A passenger train arrives in the United States. U.S. Marines on vestibules of the passenger train. The train on a railway track. Buildings in the background. The train moves along the track. Some of the Marines inside the train, look out through the windows. They leave the train. The Marines march beneath an archway. They walk with personal belongings. Buildings in the background. Disassembled United States Marine Corps Airco DH-4s on flat cars.
Opening slate tells about "Pigmy" train in Waltham, Massachusetts that hauls dozen passengers safely at a fast clip. Men, women, and boys stand about as Mr. W. H. Nichols makes adjustments to his small size steam locomotive at the Nichols Machine Company in Waltham, Mass. A boy seated at the locomotive controls moves a lever forward. Glimpse of a very small boy wearing a railroad engineer's denim cap. Boy's hand pulls chain the actuates the 7-1/4" gauge steam engine's whistle. Next, the train is seen moving on an outdoor track. Charlie Purinton, son of Charles A Purinton, founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers, is at the controls of the locomotive and about ten children ride in tandem, behind him. View from camera further away shows the train moving over tracks in a back yard. Closeup shows the name "Ella Cinders" on the locomotive. View from behind of passengers as the train enters a tunnel built into the back yard course. View from exit side of the tunnel as a dog runs out of it. The boy engineer, Charlie Purinton, is silhouetted against the daylight as the train exits the tunnel. View from atop the tunnel as the train exits.
Pilots from the U.S. Army Air Service Advanced Flight Training School, at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, fly through the Canyon of the Rio Grande River, in De Haviland DH 4 aircraft. Aerial view from a DH 4 aircraft, of another flying alongside the rocky walls of the river canyon. Glimpses of the camera plane's wing and strut with rocky cliffs behind. Views of the river far below and the other DH 4 flying much lower. View from camera being held high above cockpit, showing upper surface of DH 4 wing, fuselage, and empennage. A DH4 flying close to the canyon wall.View from camera, shooting above the top of DH 4 wing, upward and back across the aircraft tail. It shows walls of canyon surrounding the aircraft. Closeup of DH-4 displaying number "53" on fuselage. It is silhouetted against the sky as it flies in the canyon. More views of canyon walls seen through struts of camera aircraft. More closeups of airplane number 53. View from camera plane of five other DH 4s in formation silhouetted against white cumulus clouds. Pilot and gunner in cockpit of DH 4 in flight. Five DH 4s in Vee formation overhead with clouds behind them. More shots of aviators in cockpit of camera plane and of the five airplanes in formation.
Opening scene shows Headquarters, United States Army, Europe (USAREUR) at Campbell Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany. A line of U.S. 7th Army M48 Patton tanks contributing to NATO defenses. One backs out of position. A line of M113 Armored personnel carriers proceeding along a dirt field. A tank destroyer followed by M113 APC. M113s of a U.S. Armored Brigade drive in Berlin, affirming allied rights in the city. Bridge in Italy displays logo of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force (SETAF). A Sergeant Missile Battalion of SETAF provides nuclear capable support to NATO. One of its Sergeant missiles is seen maneuvering on its mobile launch platform. Two Italian soldiers are seen being trained in missile operations. A motorized tractor pulls several wheeled containers of military supplies stockpiled at one of NATO's European storage facilities. More supplies are seen being moved outside a warehouse. Army personnel using keyboards and computer tape drives to keep track of war materiel. Yards full of military hardware, including lines of jeeps, provide backup for military operations. A sign at the Headquarters United States Southern Command in Quarry Heights, Panama. A ship is seen moving through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal. U.S. and allied soldiers are seen working with ropes to traverse a river, during Jungle Warfare training. Soldiers seen moving through jungle underbrush during training at the Southern Command School of the Americas. Scene shifts to U.S. Army, Alaska at Fort Richardson, near Anchorage. A U.S. M113 APC is seen driving and firing its weapon on a snowy field. Its stops and soldiers in white arctic gear step from a rear hatch to take up positions. A Piasecki H-21 Army helicopter is seen flying low above the terrain. It is equipped with landing gear skis. Rear view of tank moving in snow.
U.S. Seventh Army builds a 4.5 inch test rocket launcher using M14 launch tubes in Alsace, France during World War II. U.S. 156th Field Artillery Battalion soldiers adjust the M14 calliope launch tubes mounted on a jeep. The soldiers load the rocket launcher. Elevation is adjusted by a gear near the front seat of the jeep. The driver closes the port cover and wind shield. He makes an electric contact. The 4.5 inch test rocket launcher mounted on the jeep is fired.
A U.S. Special Forces ordnance demolition expert conducts a class on M-26 grenade launchers for Montagnard trainees in Bu Gia, Vietnam during Operation Switchback of the Vietnam War. SP/4 (Specialist 4th Class) Thomas Coppinger conducts a class for Montagnard trainees through two Vietnamese interpreters. Rifle grenades exploding on an impact area. The two interpreters fire M-26 rifle grenades. Explosions on the impact area.
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