Russian pilots undertake training at a military academy in Russia, Soviet Union. An officer speaking to a group of Russian pilots lined up in flight gear in front of their MiG-19 aircraft. The pilots receive training in pressure chambers. Pilots inside pressure chamber while technicians control settings. The pilots climb into MiG-19 jet aircraft. The planes taxi and take off. Aerial views of MiG-19 aircraft and of pilots inside MiG-19 airplanes while in flight. The pilots at the controls of the planes in flight. The Soviet planes bank and fly in formation.
A commuter train falls from 50 feet into the Newark Bay through a half open drawbridge. An estimated forty persons die in the railroad accident. Cars of train fallen in the bay. A car dangling from the bridge over the bay waters. Rescue boats and divers try to rescue the victims of the accident. Police officers in a boat inspect the area after the accident. A large crowd of people on shore watch the relief and rescue activities by authorities.
U.S. Army Air Corps recruits l receive gas mask familiarization at a basic training base in Saint Petersburg, Florida duringf World War 2. Trainees are seen donning gas masks in preparation. Closeup of some trainees in their masks. The group enters through a doorway labeled "Danger Gas Chamber." Next, they are see exiting the doorway, carrying their masks and exhibiting some effects from tear gas, which they have been deliberately subject to as part of their familiarization training. Closeup of several men with tearing eyes from the brief exposure. Change of scene shows a smoke screen flowing over the ground. A jeep carrying several officers emerges from the smoke. Next, a cadre of trainees emerges on foot.
Opening scene shows a fuel gauge reading half empty in a U.S. Army Air Forces Stearman Boeing PT-17 “Kaydet” bi-plane trainer aircraft. Closeup of pilot with helmet and goggles in open cockpit of the airplane. Narrator says rules require pilot to return to base immediately. View of the aircraft descending toward the field. Animated diagram showing proper entry into left traffic for the active runway. View of PT-17 on final approach to the runway. Closeup of pilot in the cockpit. He makes a three-point landing on the first third of the runway and rolls without braking. Next, assisted by a wing walker, the pilot taxis to an open slot on a line of aircraft and stops on a parking line. The pilot steps from the cockpit, wearing a seat pack parachute, and begins walking to the field office, when he stops to converse with the narrator. He complains, somewhat about the restrictive rules for pilots in training and expresses desire to fight the Germans and Japanese in World War 2. Narrator defends the rules of safety, first, saying "You can't fight until you can fly." Scene shifts to four pilot trainees who "washed out" of the program for various infractions of the trainin safety rules. They are carrying their belongings in duffle bags and wait at a bus stop for transportation away from the base. Camera focuses on each of the men in turn, as narrator describes their failures to follow rules. Scene shifts to the airdrome where successful student pilots are seen walking toward the camera. Series of scenes showing student pilots performing various preparatory actions before flying their planes. One standing on a wing, checks the "Form One" that contains aircraft maintenance record. Another sitting in his cockpit notes that his gas, oil,cockpit switches, and flight controls all check OK. Another pilot is fastening leg straps of his seat pack parachute and comments about need to keep checking when taxiing down the line for takeoff. Closeups of pilots addressing the camera with admonitions about rules to follow. View of massed parked PT-17 training planes. Views of current war planes in flight, including Bell P-39 Aircobra, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, and Martin B-26 Marauder bombers. Many good views of such airplanes in takeoffs, formations and aerobatic maneuvers. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Office of Strategic Services officers on a mission in Cairo, Egypt during World War II. Cadets practice field tactics. Training in hand-to-hand combat, use of small arms, mapping and demolition is given at Security Officer Training Camp. The cadets and an instructor standing beside aircraft. The instructor explains about parachute jumping and commando assault technique. The cadets practice somersaults. The U.S. flag at mast. The cadets play handball. Tents in the camp.
African American girls learn household chores at a household training institute set up by Works Progress Administration in United States during the Great Depression. African American women making pastries inside a kitchen. A woman cuts a dough with a diamond-shaped cookie cutter. She coats the cookie with butter. An instructor watches the woman bake cookies. Black woman prepares a salad. Another woman takes a tray of muffins out of the oven. Two African American women turns a mattress over. They make a bed together. An African American nurse demonstrates using a dummy. The nurse massages the baby dummy’s legs. African American nursing students demonstrates with a patient. They put a patient to bed and serve food. They also undergo health care training and learn first aid, child and sick person care. African American and White women sewing together during a class. An African American woman helps a White man put clothes into a bin. A Black woman wearing glasses sewing a dress.
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