Mobilization of soldiers at Matzleinsdorfer station in Vienna, Austria early in World War 1. Crowd walks to the station. Austrian soldiers walk to the station with baggage on their shoulder. New soldiers sit on a railroad train preparing to depart for war. Women stand on the platform. Civilians and officers walk on the platform. Austrian soldiers sit and talk. German language slates interspersed.
Russian air-cadets being trained at the Royal Flying Corps' No 1 School of Military Aeronautics, at Coley Park Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire, England, during World War 1. Cadets march with their officer to a tarpaulin covered hangar. Next they are seen inside the hangar, removing a double wing from a bi-wing aircraft. . They sit, wearing earphones, at a table outdoors, learning wireless telegraphy. They examine the parts of a Clerget 9B nine-cylinder rotary aircraft engine, and sit for a lecture about inline engines. The instructor holds up a bearing and connecting rods from the inline engine. They look at an aeronautical chart and take notes. Cadets climb aboard a canvas-covered army truck and stand in it. They wave as it drives away.
Car on a railway track surrounded by concentric circles of metal. It appears to be a very early magnetic levitation train. Slate at head of film claims it has reached speeds of 500 mph. As the cars pass along the track, a sign reading, "Danger Current On" is seen.
French soldiers who are unfit for further military service are seen leaving Switzerland for home during World War I. French soldiers walk while one soldier holds flag. French soldiers carry luggage. French Army soldiers in a railroad train wave as it leaves the platform. Soldiers at the platform wave back to them.
Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) members in session of Tug of war training for inter service championship. Women team members pull rope. A barrel is hung from a tree by the rope.
Japanese-American Army engineers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team in training at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. They travel in amphibious jeeps and regular jeeps over sandy terrain in woods. At a river, a reconnaissance team enters the water in an amphibious jeep to study the river conditions and find a suitable anchor point on the opposite shore. They return, report to their Commander, and then rush to work on the bridge. Engineers work on stakes and ropes at near shore while a team in a rubber boat goes to the anchor point across the river. Engineers assemble sections of the pontoon bridge and float them in place across the river. They then pick up their rifles and run across the new bridge to take up battle positions on the other side. Their leader reports to a Captain who commands their contingent. (World War II period).
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