Greyhound bus with young Americans, travel to various cities. Boys and girls dressed in costumes sing and dance on stage. Boy plays instrument. Young Americans seated inside Greyhound bus. On reaching destination they unload luggage from the bus. Young Americans rehearse and get ready for performance. They mingle and exchange ideas with students of local schools. As spectators watch, young Americans dressed in costumes sing and dance on stage.
Film "Its What You Make It" promoting work and lifestyle for military personnel working in the Washington DC area. Clip opens with an aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia, near Washington DC, headquarters for the U.S. Military Army, Navy, and Air Force branches. Cars parked in the foreground. Officers and women walk up the stairs of Pentagon. Civilian and military coats hang on coat rack. Military and civilian personnel perform clerical duties in the Pentagon. Personnel gathered around a Pentagon conference table. Flags of many nations in the background. Lieutenant General E.O. Donnell Jr, United States Air Force speaks at his desk.
Sign board on an entrance building reads 'Bolling Air Force Base' in Washington DC. B-26 Marauder aircraft, B-25 Bombers and other aircraft parked at Bolling field. Maintenance crew works on engine of aircraft. Aircraft C-24 taxiing up toward alert crew member waving. Administrative personnel work at their desks. An early business machine automatically printing a piece of paper, with print unit moving up and down in front of paper. Airman boards a boat that serves as a ferry between Bolling Air Force base harbor and the Pentagon. Dental check up of an airman in dental clinic. Sign board reads 'Bolling Air Force Directory'. View of Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument as seen from a moving boat on the Potomac River, near the Memorial Bridge. The Jefferson Memorial. Federal buildings in Washington DC.
United States Military personnel walk into a room in the Pentagon. Sign over a door reads 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff'. Airman works at draft table. Military personnel operating business machines and various communications equipment in the Pentagon. Sign over entrance at Headquarters USAF Communications Center and then also entrance of the Army Communications Center in the Pentagon. Military personnel talking, standing at a counter. Telephone operators and communication operators at work with large business machines. Hat rack with hats belonging to officers of various Nations. Joint Chiefs of staffs General Ridgway, Army; General Twining, Air force; Chairman Admiral Radford, Navy; General Cates converse with each other. Servicemen entering the Pentagon from the Potomac River entrance side.
View from moving boat on Potomac River as it approaches docks for "Suitland Hall" Air Force facility in Washington DC. Scene then changes to view of Andrews Air Force Base and building for the Headquarters of the Military Air Transport Service. A C-121 Constellation aircraft parked on airfield at Andrews Air Force Base. C-47 Skytrain taxis into parking space. Airman pushes hospital ramp up to C-47 Skytrain. Wounded man on litter carried out of the aircraft into waiting ambulance. View of Bethesda Naval Hospital and then a view of the Walter Reed Army Hospital building. Early 1950s era cars parked in front of the Senate Building in Washington DC. 1950s cars move by on roads and streets of Washington DC in front of Federal buildings. Exerior views of the Museum of Natural History, and of the Mellon Art Gallery and National Museum of Art. Inside the American National Air Museum, a close up view of the Bell X-1, USAF aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis.
Exterior building views of University of Maryland, Georgetown University, George Washington University and American University. United State military personnel go through a rifle drill. Man on diving board doing backward somersault into a swimming pool. Group of U.S. military soldiers play billiards and also watch a movie. Couples dancing in the early 1950s, including some swing dancing moves. Football game being played between Bolling Air Force base and Quantico Marine base teams.
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