Skiers participate in the annual Tokle Memorial jump in New York. The skiers carrying skis on their shoulders climb up the Bear mountain. The skiers ski on an artificial base on the Bear mountains at night. The spectators stand on either side of the artificial base. The skiers ski one after the other. The skiers fall in the snow while skiing. A skier wearing a ski. The skiers wearing skis stand on the mountain. The spectators stand on either side of the snow base. The skiers skiing one after the other fall. The winner holds a ski on his shoulder.
U.S. Air Force 50th Anniversary being celebrated in Washington D.C., United States. The spectators crowd at the Andrews Air Force Base for watch the air show. The aircraft parked at the base. The spectators look at the aircraft. The spectators watch the Bendix Trophy race. USAF (United States Air Force) F-102 Delta Dagger in flight. The spectators look at the aircraft in flight. An officer looks through a binocular. F-102 lands at the base. The spectators in the foreground. F-102 taxis and a parachute opens. A dignitary shakes hand with the Captain Kenneth Chandler of F-102 and gives him the Bendix Trophy. A jet takes off. The jet in flight. The spectators watch the jet in flight. A Vintage Bleriot 1909 aircraft hovers in air. A Curtiss Pusher 1910 and Bleriot in flight. The aircraft in flight in formation. The spectators look at the aircraft flying.
Closeup of a freighter steaming past the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Sailors riding on a commercial bus near the entrance to the U.S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia. Traffic at the road intersection. Entrance sign identifying the U.S. Navy base. Views of ships docked at the base. Flags flying outside the Headquarters of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT). View of the great map room inside the headquarters. Officers from various NATO countries seated for a briefing conducted by A U.S. Navy Captain circa 1954. The most senior officers, including the first SACLANT, Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, step close to the map, where he speaks to the briefing officer. Closeup of the briefing officer moving images of aircraft over the map in the vicinity of the Portuguese Azore Islands. Closeup of straits of Gibraltar and then of Brest and Cherbourg on the coast of France; the Western approaches to the British Isles; the Norwegian coast; Iceland; Northern Labrador; the whole seaboard of Canada and the United States. View of waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Glimpse back to Admiral McCormick at the briefing map and then to a partially submerged submarine moving in water of the Atlantic. Narrator mentions subs of the 1960s. U.S. nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine launches a polaris missile. Final view of briefing map.
C-124 Globemaster II cargo aircraft takes off from Dover Air Force Base (AFB) in Delaware,United States. Crew board United States Air Force (USAF) C-124 Globemaster II cargo aircraft being parked at base. Front doors are closed. Aircraft engine starts. Men operate at control. Aircraft taxis and takes off from base. Aircraft avoids flight over Dover City. Pilot in the cockpit discuss map. Flight engineer and navigator at stations. Aerial view of the Lajes Field in Azores. C-124 cargo aircraft lands at the Lajes Field. Crew arrive transient billets at Lajes Field to take rest.
Reenactment to illustrate how newly recruited civilians might arrive at a base to commence training as U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadets. The recruits, in civilian clothes, arrive in private cars and park in a base parking lot. One group of four arrives in a 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe convertible coupe automobile. A large number of recruits in civilian clothes, carrying luggage, walking across a lawn towards a building on the base. Two are seen carrying tennis racquets. The scene is shot at Randolph Field in Texas. It is repeated twice, that is, in two takes.
The American Army women, Women Army Corps (WACs) serving on all fronts. Army aircraft parked at an air base in Arizona. The WAC mechanics working and servicing the airplanes. Several aircraft parked on the air base. WACs seated at the air base. WACs aboard a ship arrive at a harbor. People and officers gather at the harbor to greet them. Women waving towards them. They disembark from the ship. People cheering. An officer holds a board which reads: Welcome WACs'.
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