A United States Air Force Lockeed F-104 Starfighter aircraft takes off toward and over the camera, raising its landing gear as it passes. A slate reads: "High Flight." View from underneath as the F-104 flies above the camera. Next it is seen climbing into a clear blue sky. An aerial view as it performs a roll in flight. Views of earth below. Closeup show pilot in cockpit. During maneuvers the aircraft tail number "868" is seen. Closeup glimpse from inside the cockpit. The logo of the Tactical Air Command is seen on the 104's tail. The aircraft continues maneuvering, quietly, until TC: 00:45, when it's flight is accompanied by a voice reciting the sonnet, "High Flight," written by Royal Canadian pilot, John Gillespie Magee Jr., during World War 2.
Training of U.S. Army infantrymen in the United States in the year 1940. Infantrymen climb down a net during their physical training. Supplies are carried down. They do push ups on a field. They learn to advance on a field. They climb obstacles and cross obstacle courses. War scenes depict infantrymen advancing on the battlefields in the European and the Pacific Theater. They load and fire artillery.
Occupations of U.S. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) workers in the United States plains or prairie areas during the Great Depression. CCC boys clear unwanted plants from field. Workers bundle short tree or bush boughs into tight packages that are then loaded onto trucks. Young men workers cut tree logs and clear forests and stumps from an area. They dig a drainage trench and culvert, and build footbridges over the culverts. Workers spray brush and vegetation with a pesticide or herbicide. A worker drops a poison of some kind into a ground hog burrow or hole. A worker shows carcasses of dead groundhogs.
A film in the United States about achievements and role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization depicts an African American priest at a church as he addresses people about the contribution of African Americans in every branch of army like quartermaster corps, infantry. A woman gets up and says that her son is serving in the infantry. She reads out a letter from her son Robert. Army recruits at a railroad station. Elevated view of men walking in organized lines in the train station. Robert bids goodbye to his mother. A train arrives at an army training camp with snow on the ground and icicles hanging from the train station. Recruits being addressed by an officer. Robert being interviewed about his past life. An officer teaches the recruits the correct manner of saluting. The recruits remove civilian clothing and put on military uniforms. They undergo physical examination by U.S. Army medical staff. They board a train and leave for a replacement center. The recruits arrive at a camp and get off trucks onto snow covered ground. In a barracks area, they learn to make their beds and march. The recruits march across training grounds. Ill soldiers and recruits at a hospital as doctors examine them. The recruits undergo a dental check up. They learn to fire rifles at rifle ranges. The recruits play football, baseball, boxing and ping pong. They listen to poetry. African American women WACs ( Women's Army Corps) march at a training academy. They drive jeeps over a rough terrain. A recruit polishes his shoe. The African American recruits dance with girls at a dance ball. They perform exercises during a drill.
A film titled '1300 new cadet nurses pledge service to US' shows United States Cadet Nurse Corps march towards the City Hall in New York in United States. At the induction ceremony 1300 student nurses pledge to serve humanity.
United States Navy frogmen during a maneuver in New York, United States. Men on a raft along side a vessel underway off the coast of Manhattan during the maneuver. They try to come aboard the raft from the vessel. A man jumps into the Hudson River with a loop of rope as he practices high speed take off. A man comes aboard the raft.
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