Civil strife in Punjab, India is depicted in newsreel "New Indian Dominions in Chaos." Indian civilians loaded on trucks move and evacuate town. People move with their belongings, animals, and children loaded on bullock carts. A man clings to the side of full cart leaving the area. Burning and damaged buildings. Burned vehicles. Man carries a woman on his shoulders. Another man carries a bed over his head. Refugees evacuate the town. Soldiers advance and fire in a battle. Scenes of dead civilian victims of the violence. Wounded people are carried on litters and moved to hospitals. A railroad train filled with people trying to leave the area, and the roofs of the train completely covered with passengers also. More scenes of civilian refugees fleeing the violence.
Marshal reviews French Army training in France. French people greet and receives British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. President of the French Republic Co-Prince of Andorra, Jules Vincent Auriol shake hands with Marshal. Troops holding rifles march past. Marshal reviews parade and salutes. He reviews the French Army training academy. He watches as the troops cross monkey bars, climb a wall, use ropes, and deal with challenges on an obstacle course.
Training of astronauts for Project Mercury in the United States. Astronauts Malcolm Scott Carpenter and Walter Marty Schirra and others selected for manned spaceflight program Project Mercury undergo a training. They learn skindiving techniques. They study navigation and engineering, as well as the physical problems faced in a spaceflight. They learn to withstand high temperature conditions and experience zero gravity.
U.S. Army personnel assigned to the Military District of Washington DC undergo a physical training in Washington DC. At the U.S. Army Military District of Washington soldiers perform drills during ongoing physical training and maintenance. Soldiers stand in formation (this appears to be near grounds of the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia with George Washington Memorial Parkway in background) and their platoon Sergeant, Master Sergeant Queen, inspects them. Shown is the insignia of the unit: a sword across the Washington Monument.
Trainees of Company E, 1st Training Regiment at Fort Dix in New Jersey, United States. The trainees holding guns march on a field. They do push ups on a field during their physical training. They learn how to load a gun. An officer inspects the trainees' belongings. Commanding General Major S. C. Wooten gives a welcome address to the trainees.
Recreation activities for trainees of Company E, 1st Training Regiment at Fort Dix in New Jersey, United States. A trainee meets his girlfriend. They talk and dance. The trainees dance with their girlfriends at a Service Club dance party. An orchestra plays. A trainee's parents and his girlfriend visit him at the training center. They go out for a lunch. They visit the recreation area and go out for a drive. Trainees at a swimming pool, a golf course and a library.
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