USAF Sergeant receiving weather information on the radio. He types as he hears it, on a Royal typewriter. When he finishes, a Master Sergeant (Non-commissioned officer in charge) takes the report from him. An airman at a keyboard transmitting a teletype message.The punched paper tape being created is seen at his left hand. An airman annotating a large chart with the weather information. Closeup of Cuba on the chart with wind information marked on it. The hand of an airman writing more data. More weather information being teletyped.
American M-26 heavy Pershing tanks parked on a battlefield and firing their guns. U.S.gun crew throwing spent shells and other items out of a 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7, while it is firing. (This gun was called Priest, by the British.) Several of them lined up and firing.
Opening scene shows American infantrymen riding M4A3 sherman tanks across a stream in Germany, a month before the end of World War 2, in Europe. They ford the stream and climb a hill on the other side, past damaged German dwellings. Closeup of tank entering the stream, stirring up mud.
A wrecked airplane in Germany late in World War II. A wrecked German aircraft in the hangar. A soldier pulls out a camouflaged tree from the aircraft. The aircraft parked in woods. A building at an airfield.
US Army guard standing at the entrance of the White House building. They open a gate as a car arrives. (Narrator indicates it is an army pilot arriving in the car to receive a medal from the President after he hit a Japanese battleship during World War II.) The US Army guards for the Military District of Washington march in formation on the grounds of the White House. President Roosevelt addresses them. He speaks about their duties and service, and acknowledges that they, and he, might rather be closer to the front, but that their job protecting Washington is important. The guards marching after the address.
Sign reads "Welcome to GAFB, elevation 504 feet" on the Base Operations Building at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. View of exterior or Operations Building. View of a radar screen is shown as narrator discusses expansion of radar network for gathering data. Improved radars are shown being used for routine observing and reporting. A Vertical Viewing Radar unit is shown at the air base. An Air Force weather technician records readings.
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