A college football game played between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy academy teams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People gather in a large number in the stadium stands. Cadets and midshipmen march on the field. U.S. President John F. Kennedy seated in the grandstand to watch the game. The game in progress. People cheer and applaud.
U.S. Training film 'The Modern Marine' shows United States Marine Corps undergoing training in the United States. Marine Corps stand in line with rifles in hand during World War I. The Marines used carrier pigeons as a means to transfer messages. A Marine walks with pigeon in cage behind his back. Group of Marines use the radio. Early aircraft parked on field. The Modern Marine fires rifle. Technicians work on aircraft engine. Group of Marines patrolling. Marines undergo training as a rifleman. They pass through various hurdles as part of their training program. Marines fire machine guns.
1st Marine Division advancing into Chosin Reservoir region in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. marines move forward. Tanks advance on a field. Artillery is fired. U.S. aircraft drop napalm bombs. Blasts on hills and Marines move forward. View of the Chosin Reservoir power plant. Marines climb the hills. Front line marines in battle fire rifles and throw grenades and white phosphorous grenades. Marines in battle fire recoilless guns and 16mm mortar. They fire 75 caliber guns. Marines use smoke bombs. A marine carries and fires a flamethrower to attack enemy positions dug in.
U.S. military servicemen deploying to the United Kingdom watch an orientation film contrasting U.S. and British sports. U.S. teams play football. Americans gather in the stadium and they cheer and applaud. American football teams seen playing. Cheerleaders lead crowd in cheers. In contrast, scenes of British sports are show, including: Steeplechase horse racing; Cricket; Rugby; and Soccer (football). Scene of British football Captain Joe Harvey, of team Newcastle, receiving the FA Cup from Sir Winston Churchill after their 1952 victory. Clip ends with scenes of homes and shops in a quiet village in Britain.
A film on U.S. Army air-sea rescue operations. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft in flight over water. Crew at controls of the aircraft. Number 1 engine is feathered. Then, number 4 engine fails and is feathered. View from behind shows the B-17 descending with all four engines feathered. (Some of these scenes probably employed models.) Crew members in the aircraft. A wireless operator sets a key at automatic SOS. Crew preparing for ditching. The aircraft ditching in the water.Crew evacuates from the ditched aircraft in 6-man life rafts. They employ their various survival gear, including Gibson Girl radio with balloon-mounted antenna, signal mirrors, fishing gear, dye marker, and smoke flares. They are spotted by an Army Air-Sea rescue Douglas A-24 aircraft. The aircraft reports their position and a rescue boat is dispatched to their location. They are reached by U.S. Army air sea rescue boat, number P-249 (An 85 foot, wooden, gas- powered boat, built by Eddy Ship Building, Bay City, Michigan). Crewmen are taken aboard and given refreshments.
The Kabul International Fair in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. Air Forces in Europe band playing at the U.S. pavilion during the Kabul International Fair. The conductor in front of the band. The members of the band playing different instruments. Views of the audience at the U.S. pavilion listening to the band.
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