In last year of passenger operations, a Denver and Rio Grande narrow guage railroad train journeys through Gunnison National Park, Colorado. A waterfall in Black Canyon of the Park. The train passes through Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. River rushes over rocks towards the train's track. The engine of the train belches steam and dense black smoke as it rounds a curve in Black Canyon. .Conductor waves to camera from a car labeled: " Denver and Rio Grande Western." Crewmen lean out of train openings as it crosses bridge over river.
Opening scene shows police officer removing a sick person, on a litter from a Pennsylvania Railroad train at a station and placing them gently on a railway cart. A uniformed U.S. Army Military policeman helps them. Next, Japanese Nationals and Issei families with many small children are seen leaving a train and walking along a railway platform. A Red Cross woman in white stands behind an ambulance, where a newborn infant lies on a litter. Policeman carry two women on litters and place them in the ambulance. The newborn baby is being cradled in the arms of the Red Cross woman. A Japanese family climbs aboard a bus. Railway workers transport travelers' baggage on a large cart. Police stand near by as a U.S. Army Military policeman boards a bus filled with Japanese to be repatriated to Japan. Two MPs watch as Japanese to be repatriated climb aboard another bus. A group of Japanese men enter a bus, followed by Armed U.S. Army soldiers who also board. An official guides a train to a stopping point on a train station. A large group of men to be repatriated to Japan step from the train under guard by many armed U.S. soldiers.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Smoke from the stacks of a ship. A sign outside a building reads: United States Coast Guard Barge Office'. Coast guardsmen are trained at the office. An officer instructs and trains them. They are trained for port security job. They study sabotage detection. A ship docked in a harbor. Men load supplies onto the ship. They are trained for handling explosives, gasoline and ammunition. Specially trained men load the explosives. A sign on the ship reads: 'No Smoking fire is sabotage'. The coast guards battle a ship fire. They throw water from hoses to control the fire.
A railroad train approaching from far in the distance, reaching camera position, and passing by as it moves on railway track in the United States. Low view of railway track looking into the distance. Train approaching in the distance.The large black locomotive engine coming into view and approaching at high speed, hauling train cars. The steam locomotive engine sending steam and smoke upwards as the train passes by. Passenger cars going by quickly, coupled to the train.
French troops march in a village in France during World War II. Army trucks and vehicles on a road. Heavy artillery being towed by trucks. Artillery being put on trains. Point of view low level camera shots under gun carriages and tracked vehicles as they are loaded onto train cars. French soldiers push the artillery onto trains. Army trucks, vehicles and artillery on the train. The train departs from the station.
United States Marine Corps undergoing training in the United States. Marines undergo aviation electronics and aviation mechanics training. Marines work on machinery. Officer instructs a group of students on jet engines as part of the Marine Core training. Pilots under training get into cockpits of jet aircraft and start the engine. Marines advance on beachhead with rifles in hand. Aircraft in flight. Marine welding wearing a welding helmet. Group of modern Marines undergo training in various fields.
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