Scenes from the city of New Orleans in Louisiana, United States. Ruins of the old Spanish Fort at the Bayou St. John on Lake Ponchartrain, also sometimes called Fort St. Jean or Fort St. John, or Fort San Juan del Bayou. Tourists walking in the old fort area, and view of an old cannon in the fort grounds. Exterior view of the city arsenal at 615 St. Peter Street directly behind the Oabildo. The arsenal is on the site of a former Spanish prison. It was war designated in 1915 to be the relic department of the Louisiana State Museum, and dedicated as a "Battle Abbey." View inside the arsenal, where two African American men are seated on the ground with their legs in the stockades or stocks to demonstrate their operation.
An outline of U.S. military canal defense and base security requirements and future requirements regarding proposed canal relocations in Panama. A U.S. officer conducts a JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff) briefing in the United States. Maps of the Canal Zone and Panama shows military installations, communications facilities and training areas. An officer points out Quarry Heights, Fort Amador, Howard AFB, Fort Kobbe, Rodman Naval Air Station and Fort Clayton on the map of Panama. An aerial photograph of Quarry Heights which will provide operational support for United States Southern Command Headquarters. An aerial picture of a bridge in Panama City and Quarry Heights in the background. Aerial photographs of Bridge of the Americas, Albrook AFB, Rodman Naval Station, Howard AFB and Fort Amador. An officer briefs. Maps of Fort Sherman and Galeta Island. Aerial photographs of Fort Sherman and Galeta Island.
Pilot Reg Robbins and mechanic James Kelly start 172 hour flight in Fort Worth, Texas. They set a new endurance flight record. Monoplane 'Fort Worth' takes off. Ryan Brougham monoplane named 'Fort Worth' in flight. Fort Worth monoplane refueled by another aircraft during flight. The plane lands and taxis. Crowd runs out to aircraft. Pilot Robbins and James Kelly with their wives at the Fort Worth air port. The crowd greets them. Pilot Robbins and James Kelly wear garlands.
Pilot Reg Robbins and James Kelly set a new endurance flight record in Fort Worth, Texas. Reg Robbins and James Kelly at Fort Worth air port. Ryan Brougham monoplane christened 'Fort Worth'. Reg Robbins bids goodbye to his wife and son. Fort Worth monoplane in flight. Fort Worth monoplane refueled by another aircraft during flight.
International exchange of CAP ( Civil Air Patrol ) cadets in Richmond, Virginia. Interiors of Fort Harrison as cadets look at a mock battlefield. An officer briefs the CAP cadets. A sign on mock up reads ' Fort Harrison captured September 29, 1864 by the federal 18th Corps ' .Another sign reads ' Fort Harrison confederate name , Fort Burnham Federal name'. Yet another sign reads ' Headquarters and museum, Richmond National Battlefield Park '. The cadets on a guided tour of the Fort Harrison. They come down a wooded stairway. The cadets point at a pamphlet. CAP cadets eat lunch in a picnic area while a female personnel drinks cola.
American soldiers in and around a demolished fort in Mehdia, Morocco during World War II. A jeep with a flag in front of the fort. A motor cycle rides in front of the jeep. A demolished fort at Mehdia in view with French flag hoisted on it. American soldiers on an armored vehicle with guns. American soldiers, with rifles, walk around the entrance of the fort. A soldier at top of the fort.