The U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Alaska Flight of 1934. The YB-10 aircraft of the project after completing their photo-mapping of 21 thousand square miles of Alaska. The aircraft have each been named for leading Alaskan cities and are fueled and ready to fly home. View of the YB-10 flown by Expedition Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, displaying painted name "City of Fairbanks" and flag containing stars of Big Dipper and Polaris (North Star). The symbol of the expedition is also painted on the fuselages of all the airplanes, consisting of a totem pole topped by an Eagle with two arrows, superimposed on a map of Alaska. Names: Anchorage, Fort Yukon, Tanana, and Kodiak, are seen painted on airplanes. Aviators of the USAAC Alaska Flight pose for a picture in front of a YB-10 aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, Commander of the expedition, is in the center of the first row of men. To his right, is a pipe-smoking officer in a campaign hat, holding a puppy Husky dog. Arnold pets the puppy
View from SS Aleutian ocean liner, of the Alaskan Steamship Line, as it approaches dock at Juneau, Alaska. Sheer mountain face overlooks the docks. Large buildings of the largest Quartz Gold mine in Alaska, are stepped down the steep slope. The ship passes a building labeled "Juneau Cold Storage."After docking, the camera pans across many people on the wharf and a building labeled The Alaska Line. Various sorts of buildings line the waterfront area.
The Cryptology Training Institute in Pensacola, Florida. A security guard at an entrance gate checks visitors A cryptologic officer briefs a group of trainees. He shows them how to take readings on an instrument. A radar screen. The trainees operate controls. Two women read a manual. A fleet of aircraft in flight. Cryptologic officers with headphones operate controls. A submarine and a ship underway at sea. A cryptologic officer seated at a desk in his office reads documents. Vehicles on a road. A tree in the foreground.
Young recruits undergo training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. Young recruits undergo physical training. A dramatization shows a woman named Joanne conversing with her husband. An officer instructs the recruits as they undergo training on a field. The officer speaks to three recruits. The recruits wash clothes in a bucket. A group of recruits folds decoration frills with ropes.
Young recruits undergo training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. The recruits stand in a line with uniforms placed on the ground in front of them. An officer inspects them. A dramatization shows officers examining Dan's eyes and making him undertake a few tests. They discover Dan to be colorblind. Sailors march with flags and rifles during a parade. The officers salute.
Young recruits undergo training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. A dramatization shows recruit Dan packing his bags in a dormitory. A Company Commander comes in and asks him to get into his uniform as he is still a part of the navy. Recruits get on boats with their baggage. A dramatization shows Potter and Benson welcoming Dan on a boat. The Company Commander converse with his wife Joanne. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) at sea with the American flag raised aboard ship.
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