The 1960s were a different time.

Americans boozed religiously at work. Presidents rode in convertible cars through massively large crowds in Texas. Schoolchildren would drill for nuclear war. Segregation was reality in many parts of the country.

And the U.S. Army Special Forces put out films like the one below (this one circa 1961) where they would demonstrate the prowess and penetrative power of a bow and arrow versus firearms.

No, seriously.

Watch as the narrator guides the viewer through an enactment that supports the primary point — that an arrow is better at getting through a box full of dirt: