Demobilization at the end of World War Two. Servicemen being mustered out at a separation center and returning home to resume normal civilian lives following discharge. Servicemen going home on a train. Some servicemen decide to remain in the armed services. They interact with fellow soldiers. Peacetime soldiers playing baseball, during leisure time, while others watch them and drink cokes. U.S. National Guard men march on a field. Some soldiers join Army Reserve units where they keep up their ratings and skills. A reserve gun crew loads shells and fires artillery. Officer looks through binoculars.
Actor Vic Morrow, who plays role of Sergeant Saunders on TV series, "Combat" speaks about his experience during his visit as a guest of the Commanding General at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in Georgia. He speaks about famous Infantry units, beginning with the Rogers' Rangers during the French Indian War in 1756. Dramatized scenes with reenactors show the rangers running through a forest during the French And Indian War. They advance and snare a sleeping Native American Indian and then battle with a North American Indian tribe. Scenes of cobblers, blacksmiths, farmers and bookkeepers joining the army to fight against Britain during the American Revolution. They advance on the battlefield during the American Revolution. Sketches depict infantrymen advancing during a war.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James (United Kingdom) Joseph Kennedy testifies on Britain's wartime situation before House Foreign Affairs Committee conducting hearings related to House Bill 1776 (Lend Lease) in Washington DC during World War II. Kennedy replies upon being questioned about wartime situation in Britain. He speaks about destruction of ships and says that the situation in Britain is critical since fall of France. Crowd seated.
A snow covered area. Transportable weather stations being used according to requirements. These mobile units can be transported anywhere. A man gets inside a weather station. Airplanes flying in formation overhead. Parachutes being dropped from the airplane. A soldier stands holding an air balloon. Another soldier stands nearby. Humidity, temperature and air pressure are being measured. A rocket being launched for the purpose.
Plant biologists working on an experimental peanut farm at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Scientists seek improved strains of peanuts resulting from irradiation of seed. Large sized peanuts are shown resulting from such experimentation. A boy is shown buying such peanuts from a street vendor. The boy opens his eyes wide at the large sized nuts.
U.S. Marine Corp UH 34D takes off from deck of the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) while underway in the Atlantic supporting the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Deck crew plugs in auxiliary power unit to assist start of the helicopter. Crewman removes the unit after start, and the helicopter takes off.
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