The Registration Day at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Colin Kelly III, son of America's First Combat Hero during World War 2 enters the United States Military Academy (Colin Kelly Jr who was shot down in his B-17 three days following Pearl Harbor, after bombing the Japanese Cruiser Natori. He remained at the helm long enough to permit his crew to bail out. His own parachute did not open after his bail out). On the Registration Day officers inspect the new cadets. Colin gets the regulation hair cut. A tailor takes measurements. Officers inspect as the new cadets march past.
Buildings on campus of Beria College, Beria, Kentucky, United States. Students exiting a building, and walking across the campus. Students entering brick classroom buildings. View of a chapel. A substantial residential house, with girls playing on lawn. Man and woman coming out of the house. Large house with long porch. Car parked by fence. Trunks of trees in front yard are white-washed to a height of about 5 feet. Working buildings, with smoke coming out of roof. Truck parked in yard of building. The William Goodell Frost Building at Beria College. Residence halls at the college, and students walking to and from.
Police men and fire workers mend old toys for poor and needy children of New York on the occasion of Christmas. Firemen mend toys and make new ones at a workshop. A model of fireman climbs a long ladder. Other toys manufactured and mended by the workers. (World War II period).
Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA ) in New York, United States. Views of Long Island. Boats anchored in a harbor. The candidates study at a table. They eat. Candidates enter into the Bowditch Hall. A manual of ship construction is read. An officer teaches principles of stability to a class. The candidates learn on a ship model. They look through an equipment. In a class a candidate looks through an equipment and writes on a blackboard. The candidates work on huge sheets with a geometric compass and a scale. They operate a meteorology instrument and note readings. Views of 'Certificate of Registry' and 'Certificate of Inspection'.
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. A sign board reads: 'Readiness Command Welcomes You To Brass Key II'. Members of the Senior Service Schools and other guests in the Fort Bragg parking lot after their arrival. Guests pass by a Red Cross tent. Paratroopers carry their supplies and board an aircraft. The demonstration of joint operations and teamwork of army and air force personnel. People seated at the Fort Bragg grandstand. An airplane parked on an air base. Paratroopers walk towards the airplane and embark. People seated on chairs. A McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (RF-4C) aircraft in flight. Men at a podium. Smoke trails from flash cartridges. HALO (High-Altitude Low Opening) jumpers in freefall. HALO jumpers with trailing smoke. A HALO jumper lowers his pack before landing on the ground. They descend with the help of parachutes. Long Range Recon Patrol group rappelling from helicopters. A team of paratroopers line up in front of people to give a demonstration. They are introduced to the audience. The captain of the team introduces the Special Forces Aid Attachment.
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Officers and guests gather in a large number to watch the demonstration. Fire power demonstration by the U.S. Army units. Several infantry weapons being fired and demonstrated. Soldiers fire rifles. They fire M-60 machine guns. Closeup view of belt-fed machine gun in operation. View of M-79 grenade launcher being fired. A simultaneous platoon fire being demonstrated. Anti tank weapons and flame thrower weapons being demonstrated. Gunners advance on the area under a smoke cover. Recoil-less rifle fired. M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV light tank closeup views and it fires a guided MGM-51 Shillelagh missile. Point of view shot looking through main gun system of M551 tank at target before it fires a conventional 152mm shell. Soldier firing a shoulder-fired, infrared Redeye anti-aircraft missile. Beehive round being fired from 105 mm howitzer at a long string of balloon targets. Smoke arises due firing.
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