New recruits being inducted into the U.S. Army. They arrive at boot camp and undergo basic training: marching; calisthenics; weapons training on firing range. Recruits receiving technical training. Instructor describing Bohr atom model. Army soldiers receive training regarding new hi-tech weapons systems.
Scenes of destroyed Lines of Communication (LOCs) during World War II. Lines of supply trucks burning on a highway. Destroyed rail lines, trains, and locomotives. Destroyed seaports and channels. U.S. paratroopers board a C-119 transport aircraft. Helicopters transporting U.S. Army infantry. Many helicopters in flight. Paratroops dropping and landing in large numbers. Troops running from landing helicopters. Helicopters carrying artillery pieces and supplies.
A communications center setup in a U.S. Army GMC CCKW 2 1⁄2 ton 6X6 truck. Army radio operator at work inside the truck. Soldiers operating communications equipment on the roof of a vehicle. Soldiers at work inside the vehicle. U.S. army gun crews firing Howitzers; M1919 Browning .30 caliber medium machine guns; Browning M1917A1 Caliber .30 Heavy Machine Guns, and rifles, from positions hidden in foliage. U.S. troops manually rolling artillery pieces through the underbrush. Infantry being dropped off and picked up by Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopters. An artillery piece being transported by helicopter. About 10 helicopters in flight low over the ground.
Camera pans across U.S. soldiers engaged in live fire maneuvers to maintain readiness for ground combat. Scene shifts to weary American soldiers taking a break in World War II. One smokes a cigarette. Another smokes a cigar. Scene shifts again to U.S. soldiers on maneuvers, walking along a wooded trail. Others are seen marching in a desert environment.
Crown Princess Beatrix of Netherlands, on visit to Los Angeles, California. She stands with others in a courtyard as U.S. and Netherlands National Anthems are played over speaker system. Flags of the U.S. and Netherlands are displayed. The Princess holds large bouquet of flowers, that she gives to attendant as she moves to a small stage with microphones, where she is interviewed. One microphone carries letters KNX.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon sitting with other members of the Cabinet at a meeting with President Eisenhower. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles is seated to the President's right and speaking to him. Among others present are Nelson Rockefeller, Undersecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; and Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense.
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