A “Jiu-Jitsu Club” patch. The Jiu-Jitsu Club of Dresden demonstrate martial arts in front of Nazi officers and soldiers in Germany during World War II. Judokas teaching soldiers art of judo. Slow motion shots of hand-to-hand combat using judo techniques. Troops and Nazi German officers applauding. Judokas jump over four to eight German soldiers. Judokas engage in a Jiu-Jitsu match. A Judoka demonstrates with a charging soldier.
A line of children, led by their teacher, file out of a schoolhouse in Hawaii towards a small trench. The kids begin filing into the trench, stopping about halfway through. They crouch down, presumably into a sheltered position, before all standing up a few moments later and filing out of the other end of the trench. The teachers watch and guide them through this exercise.
A Grumman J2F Duck seaplane (amphibious biplane) is shown flying overhead in a diving run during World War 2. View of fighter airplanes flying from right to left in front of a large mountain. Closeup of U.S. Navy Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber aircraft making a low pass and dropping a Mk XIII torpedo during practice runs. Several views of Mark 13 aerial torpedoes being dropped from aircraft, as seen from a U.S. ship in the Pacific.
Three U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bomber aircraft flying in formation far overhead during World War 2. Camera focuses in on one Flying Fortress, before showing all three banking to the right. B-17 bomber aircraft landing at Hickam Field in Hawaii. Two B-17s with camouflage paint on fuselage taxi on the runway at Hickam Field.
Opens with shots of skiers and snow-covered mountains in Alta, Utah. Company B of the U.S. Army 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment is assembled in the snow. An instructor teaches the soldiers how to wax their skis. The soldiers learn how to clip into bindings and are taught basic maneuvering such as gliding and schussing. The parachutists ski down small slopes, then steeper ones, some men taking spills. An instructor demonstrates proper falling and recovery technique. A narrator describes the techniques and exercises being demonstrated to the soldiers by ski experts.
Soldiers from Company B of the U.S. Army 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment begin learning cross-country techniques such as the "side step," "herringbone" and "kick turn," as described by the narrator. The soldiers practice their skills in deep snow in Alta, Utah, hiking up steep slopes in single file. The men ski down tall slopes one by one, and in groups on wider terrain. A line of soldiers stand arrayed behind upright skis. During World War 2.
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