United States Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson seated at a desk in his office. He addresses the nation and speaks on the value of war material. Patterson talks about production of ammunitions and supplies in the industries of the war department. “The demands of war is insatiable. We will never be satisfied as long as the war lasts,” Patterson said. Railroad train in snow. POV train engineer looking out snowy landscape. Production of war materiel in the United States during World War II. Steel mill operations with ingots being formed from hot metal. A sheet of hot metal emerges from a machine. Women war production workers sort and inspect aluminum sheet metal. Ships carrying supplies sailing an ocean. Crowds of factory workers walking outside war production factory in the United States. Trucks driving on mountain road.
United States Marines undergo Combat Readiness Training in the United States. A Marine operates a "Space Age" hovercraft vehicle that the narrator says is a "Air suspension platform" that travels on compressed air. 'United States Marine Corps' written on the hover craft vehicle seen as it flies in testing. A Marine seated in a one-man helicopter. The Marine in the solo, open helicopter performs maneuvers and training close to the ground. A U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky S-56 vertical assault helicopter in flight. A Marine Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in flight. View from inside the H-34 helicopter as a Marine on a ship gives hand signals as the H-34 helicopter approaches for landing on the ship deck.
United States Marines seen in Combat Readiness Training in the United States. A fleet of United States navy ships underway at sea. Ships with heavy equipment and Marines advance towards a target area. Refueling of a ship while at sea. The Marines on deck of ship readying for a combat drop. They put on combat gear. Scene on land of a Marine observing from a camouflaged position as a Sikorsky H-34 helicopter lands. Group of Marines run and get into the helicopter. Smaller boat at sea moving at high speed and then slowing and using a loop to grab a Navy frogman diver after an operation. Low aerial view of a number of folded wing aircraft on a ship deck. A submarine fires a Polaris missile from underwater. The Polaris missile rising into the sky. A radar on the ship in operation.
Ruins of United States Army (Union) forts established in the Great Plains of the United States from the time of the American Civil War until the late 1800s. View of various paintings by Remington that depict the Union Army regular soldiers in encampments and in battle with Native American Indians in western regions of the United States. Tombstones in a graveyard or cemetery near the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The grave of Corporal of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry James Kelley dated December 21, 1866. The grave of 2nd U.S. Cavalry Blacksmith Dennis Hurley dated July 29, 1878. The grave of Trumpeter 1st U.S. Cavalry Albert Anderson dated 22nd February, 1929. The grave of the an Unknown Soldier.
United States Air Force and Army rescue operations during an avalanche in the Alaskan Mountain Ranges in the United States. United States Air Force personnel and civilians carry supply boxes and crates to a C-123 B aircraft. The crates are piled up on a field. They are loaded onto the plane. Men inside the aircraft check the crates.
United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Senior Pilot) speaks about the basic training of cadets in United States. He talks about the entrance exam which the cadets have to pass for their training. He also talks about the questionnaire which cadets have to answer. Cadets stand on the ground of Air Force Academy. They undergo their basic training. Officers train them. They stand in a high temperature outside the Academy and do the push-ups. Cadets get hair cuts and measurement for their uniforms taken. They march. They undergo physical training. They lift heavy wooden logs and exercise with them. They march with guns. Tents on ground. Cadets sit on the ground, shave and cut their nails. They walk atop a hill. They practice on the hill and climb big wooden frames and nets. The officer states that discipline is the priority for every cadet. If he wants to be a part of the USAF, he has to follow the rules and discipline. A plane takes off from a runway.
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