Newsreel titled 'US Demonstrates Latest Rockets'. United States soldiers fire rockets from a launcher. An airplane of the United States Army Air Force launches a rocket while in the sky. The rocket strikes and destroys its target in sea. A Rapid Fire launcher launches continued rockets. A landing craft of the United States Navy has rockets launched from its deck by rocket launchers.
Japanese Americans lower the United States flag at Poston War Relocation Center (internment camp) in Arizona, during World War II. They fold the flag carefully. Elevated view looking down on armored vehicles and tanks during a military parade in the United States. Nisei (second generation Japanese-American) U.S. Army soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team seen in training for combat operations, at a military base in the United States. Slate notes that their slogan is "Go For Broke" and quotes a soldier as saying, "We have more to fight for than you do. Of course, we fight for our country, America, but we are also out to redeem the name of our race." Japanese- American soldiers navigate an obstacle course in Army training.
A film titled 'Holiday Highlights: World marks Easter with prayer and fete’. Interdenominational Christian group offering prayers in California. Yosemite falls also seen. Large crowds gather at Hollywood Bowl (2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068, United States) to offer prayers on Easter. Pope Paul VI addresses the people at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. People enter St. Thomas Church (1 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, United States) and St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in New York to offer prayers.
U.S. Air Force General Hap Arnold meeting with other allied military chiefs at the Potsdam conference, following the end of World War II, in Europe. General Arnold gives a speech during the 38th Anniversary of air power in the United States. Military band plays during the ceremony. General Henry steps from airplane and shakes hands with some of his Air Force Commanders in the Pacific theater. B-29 Super fortresses bombing Japan.Bombardier seen inside B-29 Super fortress. View of General of the Army, Henry (Hap) Arnold. Aircraft of the Air Force demonstration team, The Thunderbirds, in flight. September 18, 1947, formation of the United States Air Force as a separate service. January, 1950, the funeral of General Arnold at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. Arnold Engineering Development Center building in Tullahoma, Tennessee. President Harry Truman dedicates the Center. B-47 and B-52 bombers taking off. Various Air Force aircraft seen taking off. Views of the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Navy Screen Highlights shows the United States naval troops in action. Troops march. Naval officer gives speech. USS Thresher submarine goes underwater. Site where USS Thresher took her last dive before it sunk. An experimental submarine goes under water to aid in deep water search. Memorial service for crew members of the USS Thresher who died serving for United States, at Connecticut, United States.
United States Army training film about the attitude of athletes and soldiers of the United States in World War II. The film is titled 'Fighting Men', 'Kill or Be Killed'. Narrator contrasts fair fight tactics in sports in the United States versus the kill or be killed attitude necessary to win in war. Opens with series of scenes of players playing various sports, seemingly at college and professional level for most: boxing, baseball, basketball and ice hockey. Two young boy boxers compete in a boxing ring with a referee looking on who is wearing a Navy sweatshirt. Runners at a race track in a track and field race. A tennis player preparing to serve a ball. A football game. Soldiers run in a field and fire while in prone position. A soldier fires machine guns while the other holds the bullet belt. Bomb explosion on a battlefield. Artillery and soldiers at a front during a war.
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