Development and use of fire power in the United States. Film begins showing a series of U.S. Army missiles being fired from silos and others from inclined launching pads. View of an atomic bomb explosion (in a test). An Army Redstone missile being fired and burning through clouds and finally disappearing in the distance. Sketches of cave dweller humans from antiquity embracing the earliest of weapons, like clubs.
Development, testing and launching of missiles in the United States. Officers seated at a table during a conference. Dr. Werner von Braun rises from seat and explains something, using a model of a missile launch system. American engineers work on missile designs. Chemists work on propellants. Engineers undertake mechanical tests related to missiles. Fabrication and assembling missiles in an industrial plant. Welder doing multiple simultaneous welds on missile housing. U.S. Army 'Redstone' missile on launch pad. Soldiers operate switches and the missile is launched.
A training of U.S. Army Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. The Army Rangers mud fight and run through a field during a training. The rangers crawl in a barbed wire covered trench. They cross hurdles and crawl from under a wooden trunk. They wrestle with each other. They climb up a wooden wall and cross a river using a rope. The rangers cross a rope bridge. They learn repelling and mountaineering technique. The rangers disembark from aircraft and advance through a field. They walk through a jungle and cross a river during a patrolling mission. Trucks, jeeps and tanks loaded with rangers drive through a field.
Infantry soldiers advance on a battlefield in the European Theater. The soldiers fire weapons from bunkers. A U.S. Air Force aircraft taxis and takes off during an emergency. Soldiers disembark from the aircraft and rescue wounded men. Missiles are launched. Prisoners of war are captured by the soldiers. 'Follow Me' statue at the U.S. Army Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia.
Scenes of the Spanish American War, Cuban and Puerto Rican Campaigns, in the year 1898. U.S. troops coming ashore in small boats, assembling on the beach, and advancing inland, during the Spanish American War U.S. infantry capture the San Juan Blockhouse where the Spanish flag is lowered and the American flag is raised.
The American Forces Korea Network in Seoul, South Korea. A man seated at a film splicer and film projector edits film to add U.S. Army produced commercials, and to tailor films as needed for station schedule. A station commander holds a meeting with staff of military and civilian department heads to discuss problems of technical upkeep and program schedule changes. Decisions are taken in the meeting. Live programs designed for U.S. troops in Korea are produced at the key station of American Forces Korea Network. A man works before the broadcast of the daily television news shows. He selects photographs to be broad casted during the program. Other man sorts program tapes. Newsreaders seated at a desk. A cameraman records the event. A newsreader reads sports news.
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