U.S. Army Air Corps ( USAAC ) Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Students standing behind a roped off area. Other students standing near an airplane. 'Field' written on a small board. They work on the airplane. United States Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker, U.S. Army General John Joseph Pershing and U.S. Army Major General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois standing outside a building. They inspect the base. Airplanes parked on an airfield. Some of the airplanes taxiing on the airfield. The airplanes in flight overhead and performing aerial aerobatics.
The Second Aviation Instruction Center in Tours, France during World War I. An aircraft takes off from an airfield and is in flight overhead. U.S. Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker, Chief of the Air Service John D. Ryan and U.S. Army General Bliss, Lieutenant General James Guthrie Harbord and General John J. Pershing standing on the airfield. They discuss and inspect airplanes.
U.S. sailors march at U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes (Naval Station Great Lakes) during World War I. A car driven across a long bridge. A freighter underway at sea. Brief slate between scenes reads, "Americans! The Navy needs Eyes to assist Lookouts on our Vessels. Will you help by loaning Binoculars, Spyglasses, and Telescopes? They will be returned to you after the war. Mark them with your name for identification and then send them to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Naval Observatory, Washington D.C. Thanks! Uncle Sam." United States Navy sailors march. Officers review them. A building in the background and a cannon in the foreground.
John Philip Sousa's U.S.Navy Band of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station leading a World War I Liberty Loan parade on a city street (possibly in Chicago, Illinois). Behind them two cars are seen and other marchers carrying signs. One sign reads: "Chip In." Numerous spectators line the sidewalks. View from above of the band in formation for a concert. John Philip Sousa and his wife, Jane, pose in front of a residence. He wears the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. (Note: During World War I, the Navy asked Sousa to train bandsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. On May 31, 1917, at the age of 62, he accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, in the U.S.Naval Reserve and organized a new band at the Great Lakes Center. His fame attracted so many band recruits that he was able to form several Navy bands for other Navy bases and units.)
View from safe observation area at Peenemunde rocket test center in Germany during World War 2. A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile is launched and billows of smoke rise. Missile lifts off and is seen in flight.
A U.S. Navy training film about the role and importance of patrol boats during a war (World War II). A patrol boat underway at a sea in the United States. Four 50 caliber machine guns and a 1 mm canon aboard the boat. A torpedo being loaded aboard the patrol boat. Motor torpedo squadron insignia on the sleeves of personnel. A signalman waves flags. A navigator at work. Men in a workshop as they work on engine and other parts of the patrol torpedo boats. Men at the work shop as they work on various equipment. A navigator plots on a map to locate an enemy ship. The patrol boat underway as a man works on controls. Explosions occur at sea. Lieutenant Commander John O. Bulkeley welcomes new trainees.
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