https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b1fdaf49-8528-4148-afda-69cd4ba21d13 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This short documentary from 1945 shows the life of a United States Coast Guard dog, reminiscently narrated from the point of view of a Doberman Pinscher. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc and the Vitaphone Corporation and in co-operation with and photographed by the United States Coast Guard, “Story Of A Dog” takes us on the journey that service dogs of the era go through as they are received, inspected, housed and fed, trained, and then deployed to serve on duty in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Both the handlers and the dogs (mostly German Shepherds and Doberman Pinschers) go through basic and advanced training, facing rigorous obstacle courses, owner training, and war dog tactics. Note: this print is missing the final minute. (0:06) Title sequence. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. and the Vitaphone Corporation present: “Story Of A Dog”. Produced in co-operation with and photographed by: United States Coast Guard. Production credits. (0:30) Truck full of dog kennels passing under sign reading “U.S. COAST GUARD WAR DOG UNIT”, and being offloaded. (1:05) Inspection of dogs, weighing, stethoscope. (1:50) Tattooing service number on hind leg of service dog. (1:57) Coast Guard member taking identification photograph of service dog. (2:19) Commander making checks of men in file, having been assigned their respective service dog. (2:27) Coast Guard servicemen show their service dogs to their little houses. (3:01) Men preparing food for war dogs, distributing it to dog houses. (3:30) Men studying canine anatomy in lecture. (3:41) Men training with war dogs, drilling basic commands. (4:33) Footage of “Advance Training Area”—further obedience drilling, hurdles, high wall scaling, jumping over and crawling under barbed wire. (5:46) Service dog attacking man with padded arm. (5:58) Service dog gnawing through rope tying example victim to tree. (6:08) Small caliber weapons being fired in proximity of dogs along with other distractions while handlers settle dogs reaction. (6:35) Men with their war dog running through smoke and simulated shells exploding. (6:57) Coast Guard men and their service dogs in parade uniform for graduation. (7:12) Service dog kennels being loaded onto LST troop transport carrier. (7:30) Sailor displaying canine’s teeth. (7:39) Footage of U.S. Coast Guard station in Pacific theatre, a trio of Coast Guard men with their dogs receive orders. (8:17) War dog team patrolling jungle. End. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PBNA8po_1A Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:22:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b1fdaf49-8528-4148-afda-69cd4ba21d13 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.