Officers training at Fort Belvoir Engineers School in Virginia,United States. View of the Headquarters Engineers School. Officers receive a complete training using steel models. They practice mechanical skills. They learn to operate precession tools,to reproduce maps, to interpret aerial photographs and survey terrains. They learn to operate heavy construction equipment to level hills and build roads. They learn to build and maintain bridge. They learn to handle explosions and demolitions work. They learn to blast heavy fortifications for combat function and front line infantry support. Officers practice amphibious landing
Aerial overview of several French military outposts in Algeria. French Legionnaires constructing a new fort on top of a hill. They set barbed wire at periphery; crack rocks with sledge hammer; pass building stones in a brigade, passing them along a line of soldiers. They mix mortar with shovels and pass it to masons using it to set stones. A field kitchen feeds the troops. Touch of humor noir: they name the mess tent: "Restaurant Mort delice." Views from outpost. French Legionnaires raise the tricolor over finished outpost. A large white cross held on ground with stones, marks helicopter landing site.
A soldier (PFC Ed Griffiths) arrives in new assignment with the U.S. Army in Washington DC, United States. U.S. Army Sergeant Stuart Queen in his office. Military MATS C-131 (Convair 240) airliner in flight over Washington DC area with PFC Griffiths and other personnel aboard. Army personnel seated in the aircraft. The captain makes arrival announcements. Aerial view of the Washington Monument , the National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, and Potomac River and the Capitol. Military Air Transport Command C-131 parked and passengers descending stairs upon arrival in Washington, DC. They exit the Operations building and look for ground transportation to their destinations. Soldier gets into a taxi cab. He looks at the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Monument, across the Potomac River, as the cab drives, along the George Washington Parkway, past them. He arrives at the U.S. Army Military District of Washington Headquarters, at Fort Myer, and reports for his new assignment in Headquarters Company, U.S. Army. The Sergeant in charge introduces Sergeant Stuart Queen to the soldier. He is warmly welcomed.
Two boys and two girls charged with vandalism in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Police officer bring in the two boys and two girls. A police lamp. Girls and boys present charges to Desk Lieutenant. Two girls and Desk Lieutenant. Girls and boys reply to Desk Lieutenant. Officer writes on a booking card.
Ruins of United States Army (Union) forts established in the Great Plains of the United States from the time of the American Civil War until the late 1800s. View of various paintings by Remington that depict the Union Army regular soldiers in encampments and in battle with Native American Indians in western regions of the United States. Tombstones in a graveyard or cemetery near the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The grave of Corporal of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry James Kelley dated December 21, 1866. The grave of 2nd U.S. Cavalry Blacksmith Dennis Hurley dated July 29, 1878. The grave of Trumpeter 1st U.S. Cavalry Albert Anderson dated 22nd February, 1929. The grave of the an Unknown Soldier.
Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. Orville Wright prepares to board the airplane with U.S. Army Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm. A crowd around the launching tower. U.S. soldiers pull a weight up in the tower. The airplane is launched and it flies over barracks and administration buildings. A crowd attends the event. The airplane lands. The airplane being readied for a flight. Orville Wright stands near the cockpit of the aircraft.