SELECTED SCENES FROM "ROTC" Part 1

Description

Summary: VSG auditorium, Fort Monmouth. Major General Spencer B Akin welcomes a summer training group of ROTC officers, asks for criticism and ideas. He emphasizes the importance of the relation of science and industry in the present situation. Then he introduces Brigadier General David Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board of RCA. (Major General Francis H Lanahan also on platform). Sarnoff speaks on "Youth, Science and National Defense". Soldier and scientist are united in the first line of defense. It is encouraging to find military leaders and educators meeting here. The scientists's battleground is the laboratory. He mentions that the first men to enter Korea were members of the Signal Corps, sent by Gen Douglas MacArthur to establish vital communications. Many a battle has been lost when communications failed.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities