The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Officers and guests gather in a large number to watch the demonstration. Fire power demonstration by the U.S. Army units. Several infantry weapons being fired and demonstrated. Soldiers fire rifles. They fire M-60 machine guns. Closeup view of belt-fed machine gun in operation. View of M-79 grenade launcher being fired. A simultaneous platoon fire being demonstrated. Anti tank weapons and flame thrower weapons being demonstrated. Gunners advance on the area under a smoke cover. Recoil-less rifle fired. M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV light tank closeup views and it fires a guided MGM-51 Shillelagh missile. Point of view shot looking through main gun system of M551 tank at target before it fires a conventional 152mm shell. Soldier firing a shoulder-fired, infrared Redeye anti-aircraft missile. Beehive round being fired from 105 mm howitzer at a long string of balloon targets. Smoke arises due firing.
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. People gather in a large number to watch the demonstration. Fire power demonstration by the Air Force units. A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II airplane in flight. Plane fires a television-guided AGN-65 Maverick missile at a target. Officers and guests watch the aircraft demonstrations through binoculars from a reviewing stand. Smoke from explosion on the target area. Demonstration of gunship operations. U.S. Air Force Lockheed AC-130 aircraft in flight. The AC-130 Gunship firing its 20mm cannons its 40mm cannons, and its 105mm howitzer. U.S. Air Force A-7 Corsair II airplanes in flight. Mark 82 low drag 500 pound Laser guided bombs being dropped from the airplanes. Smoke arising from an explosion. McDonnell RF-4C reconnaissance aircraft approaching in sky overhead, and delivering, via small parachute packages, its aerial photographs taken that day.
A U.S. Army Second Lieutenant narrates his experiences as a West Point cadet in the United States. The beginning of the narrator's fourth year at the West Point Military Academy in New York. A sign reads: 'The Warrior Nations of History'. Cadets seated in a class room. An officer explains to them about ancient and modern weapons and equipment used by soldiers. Framed photographs of West Point dignitaries on a wall. The photographs include those of U.S. Army Generals David D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, William Westmoreland and John J. Pershing. An airplane parked at a field. Soldiers stand nearby. The narrator serves as a platoon leader in a regular army unit. The narrator seated in his room with another cadet. He writes a letter to his parents on the completion of four years of cadet life. Past events show the narrator standing as a fresher with other plebes in formation. The parents of the narrator and other people watch the plebes. The plebes take an oath of allegiance.
The meeting of the United Nations in New York, United States. Officials seated inside the building. Netherlands and Indonesia sign a pact. They sign the agreement on the administration of New Guinea, claimed by both the countries. Officials shake hands.
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. arrives in New York to confer with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Views of Queen Mary ocean liner as Joseph P. Kennedy returns to report to President Roosevelt on situation in Europe. Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and other officials talk while walking. Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. says that the U.S. should strive to maintain peace in Europe.
Reserve airmen of a Recovery Unit in South Carolina. Airman gets in car and drives. Reserve airmen ready the field for use. Reserve airmen and officers of a Recovery Squadron gives a Readiness test at North Field near Columbia,South Carolina. United States Air Force (USAF) C-123B Provider transport aircraft taxis for landing. Reserve airmen check the aircraft and crew for radiation. Wounded men are evacuated by ambulance. Airman operates a radio. USAF C-124A Globemaster II cargo aircraft with modified radome nose lands at airfield. Emergency vehicles drive onto the runway.
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