A film depicts the training of the Engineer replacement center trainees during World War II. The engineers seated at a pontoon bridge. An officer instructing them. Trees in the background. The engineers learn to build roads.
A film depicts the use of demolition equipment by the paratroopers during World War II. The training of the paratroopers in the United States. A paratrooper seated on a ground near a bag carrying demolition equipment. He places the articles into the bag and packs it. Two paratroopers carrying the bag arrive near a building. They tie the bag around a pillar. They sit near the bag. One paratrooper leaves. Other paratrooper attaches some wires of the demolition equipment in the bag. They prepare the detonator assembly.
A film depicts the use of demolition equipment by the paratroopers during World War II. Group of paratroopers seated around a model of a bridge. They discuss and look at the model as they are to destroy the model. They arrive near a mock up. The paratroop engineers study the training problem. A building in the area. Cars parked outside the building. Men packing the demolition bag.
U.S. sailors at a submarine training base in the United States. Sailors standing with sea bags after having disembarked from buses. They salute an officer. They march down a walk. Buildings in the background.
A film on the Women Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in the United States. Women coming out of barracks. They arrive at a mess. Women seated at a table and eating food. They talk amongst themselves. Recruits standing on the ground and practicing drill. A sergeant corrects a recruit. She demonstrates a salute. The recruits march. Buildings in the background. Recreation activities for the recruits. The recruits in a cafeteria talking and enjoying. A mail call for them. Recruits in barracks talking about the last day of their training. A woman ironing her uniform.
Reenactment to illustrate how newly recruited civilians might arrive at a base to commence training as U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadets. The recruits, in civilian clothes, arrive in private cars and park in a base parking lot. One group of four arrives in a 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe convertible coupe automobile. A large number of recruits in civilian clothes, carrying luggage, walking across a lawn towards a building on the base. Two are seen carrying tennis racquets. The scene is shot at Randolph Field in Texas. It is repeated twice, that is, in two takes.
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