M-48 Patton tank displayed in Newark Delaware. Revolving turret of an M-48 Patton tank. Crowded stands. The tank turns on its own tracks. An object burns. M-48 crashes through a wooden shed and drives past the stands carrying most of the wreckage.
Group of M-48 Patton tanks move into formation in Newark, Delaware. M-48 tanks make a mass advance upon the grandstands .
An H-13D helicopter in flight in Newark, Delaware. M-48 Patton tank starts demonstration. H-13D hovers low whipping up great dust clouds. H-13D hovers by M-48. M-48 moves into ditch.
The Universal Military Training Plan for Peace, 1947. A civilian spokesperson stands before a briefing chart entitled "Plan for Peace." He explains the concepts for the program, involving military training for young men immediately after they complete high school.He explains how young men would register and be screened, assigned, and trained under the program. Two college students discuss a requirement to join the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) under the program. Scene shifts to a U.S. Army officer talking with a civilian about the cost of World War 2. As scens of wartime military production are shown, Narrator interjects that "a full year of Universal Military Training will cost less than three days of war." Scene shifts to Separation Center, Fort Douglas, Utah. U.S. soldiers are seen mustering out. One holds his Honorable discharge certificate. View of marching German soldiers is inserted at this point. Contents of the U.S. Constitution are displayed in plain print, higlighting the part: "...provide for the common defense..." View of college students on a campus. Closeup of Dexter Gate at Harvard College, and three men walking through it into Harvard Yard. ROTC cadet talking with acquaintances about studying rockets. ROTC cadet talking with two middle aged men about unique sounds of airplanes. A B-17 bomber in flight. A C-119 (flying boxcar) aircraft in flight. A formation of B-17s viewed from above with clouds beneath. The XP-84 jet in flight. A V2 rocket being test fired at White Sands, New Mexico.
Scenes of countryside in Palmer, Alaska. Trees and barn in a field.
U.S. Army personnel entering train carrying bags in Whittier, Alaska. Mixed personnel entering train. Train staff conducts signals and enters train. Wheels of train moving.
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