A film covers chemical warfare defense training received by U.S. airmen at George Air Force Base in California, United States. A ground crew responds to a simulated chemical attack. The crew around a U.S. Air Force F-4D fighter-bomber aircraft parked at an airfield. The crew dons gas masks, hoods and gloves. A crew member administers an injection to an airman who was the casualty of the attack. Crew members help him to get up.
Interiors of U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) 57th Fighter Group officer's club at Alto Air Base, Corsica, France, during World War 2. Officers relaxing. They drink and sing as one man plays an accordion.They clink their glasses together from time to time, as the song calls for it.
A U.S. Air Force VC-47B (VIP transport plane, tail # 43-49212) arrives at Pusan Air Base in Korea on 17 October, 1950. Singer and actor, Al Jolson steps from the plane and is greeted by American officers. Al Jolson gets into a jeep. .Next he is seen with officers on a sidewalk. Scene shifts to Jolson seated at a piano on and outdoor stage, where he just finishes performing and turns to speak to the large audience of soldiers present. The audience is seen applauding. Jolson is seen from behind, and then from various angles, as he sings a song. Some soldiers respond to the tempo of Jolson's music. (Narrator comments that 6 days after this performance, Al Jolson died from a heart attack, on 23 October, 1950 in San Francisco.) In final scene, he is seen raising the United Nations flag. (Note: this film is silent except for narration.)
The U.S. Air Force 10 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. A sergeant sits on a chair behind a desk in a camera shop. He talks over a telephone and walks out of the room. An airman unloads a film magazine. Camera lens kept on a table.
The U.S. Air Force 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing,Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. An airman enters a dark room carrying a box. He closes the door. He comes out carrying a film cannister in his hand.
The U.S. Air Force 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. An airman unloads a film magazine. He hands it over to another airman. They perform winding, processing and printing of the film in a dark room.
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