Franklin D Roosevelt signs peace time draft to boost armed forces in United States. United States troops assemble at camp base. Troops march on open field with American flags in hand.
Flag of United States. United States men and women in uniform representing every element of U.S. military establishment. U.S. Army soldiers march on a grass parade field. Aerial view of a base camp. U.S. armored unit of tanks and self-propelled artillery, maneuvering and firing their guns. U.S. Army paratroops seen hooking up static lines and jumping from C-130 aircraft. U.S Army helicopters deliver soldiers and transport heavy vehicles and artillery pieces. (Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave delivering the jeep and the artillery piece.) Various scenes of U.S. Army heavy artillery being fired, including a self propelled howitzer.
Demonstration of various camouflages used by American Army soldiers during World War I. United States soldiers in small shell holes. A soldier places a Trench Periscope in a stump. Bark of a tree used as trench periscope. The soldier removes platform from the base of the tree.
United States military trucks, carrying troops, supplies, sandbags, etc. move on a road alongside a village in Korea during Chosin Reservoir campaign. A jeep pulling a trailer fords a wheel high stream and gets stuck, wheels spinning on the opposite bank. Trucks loaded with troops, guns, ammo, and pulling fuel tank trailer, converge at base of a snowy hill, where the Marines set up a tent camp. They build a huge campfire. Smiling American marines pose for the camera.
A briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State European and Canadian Affairs Richard Burt discusses U.S. government policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative. U.S. Lieutenant General James Abrahamson, Director of Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, talks about a Laser Missile weapon of SDI (or the so-called Star Wars initiative). An animation shows the ground base missile firing at a target in he sky. The missile launches from a launch pad. An animation shows the frequency generated.
Clip opens with Gilded Age scenes near the turn of the century in the United States, circa late 1890s. Busy sidewalk scene in a city with men and women in suits, dresses, and hats of the era walking and in conversation. Wealthy people moving about. Group of women ascends steps toward a building. Reunion game of baseball between old men formerly from the Orange 'Y' team and the 'Bears' in Newark, New Jersey. Elderly players pose for a photograph in front of a team banner that says 1885. Elderly baseball players play on a field as fans young and old in the stands watch the game. Young spectators cheer a play by the senior citizen players. A player hits a grounder and another player comes in from 3rd base toward what looks to be a slide at home plate, but he ends up sitting down on the plate.
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