Film begins showing a group of African American Paratroopers from the U.S. 555th African American Paratrooper Infantry Battalion (Triple Nickels) in Fort Benning, Georgia during World War 2. They are inspecting their parachutes, laid out on a long table. One of them is a staff sergeant. Next, they don their helmets and then put on their backpack parachutes. Views of them adjusting their parachutes. Closeup of a Technical Sergeant assisting a Master Sergeant with his gear. The troopers double time in a line to an area for inspection. Their static lines are folded on their backpacks, and they hold their reserve chute against their stomachs. A sergeant gives them a final inspection, and they double time to a parked C-47 transport airplane that they board. Glimpse from inside the aircraft as they mount the stairs to the cabin. Next are several glimpses of troopers exiting the aircraft with their static lines hooked to the inside of the C-47. Change of scene shows view from window of a C-47, as a group of troopers begin boarding the aircraft. View along the side of a C-47 transport plane troopers' white parachutes open as they jump from the aircraft. They float away down and behind the aircraft. Aerial view of troopers jumping from left rear door of a C-47 transport plane in flight.
School children learn traffic rules and are taught anti jaywalking rules in Cleveland, Ohio. Children drive on toy cars on road model. Other portrays standing on a side walk. They portray crossing a road. A boy holds a traffic light stand model. A girl with a small boy portray crossing a road. Model of vehicles on road model. A girls falls in front of a toy car portraying a road accident.
A new biplane aircraft passes testing trials in Burbank, California. A biplane on a stand. Wheels of the biplane raised. The biplane piloted by Charles Augustus Lindbergh taxis and takes off from a field. The biplane in flight.
The Polaris missile being hauled from Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, South Carolina. A sign on fence reads 'Naval Weapons Annex'. Main gate of Naval Weapons Annex at Naval Ammunition Depot. Marine sentries tending gate. A sign on gate reads 'North Gate NAD restricted area'. Navy vehicle comes into gate. View of the main gate. A sign reads 'US Naval Ammunition Deopt, Servicing the fleet with Ammunition, Guided missiles, Ballistic rockets'.
The Polaris missile being hauled from Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, South Carolina. Naval weapons annex gate moves open. Car driven out of the gate followed by a truck hauling a Polaris missile container. Escort vehicle moves ahead of truck. Truck hauls Polaris container towards the pier.
(Dramatized) views of African American soldier's family after his World War 1 training in the U.S. Army in Louisville, Kentucky. An African American soldier's family as they read a letter from him. The letter written by the African American soldier, with text saying it is written from somewhere in France. Service star hanging in window to show that the family has a service member in the war. The father of the soldier takes out a sword from a shelf. He walks to a sharpening wheel in the outside yard. He sharpens the sword as his wife operates the hand machine.
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