The 71st Infantry Regiment of the 44th Division, New York / New Jersey National Guard arrive at a Fort Dix, N.J. for training. Guardsmen and new recruits coming out of train at railroad station. They march towards the camp. They are seen erecting tents and setting up a complete camp on the field. Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, First Army commander, in glasses, wearing campaign hat, and Major General Clifford R. Powell, 44th Division commander, wearing garrison cap, pose in front of the Fort Dix Officers Club. Soldiers taking their belongings to the tents. KPs and mess attendant peel potatoes for a meal. One soldier sets up as a barber and shaves others. After camp is set up, some soldiers are seen resting on cots inside their tents. (World War II period).
Between World War 1 and World War 2, training for French citizens for possible air raids in Paris, France. Members of a volunteer group supported by the government are trained for action against an air raid menace. The volunteers wear gas masks and gas-impregnated clothing and come out of air raid shelters. They get in a jeep and ride through the city streets. They escort civilians into gas-proof shelters. Dramatize film showswhat destruction might look like during an air raid. Dramatization: Aircraft shell the city. Bombs explode, fire in the city and buildings get damaged. Actual footage of practice drills in Paris where 'Victims' of the air raid are removed from the streets and are carried to the shelters.
Damage caused to rail road trains and tracks due to Vietnam War. Map of South Vietnam. Passenger cars of a train in yards. Engine pulls on a track. Several cars lay off a track due to debris on the rail road track. Cars derailed. Group of villagers stand on a porch.
Spring training camps for the 1957 baseball season, held in Florida. Brooklyn Dodgers practice and train at Vero Beach. Several Dodgers players seen, including Don Newcombe, Sal Maglie, Fred Kipp, Don Zimmer, and Pee Wee Reese. Visiting Japanese players from the Tokyo Giants stand and watch along side Walter O'Malley. New York Yankees practice at Saint Petersburg, including players Al Cicotte, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz and Mickey Mantle (brief closeup of Mantle). In Tampa, Chicago White Sox players like little Nellie Fox, Jim Wilson, Dick Donovan, Jack Harshman, Larry Doby and Walt Dropo practice.
Allied Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War (and also during World War I). A wrecked train along a Siberian railroad. The parts of the wrecked train lying on the ground. Allied soldiers seated near the parts The railway bridge in the background.
The contribution of franchise system in the United States. McDonald's Hamburger University in Illinois. The flag of the university and exterior view of a McDonald's Hamburger University building. Students in class receive training to start new McDonald's fast food restaurant franchises. They are told about business management, community relations and marketing techniques. They make hamburgers and are taught basic food operation at an actual store. A computer is attached which help the French Fry potatoes to be cooked at a particular temperature. The French Fries are put in a packet with a specially designed measurement scoop. At the end of the training program they enter their new franchise business. A family gets out of a car and enters a Burger King restaurant. View of a Hardees restaurant where people sit and eat new varieties.
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