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.
Reenactment, at Randolph Field, illustrating how new recruits are indoctrinated by upper class upon arrival for training as U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadets. Upper class cadet standing with recruits on a veranda. He teaches them how to stand in a "brace" and conduct themselves. Interior of a barber shop. Cadets getting haircuts. Cadets dressed in newly issued uniforms. They have photographs taken for their ID cards.
Training of U.S. Army Air Forces Flying Cadets at Randolph Field, Texas. Small platoons of six and eight cadets doing close-order drills in small areas. Various platoons mixed up and out of order during the process. A class of cadets taking a Morse code radio examination. Interior of an examination room shows cadets taking other types of written exams. A flight instructor with four students refers to posted mission data and map as he briefs his students on the way to their airplanes. .
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