Activities of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division in Texas. Troops of 7th, 8th and 1st Cavalry Division on the streets. Wagon trains and armored cars drive past on a street. U.S. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley seated on a horseback along with other officials. They review the troops.
Training film titled: 'The Cavalry Rifle Platoon from mounted to dismounted action' on transition of cavalry troops from mounted to dismounted combat troops in Kansas. Soldiers ride horses on a field. A simulated invasion exercise. Machine Gun and Rifle Platoons dismount and prepare for action.
Transition of cavalry troops from mounted to dismounted combat troops in Kansas. Four soldiers of the Rifle Squad ride horses on a field. Their leader gives signal and three of the soldiers dismount from their horses. Stress is placed on proper care and handling of the horses. Various methods of finding cover and securing horses. A platoon dismounts from the horses. Troops advance on the field. Four soldiers ride horses on the field. They dismount from the horses. A gun crew advances on the field. The Cavalry Rifle Platoon moves forward.
Transition of cavalry troops from mounted to dismounted combat troops in Kansas. A map illustrates the activities of cavalry troops. Cavalry Rifle Platoon advances on a street. Trees along the sides of the street. A man on a horse moving on the street. Soldiers lying in prone positions on a field fire rifles. A squad leader assembles the squad. Two soldiers seated on horsebacks discuss amongst themselves. The cavalry troops advance on the street. The platoon dismounts from the horses. They prepare for action and take their positions on the field. Light Machine Gun Squad breaks up into gun crew. The Squad leader discusses strategies with soldiers and gives them orders. They advance towards their positions. The soldiers fire machine guns on the field. They advance.
Two farmers are operating an early model Fordson tractor pulling a binder across a field. They stop to allow a well-dressed Ford tractor salesman and a third farmer to examine their tractor. Scene shifts to street in front of a Fordson Tractor dealer's showroom. The "third farmer" from earlier scene examines a new tractor parked at the curb.Two salesmen are with him, and one cranks the tractor to start it. The shop next to the Fordson dealer, has Jones Motor Company logos in its windows and signs,above,reading:"Thomas & Johnson Motor Company" and advertising the "Jones Six" automobile. Another sign at this shop reads: "Luthy Battery Station."
Film opens showing a U.S. Navy Gleaves-class destroyer in a bay. Closeup of radar antennas atop a U.S. Navy ship. A U.S. Navy submarine operating on the surface in icy waters. It has what appears to be a cylindrical shelter on its deck. The boat is covered in ice. Several men in foul weather gear are on its deck. Interior of a radar monitoring center, where a sailor, wearing a headset, monitors a plan position radar scope, where an unidentified aircraft is detected. Scene shifts to a U.S. Air Defense centers where such information is plotted on charts. Sign on table reads: "Supervisor GOC" (referring to the Ground Observer Corps) Civilian volunteer members of the Ground Observer Corps (organized by the U.S. Air Force in 1950) enter a room for a meeting. Narrator states that their mission is to operate 14 thousand observation posts and 49 filter centers. View shows predominately women volunteers in the group. Two uniformed Air Force men show silhouette diagrams of American military aircraft. Women connecting numerous phone callers at a large switch board installation. A barber serving a customer in his shop. A volunteer ground observer, at an outdoor post, watches as a flight of U.S. Air Force P-47 aircraft flies overhead in formation. A U.S. Army member of the Anti-aircraft Command, is seen at a desk. He receives a report of an unidentified aircraft and pushes a button to sound bells alerting soldiers who leave a dining hall in the midst of a meal to respond to their battle stations. They are joined by soldiers from elsewhere in the area. All rush to their assigned locations. View of them running across a field. A large suspension bridge in the background. Soldiers manning 120mm M1 anti-aircraft guns amidst views of rotating radar antennas. Soldiers loading shells into the guns. Soldier monitoring the unknown aircraft on radar equipment. View of hurriedly abandoned dining hall with uneaten meals on the tables. Soldiers lowering gun barrels and placing covers over them after the alert is cancelled.
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