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US Aircraft take off from USS Coral Sea in South China Sea.

Catapult officials are seen on flight deck area. Airplanes are parked on the deck. Ordnance men under port wing of A-4E aircraft move bombs from bomb carts. Four ordnance men lift bomb to pylon under port wing. A man talks on lip mike. E-2A being launched from catapult. Catapult officer giving rev-up to A-4E aircraft , launch signal is given. A-4E takes off. Planes take off the deck in succession. A-3B is given a launch signal by an officer , plane takes off. Smoke is generated as the planes takes off.

Location: South China sea

Date: 1970, December 2

Duration: 2 min 45 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

US Aircraft are prepared to take off from the ship Coral Sea in South China Sea.

Aircraft with load of bombs on deck of the ship Coral Sea. Catapult officers preparing F-4B for flight. They are refueling F-4B. A pilot stands on top of ladder looking down into cockpit of A-4E. Officials are seen working in the catapult area. Two radar men work on nose radar of F-4B. The radar is exposed. A pilot boards his A-4E aircraft. Tractor backs A-3B down over deck. It is parked on side of a E-2A .

Location: South China sea

Date: 1970, December 2

Duration: 2 min 13 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Several aircraft being launched from the flight deck of USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea.

USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A US Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter in flight off the side of USS Ranger. The helicopter lifts off. A US Navy KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft being launched. A US Navy A-7B Corsair II being launched from the angle deck and becomes airborne. An F-4J Phantom II aircraft taxis on the deck of USS Ranger, turning completely around. The A-7B seen airborne in the background after being launched from the angled deck. US Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft taxiing on the deck. Two A-6As on the angle deck being prepared for a launch. One A-6A is launched. The second A-6A on launch. US Navy C-1A Trader aircraft taxiing slowly on the deck. The F-4J aircraft in flight. The A- 7B in flight with its wheels down.

Location: South China Sea

Date: 1970, May

Duration: 1 min 47 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

US Navy aircraft and helicopter come in for landing on the flight deck of USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea.

USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. US Navy A-7B Corsair II touching down and rolling to stop. A man runs out towards the aircraft. A-7B going over edge of the angle deck. A puff of smoke drifts off over the deck. A parachute is seen opening as the pilot disappears over the ship's side. Several men running over the deck. A US Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter low over water to pick up the pilot. The destroyer escort moving up, several men in the foreground on the flight deck. The helicopter lifts off with the pilot. The helicopter in flight over water. The destroyer escort in the background. A US Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft on fly by. US Navy RA-5C Vigilante aircraft coming to a stop on the deck after recovery. The aircraft taxi forward. The helicopter lands on the deck with the recovered pilot. The rescued pilot of the A-7B walks over the deck after returning to the ship.

Location: South China Sea

Date: 1970, May

Duration: 1 min 35 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None