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Barrage balloons are inflated and sent aloft at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Barrage balloons are inflated by men. Men near gas cylinders. Balloons are sent aloft at Fort Lewis.
Formal Review of the Third Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington, commanded by Major General Charles F. Thompson
Formal review in parade of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division by its Commander, also commander of Fort Lewis, Major General Charles F. Thompson. Thousands of soldiers also watch the review, some from spectator stands and some seated on the ground. View of 7th Machine Gun Battalion (printed on side of truck, passing in review). Seen are: Dirigible overhead; Two military bands; troops marching with shouldered arms with fixed bayonets; General Thompson accompanied by a civilian official, and many others in the reviewing stand; mules carrying supplies; trucks carrying machine guns; trucks pulling heavy artillery; numerous utility vehicles; a small black dog walking beside the troops; Color Guard; Red and white bunting draped on reviewing stand; Mules carrying parts of artillery pieces (one mule acts up and causes difficulty for its handler); Honor guard on horseback carrying the American Flag; Horses and mules carrying parts of artillery pieces; Heavy artillery; All spectators rise and salute the colors; Mount Ranier in the background; Loud speakers with four horns set on ground between bands and marchers. (World War II period).
Barrage balloons take off as the 3rd Observation Squadron learn the tactics of observation in the United States.
Barrage balloons being tested in the United States. Barrage balloons in flight. A motor being removed from a gondola and a basket being attached. Men get into the basket to study the tactics of observation from a captive balloon. A barrage balloon lifts off. Ground crew handles a steel cable. The 3rd Observation Balloon Squad learns the details of observation at Fort Lewis, Washington. An instructor trains recruits. A barrage balloon in flight at Fort Lewis. Goodyear barrage balloon comes out of a hangar at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. Tail of a barrage balloon in flight. A barrage balloon being filled with helium. It takes off and in flight during a test.
Washington State Governor calls up contingent of the National Guard to maintain order in Centralia, Washington, following Armistice Day riot on November 11th, 1919
Opening scene shows some some people gathered near pieces of debris on the sidewalk outside the Roderick Hotel and a 1-cent to 1 dollar store in Centralia, Washington. This is in the wake of the Armistice Day riot in that city that took place in that city, on November 11, 1919. It involved clashes between members of the The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union and members of the American Legion. A man steps out of a shattered and empty store front on the street. The Washington National Guard was called up by Governor Hart to restore order. Company F of the 3rd Infantry, was sent to Centralia by train on the evening of the 11th from Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. Soldiers of that Company are seen assembling and receiving orders from their officer in Centralia. Next, the soldiers begin marching as guards, on the street in front of the local police station. Some pedestrians watch from a sidewalk. A group of local people crowd together to watch something of interest in a building
Women pick daffodils in a large outdoor garden and a military couple exchanges rings during a wedding in Orting, Washington.
A military wedding in Orting, Washington, United States. Women in costumes pick daffodils in a large daffodil flower field. Soldiers and officers gathered during the spring time wedding. Staff Sergeant William Melnick and Private Clara Owens, from Fort Lewis, exchange rings. Soldiers hold guns as they stand near. The newly married couple kisses. (World War II period).
The military career of General Dwight D Eisenhower from 1926 to World War II
Film starts showing Dwight D. Eisenhower's diploma as honor graduate of the Army Command and Staff School, in 1926. Image of Major Eisenhower (in civilian clothes) Narrator says he was assigned to France, to prepare a guide book on American battlefields in Europe. Image of Eisenhower as a member of General Douglas MacArthur's staff in the Philippines, where MacArthur was Commander-in-Chief of the Philippine army. Glimpse of headquarters building there. MacArthur in his office helping the Commonwealth of Philippines work out a plan for its military defense. Image of Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower in 1939, serving as Executive Officer of the 15th Regiment, at Fort Lewis, Washington, View of the Regiment's Headquarters building. Scene shifts to 1940, showing German forces invading Holland and Belgium. German tanks are seen in action. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers and Heinkel 111 bombers drop bombs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen as Congress passed the Selective Service Act draft in the United States. Views of Lt. Col. Eisenhower as Chief of Staff of the Army 3rd Division and later as Chief of Staff of the Ninth Corps. Next, he is seen as Chief of Staff to General Walter kreuger, who in 1941 led the Third Army in the most realistic maneuvers held by American troops (The Louisiana maneuvers). Views of American troops engaged in those maneuvers. Image of Eisenhower as a Brigadier General. Views of the Pearl Harbor bombing on December 7th 1941.
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