United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Senior Pilot) speaks about the basic training of cadets in United States Air Force Academy. High altitude view of the Air Force Academy. United States flag near the officer. A photograph of the cadets placed on a wall in the background. Cadets parade. A cadet holding U.S. flag walks in front. The officer states that the cadets undergo a training in which they have to show excellence in every field to become army officers. Candidates arrive in buses at the academy for the training. They come out of the bus. Various sign boards outside the academy to facilitate them. A woman takes the necessary information from them and writes it down. Various stations at the Air Force Academy. Candidates go through medical check up. The officer states that every cadet has to take a pledge for the Academy in which he promises that he will follow the discipline and work for the best of the nation
Activities of sentry dogs and their handlers during training in Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam. Airmen and sentry dogs grouped around an airman wearing padding on his arm. Another airman ties a leash around the neck of the dog. The airman moves his arm in front of the dogs and the dogs respond to his movements. Dogs respond to the movements of the airman. Tents and trees in the background. Other airmen stand and watch the activity. An airman hides in weeds. (Vietnam War period).
From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of Ford Pavilions in the Ford Exposition. People stand outside the Ford Pavilion. Exterior of the building. Statues and flags in front of the building. Interior of the building. Visitors enter the building to gain knowledge about Ford and modern industry. They view historic Ford cars. Then they view the new 1940 cars: Ford, Ford Deluxe, Mercury, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln. Visitors view Henry Ford's first gasoline engine. A giant moving mural by Henry Billings symbolizing the dependence of industry on pure science. The Industrial Hall, featuring a giant Ford Cycle of Production exhibit that traces the progress of 27 raw materials through their production cycle to a finished Ford vehicle. Demonstrations of manual, hand-production versus mechanized production and comparison of costs, with cost for a hand-produced car ringing in around 17,000 dollars.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek reviews United States Women Army in the U.S. She is the first lady of China. She reviews the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve) and women marines. They salute the dignitary and march in front of her. An officer near the dignitary discusses with her.
Celebration of Army Day during World War II in Washington DC, United States. People gather in front of the Capitol Building to watch the event. Soldiers march. Trees along the sides of the street. Soldiers on horses. Secretary of War Stimson, General George Marshall and other high army officials review the troops. They salute the soldiers. Soldiers in Jeeps move on the street.
Celebration of Army Day in Manhattan, New York City, United States, in 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor causing the U.S. to enter World War 2.. View from high on a building overlooking 5th Avenue and Central Park, of U.S. Army units parading on Army Day. Street-level view shows color guard followed by marchers. Central Park is seen at left, and spectators line sidewalks on both sides of Fifth Avenue. The street is wet and many spectators carry umbrellas. A reviewing stand, on the Central park side of the Avenue, contains military officers and political leaders. Among those seen are: Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, who is flanked in the front row by New York Governor, Herbert Lehman, and New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Next to the Mayor, A Fire Chief represents the NYFD ( the Commissioner was being replaced) and next to him is NYPD Commissioner Lewis Valentine. They are seen saluting. In the line of march members of the 44th Division Ski Patrol are seen carrying their skis. People sit with umbrellas to watch the parade. Some bleachers set up have few spectators, because of the rain. A child watches the soldiers. Troops of the U.S. 157th Field Artillery Regiment ride in trucks, pulling 37mm antitank field pieces and 105mm howitzers. More views from a high building overlooking the parade.
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