Sky divers compete at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Sky divers vie for places on the team representing the United States in World Championship contest going to be held in Bulgaria. Precision and stunt events take place. The sky divers aboard an aircraft. Amateur sky divers descend by parachutes from the airplane. Several men stand on the ground as the parachute jumpers descend. A woman medical officer descends.
Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC) in Fort Sherman, Panama. A United States soldier in a forested area. The soldier crosses a river on a suspension rope. Trees in the background. He loses his balance and falls into the river. Splashes in the water. The soldier stands in the river.
Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC) in Fort Sherman, Panama. United States troops aboard a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). The landing craft loaded with soldiers cross a river. A jungle area in far distance. The soldiers unload from the LCM and enter the jungle. The soldiers walk through the dense forest area. A line of soldiers enters the jungle.
Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC) in Fort Sherman, Panama. United States troops in formation during graduation exercises. A Commanding Officer speaks to the students. The students stand in formation. Trees in the background. JOTC sign on the Headquarters building.
An shellback initiation ceremony aboard a United Stated Coast Guard liner in the Atlantic Ocean. Coast guard personnel on the deck of the ship. The sailors in trunks. The beginning of the initiation rites by experienced sailors. The sailors who are crossing the equator line the first time, go through the ceremony. One sailor is seated in a chair on a platform on the deck. Several sailors around the platform. Water is splashed on the sailors with a hose. A sailor dressed as a woman. The sailor is toppled into a pool of water by two other sailors. Few sailors dressed in different costumes sit on the deck. A high ranking seamen, dressed as King Neptune accompanied by his wife Queen Amphitrite, and the Court officiates the initiation ceremony. The coast guards lined up. The sailors portraying King Neptune and Queen Amphitrite walk past them and go on to the platform. The pollywogs, sailors who are crossing the equator first time, are locked in pillories.
Maneuvers of United States Army Air Service 1st Provisional Air Brigade at Langley Field, Virginia. Enemy's aerodrome with hangars and airplanes outlined. The pursuits drop 25 pound bombs on targets. U.S. Army Air Service Airco DH4 aircraft in flight. Bombers with order to attack hangars release 100 pound bombs. Smoke emanates from the bombed areas. A fleet of aircraft in flight over land and water.
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