Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. The flight test is conducted to furnish information on the effect of auxiliary jet propulsion on short take off distance and time, effect on stability and control and effect of blast from jet units on the airplane structure. Check posts at March Field. Men at machines during flight testing. The men enter a check post made of aluminum sheets.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. Ercoupe airplane takes off with a propeller alone. It is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. The airplane is in hold down position for static tests being conducted by technicians. The pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off with an auxiliary jet thrust from 6 units for shortening the take off distance and time. The airplane lands at an airfield. The pilot in the cockpit. The crew stands near the airplane and two men pose for a camera. The airplane takes off and lands during the flight tests. The airplane is in stationary position for the static tests.
President Truman blames Soviet Union for blocking peace in Missouri. President Harry S Truman forgathers with World War I Battery D comrades. A comrade waves flag of Battery D unit. They walk towards podium. President Truman criticizes Soviet Union as an obstacle to peace.
A friend or relative of a Lieutenant in the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising American soldiers of Japanese ancestry) receives a Third Army patch from a young woman (friend or relative) following completion of his unit's basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, during World War 2. Both the officer and the woman, laugh, as she sews the patch in place with needle and thread. When she finishes, he kisses her on the cheek. Then they shake hands. Another woman comes by to congratulate him followed by one of the Camp's training officers.
Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry) being trained by their own non-commissioned officers in World War 2. A group of 442nd soldiers stands in formation near a barracks. They all render a hand salute as their color guard passes with the American flag. Scene shifts to a Platoon of 442nd soldiers. Their Platoon Leader orders them to dress right and adjust their positions. Next he orders them to salute. He then moves along the formation, checking and occasionally correcting a soldiers hand position. Closeups of individual soldiers as the Platoon Leader makes small adjustments in their salutes. Next, a larger formation of soldiers stands at attention, including one holding a unit guidon. As a three-man color guard passes, all salute.
Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry) are seen on the day they complete their basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, during World War 2. Closeups of 442nd officers and brief glimpse of some of the soldiers. Brigadier General George M. Halloran, Commandant of Camp Shelby, and a Colonel, chat with officers of the 442nd, following the ceremony marking completion of their unit's basic training. Panning closeups of them all. The Colonel calls them to attention, and he and General Halloran dismiss them with exchanged salutes. Halloran then personally shakes hands with each of the officer. Closeups of the General and the Colonel.
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