American soldiers undergo Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for maintaining physical fitness at the unit level. Group of U.S. Army recruits having completed basic training stands in line and boards a bus with their duffel bags to head to initial assignments. At initial assignments, physical training continues, as drill trainers give technical instructions to the soldiers. They undergo physical exercises, rifle drill, marching, rugged grass drill, obstacle course. U.S. Army soldiers practice bayonet tactics. Soldiers also learn hand to hand combat tactics and play soccer to maintain their fitness.
U.S. Army soldiers line up as officer hands each an award document on completion of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) and congratulates each one. Scenes of U.S. Army soldiers undergoing specialized training, including paratroopers training on towers and ziplines, rangers, and Special Forces learning tracking skills and honing hand-to-hand combat skills. Soldiers of Special Forces with camouflage make up on their faces trained in guerrilla and jungle warfare.
U.S. Army soldiers trained at unit level to maintain their fitness in the United States. Soldiers march, play team sports like rugby, run cross country, workout. At a swimming pool, they undergo water survival test and swim with a rifle for 15 meters in a pool. Soldiers learn hand to hand combat tactics. Soldiers and paratroopers in simulated combat situations.
Opening scenes are paintings illustrating the physical rigors surmounted by earlier Americans, from the pioneers through World Wars I and II. View of Strategic Air Command B-52 bombers parked on a flight line. Ground crew makes adjustment on advanced cruise missile fastened under a wing. Air Force air traffic controllers in a control tower. An Air Force airman playing with his child. A forklift being employed to move heavy cargo from a flatbed truck. Air Force personnel seated at duty stations with few physical demands. An Airman seated at home passively watching television with a boy (his son) in the family living room. An Air Force Captain, Flight Surgeon, discusses deleterious effects of automation, etc. on physical fitness of service personnel. View of an Air Force male subject being tested on a treadmill, while his vital signs are being constantly monitored. Results from group studies show only 5% in excellent physical condition. The Flight surgeon is seen, again, exhorting Air Force personnel to pursue physical fitness, for themselves, and their country.
Woman seen backing her 1962 Ford Galaxie convertible car out of carport of her house in the suburbs. Her husband is seated on a motorized lawn mower. View from inside Ford convertible as housewife backs out of the driveway and leaves driving on suburban streets; while her husband proceeds to cut the grass in the front yard, relying on motor power rather than personal exertion. Likewise, the woman driving along in her car, exerts little effort. Air Force personnel in uniform, at work in an office setting also expend little energy. A group of Air Force men engaged in calisthenics. A man exercising with dumbells for exercise and fitness. A man playing golf. Couples riding tandem bicycles, and paddling canoes. A group of men performing calisthenics and doing pushups. Several people swimming at a pool. Children being taught to swim by their father. Youth engaged in group swimming activities. A group of boys on a swim team line up and dive into the swimming pool.
Opening scene shows a U.S. Titan intercontinental ballistic missile being launched from an underground silo. U.S. airmen at monitoring stations in a missile launch control room. An airman working to maintain and repair missile-related equipment and accessories. An Force Captain overseeing airmen at control room work stations. Astronaut John Glenn stepping from a NASA structure, fully suited in space suit, and climbing into a Mercury Space Capsule. Air Force personnel engaged in sports to maintain fitness, playing softball, volleyball, and basketball. An airman typing at a desk job. An Air Force woman sorting 88 column Hollerith cards punch cards by machine. An airman performing calisthenics outside his quarters on an Air Base. Another airman typing expertly at a desk job. Airmen lifting large boxes. Air Force personnel bowling for recreation. Others playing badminton at an Air Force Base. Airmen bicycling out the gate of an Air Base. Air Force bombers parked on a flight line. One, a B-52, is fitted with a large pointed missile underneath its wing.
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