Army cadets from West Point and Navy cadets from Annapolis marching in the rain during the second inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Various views of the cadets marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in formation wearing long coats. Rain soaked streets and marchers. Thin crowds watching due to the rain.
A U.S. Colonel speaks to Sergeant Morgan and his brother at a Marine camp in the United States. United States Marines standing. A senior officer instructs the Marines. A dramatization shows an Admiral's daughter arriving in a car. Sergeant Morgan and his brother look at her. Morgan's brother introduces him to the Admiral's daughter. They take a tour of the training camp. A board reads 'Montezuma street'. The Colonel speaks to both the brothers and tells them about one position vacant in Annapolis. He asks them for friendly rivalry for three weeks and the best Marine would get the position.
Opening scene shows large group of retired Air Force officers seated at a number of tables in the Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club. Closeups of General Carl Spaatz, Lieutenant General Ira Eaker, Lieutenant General James Ferguson (Deputy chief of staff for research and development at Headquarters Air Force), and Major Sidney J. Kubesch (who, in October 1963, was aircraft commander of the B-58 bomber that set a speed record, flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hours, 35 minutes and 20.4 seconds). Old time aviators, Colonel Harry Halverson and aviation mechanic, Sergeant Roy Hooe, who both flew on the Question Mark, are also seen. Closeup of a model B-58 Hustler bomber sitting on a luncheon table. Closeup of a model of the Fokker C-2A "Question Mark" next to old log book. ( This clip also shows two unidentified women participating in the luncheon.)
Highlights of 1938 Army-Navy Football game. Cadet and Midshipmen parade. Game highlights including touchdowns shown. Crowd numbers 102 thousand in Municipal Stadium. Army wins 14 to 7.
The 2nd place Maryland Terrapins team and the Mississippi Rebels play a game of football at College park in Maryland. Huge crowd gathered to watch the match. Cheerleaders seated next to the field. Maryland team wins by 38-0 over The Rebels from OleMiss.
Training facility for African American teachers in Bowie, Maryland, United States. Houses at a distance on a farmland. Trees and tower in the background. Board on the farmland reads "Maryland State Normal School, Colored, Bowie Maryland, trains elementary teachers." School building with a flag on its top. House behind the trees.
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