Training film 'Troops Carrier Airplanes' shows carrier operations. Insignia of 89th Troop carrier group. Fleet of Aircraft in flight. Soldiers march and board C-47 Aircraft. Pilot and co-pilot seated in the cockpit. Soldiers strap themselves inside the airplane. Pilot and crew check the aircraft before its take off. Captain Mathew does a final check before boarding C-47 airplane. Captain Mathew assists Lieutenant inside the cockpit. He checks the landing gear, auto pilot hydraulic and operates control panel. Pilot starts the engine. (World War II period).
Artillery and Engineer academy at Turin, Italy. Italian soldiers fire artillery and advance on field. Cadets undergo physical training under Fascist Regime. Cadets do high jumps, play volleyball, throw discus, and perform fencing drills and competitions. They march and exercise on field. Cadets climb rope and perform gymnastics. Cadets undergo rifle drill.
Vietnamese flags on flag poles at the base area and in front of Chan Tho Training base in South Vietnam. A small monument on the left. A large group of Popular Forces troops in a karate class. Men spread their legs and jab with their hands. Instructor stands on the right. Karate techniques practiced during the class. (Vietnam War period).
New recruits engage in close order drill with rifles, at the U.S. Great Lakes Naval Training Center in World War 2. They execute the manual of arms with their rifles. A dozen or more recruits in a dory, practice rowing in unison. Change of scene shows sailors responding to general quarters manning guns aboard a USS Pennsylvania class battleship. They fire the ship's guns. A bow view of the battleship making way as her forward triple turrets are firing to port. Recruits standing at attention when an officer enters the barracks. Navy commissioned officers displaying the same courtesy when a superior officer enters their ward room.
Naval reservists at the Naval Station Great Lakes training center in Illinois, United States, circa 1917. The World War 1 U.S. Navy reservists standing on the parade ground and demonstrating their activities. The reservists demonstrating stretcher drill. People gather on the ground and watch the sailor demonstrations. The reservists demonstrate a machine gun. The soldiers firing the machine gun. Smoke rises from the firing of the machine gun.
View of 2 long parallel lines of American men in civilian clothing, carrying suitcases, and arriving at a U.S. Army training camp in the United States during World War 1. The new recruits or draftees heading into camp. Next scene shows a large field area filled with newly uniformed American soldiers. An officer stands on a platform above the soldiers. The soldiers all take seats on the ground for an address. The officer addresses the soldiers. The soldiers stand again at the end of the address.
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