Training of United States soldiers in Europe. The soldiers practice mountain climbing in a snow covered area. They descend from a mountain with the help of a rope. An officer watches and trains them. They wear special shoes and advance on the snow.
Processing of war materiel from scrap in the United States. Tin cans saved in scrap metal being loaded onto railroad trains. The train carries the collected metal to processing plants. Exterior view of the largest aluminum plant in the world during World War II. U.S. Navy sailors host a flag outside the plant. People watch the flag hoisting ceremony. Interior of the aluminum plant with war production workers busy. Aluminum is created and rolled out into thin sheets for use in war equipment manufacture, including aircraft bodies, wings, and engines.
Training of sentry dogs at Danang airbase in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Handlers train a German Shepherd dog. Handler and a dog patrol a field together. Dog on patrol aggressively attacks a soldier dressed as a Vietcong. Sentry dog also flushes out second G.I. dressed as Vietcong. A dog leads handler to a field. Dog barking. Handler says “Good girl” while patting a sentry dog. German Shepherd dog barks at soldier wearing a nón lá hat. Soldier takes off his nón lá hat. Sentry dogs in the pen area. Sentry dog cemetery in view.
Handlers and the sentry dogs at the Kelly Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. Main gate at Lackland Air Force base. A sign board reads: 'United States Air Force Lackland Air Force Base Air Training Command'. Another sign board reads: 'USAF Sentry Dog Training'. Sentry dogs in kennel. Dogs being taken from kennel to trucks. Handlers and dogs loaded on a truck. Truck departs for Kelly Air Force base. Handlers and dogs lined up behind U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules. They board the aircraft. The aircraft takes off and in flight. (Vietnam War period).
Opening slate in Russian refers to "Oil for the front" (in World War 2). First scene shows an oil field with drilling derricks in place and trucks passing over a bridge. Scene switches to oil worker high in a drilling rig, making an adjustment to a moving oil drilling arm. Closeup from even with the moving arm shows drill suspended from it. On the ground below, two supervisors look at a drilling site. Roughnecks attach a block and cable to a hook suspended from drilling derrick. A closeup of crude oil flowing into a compartment hatch on an oil tank rail car. View of train with oil tank cars being filled from pipes. A locomotive engine begins the train of filled oil cars.
Japanese soldiers in Kiukiang, China (present-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China) during Second Sino-Japanese War. An army and navy train pulled by armored car moves past on the rails. A Japanese soldier peers from the front window of the armored car. Men construct an army bridge under the direction of Japanese soldiers. They drive bridge piles. Japanese soldiers on a superstructure. Men at work. A Japanese soldier saws a tie. The soldiers aboard a train. Chinese coolies lay railroad ties. Japanese soldiers guard the coolies at work.
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