German Hilltop fortifications and related ground targets being bombed by U.S. Army Air Forces P-47s a month after the end of World War 2 in Europe. A U.S. Army Air Force field grade officer and a sergeant on the ground, both wearing steel helmets. Another U.S. field grade officer, also wearing a steel helmet. Both officers wear Air Force pilot's wings. They communicate with P-47 aircraft via radio. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts drop demolition bombs on the hilltop fortifications. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drop napalm incendiary bomb on an installation below the hill. Smoke and fire rises.
U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Smoke rises from the coast of Iwo Jima due to artillery fire. Invasion fleet off the coast of Iwo Jima. U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean. A lookout aboard the ship uses binoculars. A sailor aboard the ship with anti-flash paint on his face. The muzzles of a dual mount 5 inch guns. The 5 inch 38s turret guns fire. A Japanese aircraft in flight crashes to the water after being hit by U.S. ship anti-aircraft fire. Invasion fleet off the shore. A pile of expended casings. Close views of a Marine opening a pack of K rations and eating it.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. An SAC guard stands by a closed door to the conference room at Offutt Air Force Base. Various plates at the table lying next to Guard Rail folder. Name plates bearing signs like 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of U.S. Air Force, Chief of Naval Operations, Commandant U.S. Marine Corps, The Director Joint Strategic Target Planning, Chief of Staff U.S. Army'. A sign on a closed door reads 'Briefing in session' and a guard stands with a pearl handled pistol.
Opening scene shows new recruit sailors making up their bunks, at the U.S. Great Lakes Navy training center during World War 2. A broom being used by a sailor. Six recruits using their feet to clean a floor with scouring pads. Recruits sitting out of windows as they clean them in their barracks. Others with pails and cleaning materials on the barracks porch and cleaning the barracks latrine. The barracks members are seen lined up for inspection, which is announced by a bugler. A Lieutenant, Junior Grade, is escorted through the barracks and salutes the barracks chief as he leaves. Next, an honor guard of recruits, in whites, and shouldered arms, raise a rooster flag, outside their barracks, indicating a successful inspection. Recruits are seen engaged in their turn at cleaning shared entities, such as the mess and cooking facilities and staffing them during so-called Service Week. A recruit standing watch outside a building presents arms in salute, as an officer passes to enter. He tries to be observant, taking notice as a truck passes, and of a work party nearby. Scene shifts to sailors on watch aboard a ship. A sailor aboard ship, speaking into an intercom system. Bow view of a U.S. Navy Cruiser, showing heavy guns in her triple turrets. The sentry continuing to walk his post in a military manner. A petty officer demonstrating the venerable art of knot tying to a class of recruits, who then practice tying them, themselves. more views of recruits performing chores. Scene shifts to recruits being trained to operate 40mm Bofors antiaircraft guns. One is seen at controls of a pedestal-mounted M-1917 water-cooled 30 caliber machine gun. The anti aircraft batteries commence firing at a drone biplane seen flying overhead. A flood of tracers is seen directed toward the target drone.
A training film about the role of U.S. Navy sailors aboard a ship in the United States. A sailor on guard walks down the deck of a U.S. Navy ship. The sailors lower a line from the deck of the ship. Various watches aboard the ship like the engine room watch, signal man watch in which the sailors use blinkers and flags, and radar watch. Men work on communication devices during communication watch. The sky, surface and lookout watch in which sailors use binoculars to keep a vigil. A ship underway at sea. A standing watch looks through binoculars as he wears a headset at night.
United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from White House in Washington D.C., United States. American military troops march down a road in formation with U.S. Capitol in the background. U.S. President Truman at a desk in the White house as he addresses the nation over national radio. The President says that America will use its arms when threatened by aggression. President Truman says that they will build up their forces and make weapons. The President also talks about expanding the economy. People listen to the Presidential address over radio sets. President Truman says that America will not use its strength for aggression. He says that they are aware of the ill effects of a war. Representatives of various countries at United Nations General Assembly.
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