A U.S. Army Second Lieutenant narrates his experiences as a West Point military academy cadet in the United States. A cadet arrives near a lodge at Camp Buckner. Women come out of the house and meet the cadet. Cadets engage in recreation activities during a weekend. The cadets water ski and enjoy swimming with their guests at a lake beach of Lake Popolopen. They dance with their partners at a dance party in a hall. A cadet escorts his date on a dock along the lake and then seats her at a table.
West Point Cadets in flight suits, with goggles, prepare for flight at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York. Officer gives instruction to the cadets standing at attention. Building in the background. West Point cadets leave building. Others sit on steps of building. West Point cadets, wearing seat-pack parachutes, march down flight line. Row of parked United States Army Air Corps B-6A bomber aircraft. Cadets stand in front of the aircraft, parked with engines running, on the airfield. Cadets climb into B-6A aircraft. Interior of the Cockpit. Cadet and pilot look at map. Nose section of B-6A. Cadet in nose gunner position aims through machine gun sight. Cadet in rear radio operator-gunner position speaks into microphone. Pilot at controls checks engines and instruments. Ground crewmen remove wheel chocks and the aircraft taxi in formation to the runway, and takeoff, one at a time. Aerial view of B-6As in formation flight over Long Island, New York.
Training and education of African American soldiers and officers in World War 2. African American soldiers of the U.S. Army attend a graduation ceremony at West Point, New York during World War II. African American soldiers receive commission at U.S. OCS (Officer Training School). They parade on a field. One African American cadet among West Point cadets stands at attention. West Point Auditorium at graduation ceremony. An African American cadet receives his diploma from the U.S. Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson. African American Flying cadets lined up at an aircraft. A Flight Officer pins wings on an African American cadet. African American cadets lined up at graduation ceremony.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits West Point in New York, United States. West Point cadets lined up as President Roosevelt, General Connor and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt arrive in a car. President Roosevelt stands in a car as he reviews the cadets. The cadets march during a parade. General Connor welcomes President Roosevelt to West Point. The President seated in a car as he speaks.
The West Point Military Academy sends 409 new officers into the U.S. Army during World War II . The cadets seated in a hall at West Point, New York. They climb up the steps of a stage and receive diploma certificates. The cadets seated in the hall cheer and applaud. The cadets stand in formation in a courtyard. The cadets parade.
U.S. Army Air Corps B-6A bombers and O-1D observation planes in formations over Hudson river in New York. View of the Bear Mountain Bridge over Hudson River. Rear view of massed formations as they approach, and fly over the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York. Groups of cadets, on the ground at the West Point Academy, watch the formations fly overhead.
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