U.S. Army personnel assigned to the Military District of Washington DC undergo a physical training in Washington DC. At the U.S. Army Military District of Washington soldiers perform drills during ongoing physical training and maintenance. Soldiers stand in formation (this appears to be near grounds of the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia with George Washington Memorial Parkway in background) and their platoon Sergeant, Master Sergeant Queen, inspects them. Shown is the insignia of the unit: a sword across the Washington Monument.
Tomb guards in Washington DC. A tomb guard of the 1st Battle Group, 3rd Infantry ("The Old Guard") keeps a watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. In a guard room, the tomb guards watch television and carry out routine work. A tomb guard gets ready and leaves for his duty. Tourists watch as the tomb guards take their positions.
A full honor funeral at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington DC. A caisson bears the casket of a military leader with a joint military escort during the full honor funeral. Workers clean and polish the caisson. Other men groom horses. A blacksmith heats a horse shoe in a forge. He shapes the horse shoe by placing it on an anvil and then gives a finishing touch.
Military units in Washington DC. The National War College. U.S. Army officers enter the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. The Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The White House Army Signal Agency in Washington DC. The White House. The members of the White House Army Signal Agency check communication connections. They send coded message and receive encoded messages via radio teletype. A man operates a switch board ensuring direct communication to various federal agencies to and from the White House. The soldier makes announcements over a microphone. Other men operate television facilities. View of television camera as lens selection turret moves.
U.S. Army soldiers visit a Civil War Battlefield at Manassas, Virginia (Site of Battle of Bull Run). The stone bridge where the American Civil War began. The officers watch the diorama and listen to the description of the firing during the Battle of Manassas.