Building of the railroads in the United States. Scenes from the Juniata Locomotive Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, serving the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). Crane in factory moves a casting and places it in position. Driving wheels are balanced,checked and tested. Workers manufacture freight and passengers cars. Workers do welding work. They melt iron for casting. They prepare molds and undergo heating and cooling work. Grinders and automatic lathes at work. A worker operates automatic machinery which compresses molten metal for railroad parts, including a large compressor forming the driving rod for a locomotive. Finally the locomotive is painted. A completed T1 locomotive, designed by Raymond Loewy, is sent to the locomotive test plant where it undergoes a test run on the dyno. Experts watch movement of the train. Instruments record the vital data for the engineers.
A press conference at the White House in Washington DC. Television and press photographers set their cameras. View of Lincoln statue. The seal of the President of the United States. Picture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower takes his seat at a desk and begins to speak.
The U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. A statue in front of the U.S. Army Infantry School. An officer teaches infantry soldiers in a classroom. They attend a mechanical training to learn tactics. Men from the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force arrive for training. Men work on publications in the correspondence school operated by the infantry school. Infantry soldiers undergo practical training under the guidance of experts. The soldiers take down notes. 'Follow Me' is the motto of the school. Infantry soldiers learn to advance and fire artillery during field exercises.
The U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. 'Follow Me' statue in front of the school. An infantry soldier fires a rifle. An officer instructs soldiers during a training fire course. Under expert instructions the soldiers learn the handling of weapons and firing them at fixed and changing targets. A soldier learns to detect a target and fire from different positions. The infantry soldiers learn to fire machine guns and use hand grenades.
The U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Infantry soldiers learn to use grenade launchers. An officer instructs the soldiers on the use of flame throwers. A soldier uses a flame thrower and other uses a machine gun.
The U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Infantry soldiers learn to load and fire mortars. An officer instructs the soldiers how to use recoilless rifles. The soldiers fire the rifles.
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