U.S. Army Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center, in Colorado, United States, during World War 2. The mountain troops assemble for a ski test. An officer briefs the team. The mountain troops standing in a line wear their skis. They come down a slope and cross trees in between. One of the trooper falls in the end. Narrator describes their ski test and their skiing.
Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center in Colorado, United States. The mountain troops depart from Camp Hale bound for Europe in World War II. They board a passenger train powered by steam locomotive high in the Rocky Mountains. The train leaves the station. Snow covered mountains. The mountain troops in winter gear move with equipment on mules and ski on snow.
Trained U.S. mountain troops in action in Colorado, United States. A dramatization shows two mountain troops looking through binoculars. They spot the Germans dismantling a gun. A troop informs an officer. A Nazi Battalion marching on a snow covered surface. United States mountain troops get into action. The two battalions fire at each other. U.S. troops get into a trench. Nazi troops fire at an American ski trooper coming down a slope. Snipers fire from behind trees. U.S. troops throw hand grenades. An explosion on a snow covered surface. U.S. troops capture German troops. The troops in winter gear climb uphill. (World War II period).
The Committee for a Free Asia in San Francisco, California. Men stand near a banner. The banner reads: 'Committee for a free Asia'. Other banner in a building reads: 'Seeds for democracy'. Women stand near a table. Mails on the table. The committee receives huge contributions from all parts of the country. They are being shipped to the Philippines.
Hollywood actor Joe E. Brown gives a speech appealing for blood donations in Washington DC, United States. Brown seated at table. He makes a speech and makes an appeal to the nation to donate blood for the soldiers fighting in the Korean War. He makes the appeal on behalf of the armed services.
Richard Mackey enters the U.S. Air Force at 20 years old, measuring only 4 feet 7 inches. Air force recruits in San Antonio, Texas. Man tries to fit a coat on the small man. Airmen stand behind a counter and take their uniform issue at a supply depot. Richard is four feet and seven inches tall and 107 pounds. A man tries to fit an air force uniform on him. The recruits perform a drill and march, with Mackey trying to keep up. Mackey with a cigarette in his mouth, lighting the cigarette of another soldier.
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