Camp Kashi, Kyushu, Japan. Members of U.S. 187th Parachute Maintenance Company train Japanese Self Defense Force paratroops. Japanese instructor and U.S. paratroopers help Japanese paratroopers to don and secure their chutes. They board U.S. Air Force C-46 aircraft. Views through open door of C-46, in flight, show American paratroopers accompanying the Japanese. On ground, drop zone is marked by smoke and one of several American Army advisors talks radiotelephone to coordinate the jump. Onboard the aircraft paratroopers hook up to static line. On the ground, Japanese officers look up towards plane, as troopers emerge and their chutes deploy. As they land, the Japanese paratroops wrap up their chutes and form up into units. Soldier takes his bag and runs. Japanese Self Defense Paratroops march in parade. after training of two weeks: Graduates of training course and officers attend the program. The flags of Japan and United States. Japanese General honors the students of training program by giving them paratroop wings and certificates. U.S. Army Brigadier General and Japanese General salute as new paratroops pass in review. View of Paratrooper's wings. Certificate from Headquarters 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team. Smiling new Japanese paratroopers.
Construction yard for a United States "Victory Ship" during World War 2. View of hammer head cranes. Workers in the ship yard. Workers weld parts of victory ship. Cranes and machines. Cranes pull up a Part of ship. Different parts of the ship like giant fan of ship, nuts and bolts, copper wires, chains, ventilators, winches, large and small valves, ten ton anchor. A worker of ship talks about different ship parts built in different parts of the country and mining of minerals used to build a ship, in progress in various parts of the country. He tells about parts of the ship like engine and boiler brought to the shipyard. Launch of the ship SS Fred Morris from the shipyard. It slides down the ways into into the water. Recruitment of James Hacket of Colorado and other boys to States Maritime office of Commander Richmond, the superintendent. Emblem of United States Maritime. James Hacket goes to a queue outside medical examination room, talks to new recruits standing there and joins the queue. United States Maritime Service training station of the U.S. Coast Guard, where merchant marine seamen are trained, in Port Hueneme, California. United State Maritime training Station Band. Sailors march and officers salute to the flag at the training station.
Training of young men at United States Maritime service school. They come from different parts of United States. They do different kind of work on the ships. Boys stand in queue with sea bags. Officer gives different thing to put in the sea bag including American Merchant Seaman's Manual. Merchant Marines in training carry the sea bags on their shoulders and move ahead. An officer announces the schedule of training to the boys. An officer trains the boys about different types of knots of ropes and wires and its importance. Another officer acquaints about identification of ranks and rate.
British troops of the Honorable Artillery Company Regiment leave London by railway train, bound for France to reinforce those already there. The railroad train station platform is filled with new recruits and reinforcement troops as they march toward the train. Soldiers on platform wave to those in the train. (World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Japanese-American recruits at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Japanese-American soldiers march with rifles. Soldiers exercise in field and an instructor demonstrates steps to them. Guard stand past Headquarters Company 2nd Infantry Combat Team. Combat team boys stand in line. Boys from relocation center (internment camp) are the volunteers. Hawaiian boys go for broke in training. Soldiers march and get training with rifles. They get training to throw hand grenade and use gas mask. Crew of 37 mm gun gets training. (World War II period).
Group of farm boys of Texas visit different states of United States. Dome of U.S. Capitol building seen framed by trees in Washington DC. Stream and a waterfall in Virginia. View of the Natural Bridge formation in Virginia. The farm boys stand at a long table outside and eat in Alabama. Two African American men stand and eat fried chicken. People stand at a train station in Texas, waiting for the railroad train. The train arrives. Boys hanging precariously from engine, cars, doors and windows. They wave happily and jump off the train as it arrives back in Texas.
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