A documentary film titled: 'The Big Picture' on the activities of the United States Army in Europe. View of the Alps in Europe. A building in a snow covered area. A sign board reads: '10th Special Forces'. Other sign boards on the top of the building. An officer briefs soldiers about enemy occupied positions and strategies using a model. Soldiers wearing head phones write on papers to learn proper communication maintenance. Officers train the soldiers. The soldiers exercise for their physical fitness. They practice judo. Other soldiers watch. They are also given language training.
United States soldiers on 'Mission Montagnard' in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldiers give training to the montagnards. The montagnards undergo physical training. They walk along a field. U.S. soldiers train them in guerrilla warfare and provide them better understanding of the war. The montagnards stand in formation on a field and U.S. soldiers stand along with them. A flag hoisting ceremony takes place. The soldiers salute as a flag is hoisted. They shake hands with the montagnards and leave the place.
Activities of Filipino women in the Philippines shortly before World War II, from a 1944 film showing pre-war scenes. Filipino women in homes and offices. A Physical Education teacher watch a group of female Filipino students jogging in two straight lines. Faces of young Filipino women smiling. Pairs of dancers perform Filipino folk dance Cariñosa with handkerchiefs. Two women talk amongst themselves while shopping in a crockery shop. A woman stitches clothes using a sewing machine. Some of the women work in their houses. A woman practices archery. Women wearing various traditional Filipino dresses such as the Maria Clara dress of the Tagalogs and Batawi for Muslim Tausug women. Tagalog women wearing Terno dresses made of Piña or Pineapple cloth. A woman shows her Terno’s ‘Butterfly sleeves’. Filipino women working as soda fountain waitresses and Blues singers. Women doctors and nurses in a hospital. Young Filipino women and men dance the Jitterbug.
A documentary film titled 'West Point, The Army Challenge' depicts the story of a young man who enters the West Point Military Academy in the United States. A cadet stands at attention with other cadets at the military grounds before receiving their graduation degree. Past events show the early life of the man and his entry to the West Point Military Academy. The man talks to his friends in his college. He is seated at a desk with his friends and they discuss amongst themselves. They discuss about their career. The man is advised by his friends to join the military academy. His college counselor tells him about the military academy. He says that it is a very good educational institution. He talks about the academic program of the academy and gives him a catalog. The man lying on his bed looks at the academy catalog. He looks at the syllabus and the background of the faculty. The man seated with officials at a desk and discusses to nominate him for the military academy. He goes for a medical check-up and does physical exercises. He receives his admission letter after some days. He discusses with his college counselor.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents undergo their training in the United States. FBI 'most wanted' posters are printed on a bank of printing machines. Prospective FBI agents in a large classroom. Instructor points to diagram of a revolver on classroom board. Training of the agents for physical fitness. The agents do deep knee bends, box using a punching bag, and practice jiu jitsu as part of their training. View of the law library at FBI headquarters. View of diorama showing bank robber hideout. Table filled with equipment issued to FBI G-men includes cameras, saws, night sticks, guns, hand cuffs, leg irons, flashlights, and explosives. FBI agents practice machine gun target practice while driving 1935 Hudson Terraplane automobiles. The agents fire at target boards. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover stands with agents who are lying in prone positions as they riddle a 1928 Chevy sedan with bullets fired from machine guns.
Activities of soldiers in the First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU) of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War 2. A sign board reads: 'Animation Department'. Cartoon animation artists apply their skills to the war effort, working inside the building. They make sketches on drawing sheets. Artists seen include Joe Smith and Gus Arriola, and possibly the back of Rudy Larriva and Jules Engel. Minute mechanical details of aircraft, armament, and equipment are illustrated with the help of drawings and animation sequences in films. Narrator describes how complicated technical subjects can be illustrated. The explanation of the theory of flight with the help of an animation. Animation shows factors responsible for the flight of an airplane. Animation describe how thrust, drag, lift, and gravity all affect flight and aerial physics.
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