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.
A documentary depicts the life of military personnel in Japan . A Japanese soldier on a horseback. The Tokyo School. Students enter the school. Students in a class appear for the military exam. A Japanese officer welcomes the students at the military school. The cadets stand in a squad and listen to him. A military candidate stands on the roof and gives a wake up call. Cadets get ready and move out. They perform different exercises. They practice Jiu-Jitsu. Japanese military cadets attend classes and study different subjects. They are being trained with various equipment. Cadets in a class as they prepare to give proper command. The cadets go into different schools like the cavalry,air force, engineer,artillery. They are being given training in the artillery. A pilot climbs in the cockpit and the aircraft in flight. All the cadets get graduated and a ceremony being conducted. Emperor Hirohito reviews graduates. (World War II period).
Enemy targets attacked by U.S. aircraft on 27th August 1944 in World War II. Aircraft of 8th Fighter Command is piloted by Major J.N. Wood of 361st Squadron. Aircraft strafes a train as it travels under an underpass. Shows hit on one of the cars, car explodes. Fighter aircraft passes through white smoke and makes another pass over train.
German enemy targets attacked by U.S. aircraft on 27th August 1944 in World War II. Aircraft of 8th Fighter Command is piloted by Major J.N. Wood of 361st Squadron. Aircraft approaches what appears to be a large barn and a few lower buildings on a hilltop. It fires at the target and a massive eplosion and smoke billows up from the apparent ammunition or fuel depot. The aircraft is seen strafing a train as it travels under an underpass. Shows hit on one of the cars, car explodes. Fighter aircraft passes through white smoke and makes another pass over train.
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