Injured and disabled World War 1 U.S. Army soldiers are seen in a "curative workshop" at Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois, soon after the end of World War 1. Patients perform occupational therapy tasks which require the use of injured limbs. Patients are seen in a wood working shop, caning chairs, weaving baskets, and taking a course in commercial art. Patients work on paintings while lying in bed.
Shortly before direct American involvement in World War 2: Major General George Patton, Commander 2nd Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia and 66 other officers and enlisted men signing up for private flying school in Columbus, Georgia. Officers studying on field. They board Fairchild aircraft and Cadet Monoplanes and take off. General Patton seen preparing to pilot an aircraft. Graduates lined up and getting diplomas.
Shows 503rd Battalion paratroops scramble through Obstacle course, in training before U.S. entry into World War 2. Paratroopers climbing up and moving through Trainasium made up of metal bars at Fort Benning. Paratroopers jumping from Trainasium.
A film titled 'Lieutenant Foulois and Orville Wright make the first cross country flight. Fort Myer to Alexandria, Virginia and return'. Orville Wright along with Lieutenant Benjamin Foulois prepares to make first cross country flight. They climb into the seat of the plane. Men aboard plane.
U.S. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley arrives at Fort Bliss in Texas. An airplane lands at Biggs Army Airfield. Secretary Hurley greets his sister and friends at the airfield. He stands with Major General William Booth. Cars parked along the side of a street. Hurley stands with other officials near a car. The officials salute. Troops of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division walk past in front of them. Hurley reviews the troops.
XB-36 first flight on August 8, 1946, at Fort Worth, Texas, with Convair Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green, at the controls. The XB-36 flying over airfield, with landing gear extended. Views from side and below. Views from above, from the side, from below and from the rear, as it flies some distance from the field, with gear still extended. XB-36 on final approach crossing a river, and touching down on first part of runway as it lands.