U.S. Army Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center, in Colorado, United States during World War 2. The mountain troops march out on a snow covered surface. A dramatization shows troops conversing with each other. An officer speaks to a group of mountain troops. They learn to walk with skis. The mountain troops learn to march with skis. They learn techniques on short slopes. The officer demonstrates how to climb on a slope with skis. One of the mountain troops tries the technique himself. Officers converse with each other and check records of the mountain troops. The troops get ready for a ski test.
U.S. Army Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center, in Colorado, United States, during World War 2. The mountain troops assemble for a ski test. An officer briefs the team. The mountain troops standing in a line wear their skis. They come down a slope and cross trees in between. One of the trooper falls in the end. Narrator describes their ski test and their skiing.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Men at work on the air force base. A gondola is hoisted with a crane. 'US Air Force' written on the gondola. A helicopter lands. Men pull the trailer of the gondola.
Richard Mackey enters the U.S. Air Force at 20 years old, measuring only 4 feet 7 inches. Air force recruits in San Antonio, Texas. Man tries to fit a coat on the small man. Airmen stand behind a counter and take their uniform issue at a supply depot. Richard is four feet and seven inches tall and 107 pounds. A man tries to fit an air force uniform on him. The recruits perform a drill and march, with Mackey trying to keep up. Mackey with a cigarette in his mouth, lighting the cigarette of another soldier.
Cornerstone laying ceremony of the District of Columbia Chapter House of the Red Cross in Washington, United States. People gather in a large number for the ceremony. U.S. President Harry Truman officiates at the ceremony. He lays the cornerstone of the building.
African American U.S. Army soldiers in Anzio, Italy during World War II. Soldiers unload ration crates from trucks. The ration crates are stacked on a field. A soldier in the cab of a truck. Trucks and jeeps move past along a street.
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