Arrival of new cadets with poor physical fitness at Army training academy in the United States. Group of new U.S. Army recruits exit a Greyhound bus, dressed in civilian clothes. Some are white and some are African American. They line up for instructions from a uniformed officer. Drill Sergeant trains the cadets in physical fitness. Cadets do push ups and other exercises for strength and coordination. Cadets march, run and sprint to improve physical fitness. They relax and cool off after the training session.
U.S. Army soldiers line up as officer hands each an award document on completion of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) and congratulates each one. Scenes of U.S. Army soldiers undergoing specialized training, including paratroopers training on towers and ziplines, rangers, and Special Forces learning tracking skills and honing hand-to-hand combat skills. Soldiers of Special Forces with camouflage make up on their faces trained in guerrilla and jungle warfare.
Aircraft manufacture in United States during World War I. Women use transfer ink to apply United States Air Force insignia on the wings of an aircraft. A woman places a paper, applies ink on it and then removes it. Paper placed on the remaining portion to complete the insignia.
Major events of the year 1957. United States B-52 bombers in flight as they cover a distance 24,000 miles round the world. A world map shows the distance covered by the planes. Curtis Lume, the man who led a group of planes to Buenos Aires and back to United States without refueling the tanks. Planes in flight.
United States LVT-N-2 Loon 777 and 785 missiles prepared and launched in United States. A Loon missile hoisted in a sling is taken on board. Men attach beacon antenna check line to the wing of the missile. Men check out rig and rockets. They attach air pressure lines. Man uses link meter on check. Final securing of covers and wing support by men. A man makes final checks on radio.
Role of United States Coast Guard in natural disaster response. Clip focuses on response in 1927 Mississippi River flood. Opens with scenes of a destructive hurricane hitting Florida coast in United States and strong winds blowing. Coast Guard provides relief to the victims. Wreckage from hurricane. Brief scene from San Francisco earthquake. Then scenes from the flood of the Mississippi River in 1927. Swollen Mississippi River flowing at great speed. Coast Guard uses boats to rescue people from the flooded area. People gathered atop the levees awaiting help. Coast Guard lifting citizens from atop levees, into boats. A house floating in the flood waters. A boat filled with livestock as Coast Guard rescues them. A man being rescued from top of a floating house. Film produced in 1935.
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