A parade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. U.S. soldiers march. The Republican Party nominee of the 1940 Presidential elections Wendell Lewis Willkie salutes. People on bicycles and cars in the parade. People dressed in different costumes. They carry hot air balloons shaped as different animals. A hot air balloon shaped in the form of a train. (World War II period).
Rodeo events during the 32nd Olympics in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (3911 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037, United States), California. Riders come out from the bucking chute. A rider on the horse during the saddle bronc. The horse bucks off the rider. Spectators cheer in the stadium. A rider rides the Brahma bull during the bull riding competition.
Parents of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry receiving awards in the United States, during World War 2. Parents of the Japanese-American soldiers seated at the ceremony. They are receiving Purple Heart medals for the soldiers who died while serving in the U.S. army. Narrator mentions "60 from Hawaii alone gave their lives." (The soldiers were likely from the 100th Infantry or 442nd Regimental Combat Team).
The U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy outlines the peace corps program in Washington D.C., United States. The American students construct houses in Africa during an exchange program. A student puts cement on wall under construction using a shovel. Students stand on a bamboo scaffold and other work with shovels. Students pass bricks. A student washes his face. The students lined up for food. They sit and eat food using mess kit. Exteriors of the White House. The president John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the White house outlines the peace corps program. He speaks that the American peace corps will go abroad to work with the citizens of the newly developed countries. The peace corps will work in three major sectors : teaching,agriculture and health. The aim of the peace corps is to make a peaceful world.
The series 'The Big Picture' talks about armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. A rocket is launched. Artillery mounted on a tank is fired. Helicopters land. Soldiers fire guns. Master Sergeant Stewart Queen speaks about 6 weeks armored combat training that includes tank firing and maneuvering. A trainee writes a letter to his parents. The trainees get into buses. The buses are driven to Camp Irwin. Mountains near the training center. A board reads 'Headquarters the armored combat training center Camp Irwin California'. Cars driven on a road. The tanks fire at a firing range. The trainees march. The trainees enter a service hall. Colonel Holmes gives an orientation lecture. The trainees sit and listen. They are taken in trucks to a gunnery range. They jump out of the trucks. They attend a lecture on a training program. The trainees march. The tanks lined up in the background. The trainees are lectured on what not to do near the tanks. Firing from the tanks. The trainees observe. They check oil in the engine of a tank. Wheels of the tanks.
Armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. An instructor teaches trainees to turn the turret on a tank manually. Another instructor explains about the engine. The trainees repair the wheels of a tank. They enter a range finder building. The trainees sit on chairs and learn. A trainee looks through a range finder. The trainees sit on benches in groups. The instructors teach them about 30 caliber machine guns. The trainees learn on a cut away model of M-48 tanks. The instructor teaches them about radio communication. The trainees on a communication equipment.
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