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. President Richard Nixon arrives at Fort Smith, Arkansas to watch a football game between Texas and Arkansas at Razorback Stadium. Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller welcomes President Nixon at the airport and invites him to the speaker's podium. President Nixon speaks from the speaker's podium on the airport ramp and addresses the welcoming crowd. The U.S. Air Force One aircraft parked behind him. President Nixon expresses his good wishes for Christmas. The crowd cheers. President Nixon raises an American flag and gets into a helicopter to fly to Fayetteville for the game.
World's first floating nuclear power station aboard Liberty ship in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Nuclear reactor as a man works on it. Men conduct final tests on equipment at the plant.
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.