U.S. Army Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center, in Colorado, United States, during World War 2. The mountain troops assemble for a ski test. An officer briefs the team. The mountain troops standing in a line wear their skis. They come down a slope and cross trees in between. One of the trooper falls in the end. Narrator describes their ski test and their skiing.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Men at work on the air force base. A gondola is hoisted with a crane. 'US Air Force' written on the gondola. A helicopter lands. Men pull the trailer of the gondola.
Richard Mackey enters the U.S. Air Force at 20 years old, measuring only 4 feet 7 inches. Air force recruits in San Antonio, Texas. Man tries to fit a coat on the small man. Airmen stand behind a counter and take their uniform issue at a supply depot. Richard is four feet and seven inches tall and 107 pounds. A man tries to fit an air force uniform on him. The recruits perform a drill and march, with Mackey trying to keep up. Mackey with a cigarette in his mouth, lighting the cigarette of another soldier.
Cornerstone laying ceremony of the District of Columbia Chapter House of the Red Cross in Washington, United States. People gather in a large number for the ceremony. U.S. President Harry Truman officiates at the ceremony. He lays the cornerstone of the building.
Aircraft carrier USS America underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Russian PC-160 ship steaming off the starboard side of USS America. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter flies over the stern of the PC-160 ship. Another ship underway in the background. A crewman looks through a long glass on the wing of the flag bridge. He looks towards the Russian ship steaming in the background.
Aircraft carrier USS America underway in the Mediterranean Sea. An officer and enlisted men on the wing of the bridge looking towards Russian PC-160 ship steaming in the far background. U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter in flight overhead. One of the crewmen leaning over a railing. He looks towards the Russian ship steaming along. A signal crew in the foreground. A man works with a signal light. USS Richard E. Byrd steaming off the starboard side of USS America, with the Russian ship far off the starboard side of it. An aircraft parked on the flight deck of a ship. An enlisted man looks towards USS Richard E. Byrd and the Russian ship steaming in the far background.
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