American military aircraft training circa 1940. A Link Trainer in operation at an aviation training facility. Used for teaching pilots instrument flying, it is seen moving physically in response to the actuation of artificial flight control actions as the trainee responds to instrument indications inside the mockup cockpit. It bears the number 654, on its mock tail. The wings and tail are for decoration only. Scene shifts to formations of various aircraft in flight over a body of water. The aircraft appear to be U.S. Navy types, including: Grumman F4F Wildcat; Douglas TBD Devastator; and Grumman TBF Avenger. Another formation shows many North American training aircraft in flight over the water.
Australian girls from the Sydney Australia College of Physical Culture perform mass drills in Army Hospitals in Sydney Australia during World War 2. Crowd cheering. Patient on a wheel chair watches the mass drills. The girls perform gymnastics drills and calisthenic exercises with rhythm and precision as the crowd of injured Australian soldiers and sailors watches.
Preparations for war in Japan during World War 2 period. Japanese laborers work hard in various factories. War production workers creating war materiel, armament, airplanes, tanks. Men and women at work in war production factories, together with child labor. Japanese troops mobilize and prepare for World War 2. Japanese soldiers on parade and Japanese tanks seen passing in review. Anti-Japanese propaganda. Japanese children being trained and doing various physical exercises. Japanese young boys perform drills and war combat training, calisthenics, and classroom testing. Boys wearing only goggles receive some kind of light therapy or ultraviolet or sunray therapy. Japanese youth and soldiers learning various martial arts (possibly Kendo or Bōjutsu) and hand to hand combat. War in Manchuria. Newspaper headlines show the attack of Japan on Hong Kong and Corregidor. Japanese soldiers seen fighting in wars. Scenes of war devastation and dead civilians in Manchuria and various areas where Japan has attacked. Bodies loaded onto carts and dead Chinese civilians in streets killed by Japanese. Japanese officer leading Japanese solders in a banzai cheer.
Men seen at the U.S. Navy's Pre Flight School. The men sit in rows and do physical exercises and learn to work in difficult conditions. They climb on wooden structures and swim in water. Fire and smoke seen in water. (World War II period).
Activities of girls of the G.I.L. (Gioventù Italiana del Littorio) Youth section of the National Fascist Party. Girls sitting in a classroom in rows, listening to a teacher in front of them. A girl writing on her notebook. Girls using a sewing machine for stitching clothes. A group of girls in aprons cooking and preparing dishes. Another group of girls set up tables. Girls doing embroidery and learning handicrafts preparation. Girls wearing aprons cooking various dishes. A mess seen. Italian girls perform calisthenics as physical training in open field.
Pre-season training gets underway at the Naval Academy in Annapolis in Maryland. Mascot goat is on the field. The football team players undergo physical training. A banner reads 'Here Comes Navy!'
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