The series 'The Big Picture' about armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. A board reads 'Nelson Pass Tactical Area'. An instructor briefs trainees. The trainees sit and listen. They move out of a hall and pick up ammunition from the ground. Tanks are driven away. Instructors in a jeep along with the tanks. A trainee speaks over a radio device. High ranking officers observe from an observation pole. An aircraft spreads a smoke screen. The tanks are driven forward. One of the tanks fires artillery mounted on it. The tanks are driven back after the completion of the task. A trainee writes a letter to his parents. Master Sergeant Stewart Queen speaks about the successful completion of the training.
View of Fez, Morocco, from hilltop. A local man sitting on top of the hill. Two men with a cart walking along a road. A horse-drawn cart with collapsable roof cover, moves along a road past a sign reading, "Route 15 from Fez to Taza" (in French). It notes distances to various places,starting with 124 KM to Taza, and ending with Fort Saint at 2772 Km. A truck is parked behind the sign and people stand looking at ancient Medina walls in distance. Farm workers are seen in nearby fields. Men sitting at tables in outdoor cafe. Empty water and soft drink bottles on table. A large open air market with various agricultural products being displayed on backs of animals, and in large sacks. Purfeyers of drinks sit at edge of the marketplace. Mosque in background. View of a mosque, through trees in a garden. Animals watering at a stream. Palm trees swaying in the breeze.
Annual matches of the National Rifle Association of America at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States. Men in prone position fire at target on a 600 yard shooting range. Captain J. L. Tupper of Fort Williams, Maine team in prone position as he aims at the target. Captain R. R. Tourtillott in prone position and aims at target. Rear of men sitting on a bench. Men shoot at targets in the President's Cup match. Private William Yee of the 298th Infantry Hawaiian National Guard at the shooting range.
Annual matches of the National Rifle Association of America at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States. Men at the firing line and fire pistol at targets during the rapid fire pistol match. Sergeant Young of the Portland police fires pistol at a target. Men fire pistol at targets at a 25 yard range. Men mark at the targets. The cardboard targets being raised. Men at firing line as they aim at targets. Sergeant B. H. Harris of Fort Clark in Texas, winner of the pistol shooting championship aims at a target. He stands at the shooting range.
Farm activities and flood scenes in India. A bullock cart on a farm. A man rides an elephant. A fort near a river. Cattle float in water. People walk through flooded roads. People walk on a damaged railway bridge. People in relief camps. Doctors examine children.
Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in Valdez, Alaska. USS Juneau (LPD-10) arrives for clean up operation. A crane loads equipment onto the ships. Motors covered with snow. Women load equipment onto the ship. Women watch the bunk beds on the ship. People eat on the ship. USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) arrives for clean up operation. People spray water from pressurized water hoses on shore lines. Viscous oil absorbed by vacuum pump. Workers spray water for oil clean up. men sleep and relax on cars. Aerial view of the houses set up for the workers. Vehicles driven on road. People carry equipment for clean up. tent houses set up. Aircraft and helicopters on airport. Aerial views of houses and cars parked in front. Bears on a hill. Helicopters and other equipment during the clean up. men of landing crafts clean a beach. Men carry animals in cages towards a helicopter.