American teenagers walking in and out of a school or other institution. Movie set view of a immigrant family ostensibly on a ship deck looking outward. A view from the ground of the Empire State Building in New York City. People working on a farm and a red farm barn visible. Wide view of a river with forest on either side. Two people in a canoe paddling on a lake toward log cabin structures. Wide view of High Falls waterfall on Genesee River at Genesee Gorge in Rochester, New York, panning upward to show Williams, Hoyt and Company shoe factory building and buildings of downtown Rochester in more distant background. View looking upward at the Statue of Liberty. Scene with arms of people stretching out across a map of the United States and interlocking hands to represent unity across the nation. People walk towards the horizon.
Graduation ceremony at the United States Military Academy at West Point in the United States. Cadets seated during the ceremony. Collin Kelly III seated with other graduates. Past events show Colin Kelly III as a toddler. His mother with a letter from the then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A photograph of his father, who was a national hero who was killed in the sinking of a Japanese battleship, on a table. His mother with the letter. Colin Kelly III, who is now grown up, at the West Point Military Academy. He marches with other cadets. At the graduation ceremony he is commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. The cadets fly their hats in the air.
A film about electrified railroads in the United States. Slate states: "The electric locomotives on downgrade generate power to help pull trains upgrade." An electrified locomotive is seen moving down a railway track pulling many open rail cars loaded with raw materials. Slate reads: "Another striking example of regeneration is found on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Rocky Mountain electrification." An electric train is seen running through mountainous area. Slate reads: " This eletrification is operated entirely from water power." View from rear of an electric train as it runs alongside a river. View from locomotive cab and of engineer at the simple controls, as train transits a tunnel.
Secretary of Defense Joint Civil Orientation Conference at sea. United States NavyF4U aircraft being catapulted off flight deck of the United States aircraft carrier USS Wright (CVL-49) during a Joint Civil Orientation Conference. An aircraft being lowered on an elevator. Members of Joint Orientation Conference on the catwalk as they watch the flight deck operations. Members along with officers on the catwalk.
Opening slate announces 11 million Americans to bear arms (in World War 2.). U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George S. Marshall conversing with Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King. Next, Admiral King is seen standing with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Lieutenant General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States. Scene shifts to a graduating class of cadets from the United States Military Academy, at West Point. They are seen receiving their diplomas. West Point cadets are also seen cheering at an athletic event and in several views of them marching in formations on different occasions. Views of cadets from the U.S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Maryland, on parade and at a graduation ceremony in Dahlgren Hall, where each receives a diploma and they toss their hats into the air at the end of the ceremony. Next, ordinary citizen soldiers (mostly draftees) are seen marching in formation They participate in calisthenics en masse. Heavyweight boxing champion, Gene Tunney, is seen leading an exercise session. Soldiers run over an obstacle. Next cadets are seen on parade in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, at Kings Point, New York. Some cadets are seen practicing escape from a burning vessel at sea. U.S. soldiers engage in field training that includes live weapons fire above their heads as they crawl under barbed wire on a training course. View of soldier firing a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun near the trainees. Another is firing a Browning M1919 air-cooled machine gun.
United States fuel and energy production during World War II to support the United States war effort. Oil storage tanks, factories and smoking chimneys and stacks. Pollution and industrial scenes during boom of production to support war effort. Several views of oil storage tanks and natural gas storage. Oil wells oil drilling derricks and rigs are seen covering a vast expanse of land. Oil shoots up or gushes up through a well. Stills graphic explains oil refining procedure. Wash tanks where treated oil has most of its impurities removed. Several towers and an Oil refinery.
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