them, a small explosive charge is needed. The smaller charge is the blasting cap. T
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