The icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) en route to King Island in Alaska as a part of U.S. Navy annual winter ice reconnaissance mission. USS Burton Island stops at Womans Bay, Kodiak Island. Naval air station at the island. An aircraft pulls up into the hangar. Residential area in Kodiak. Snow covered mountains. The U.S. troop transport submarine, USS Perch (SSP-313) moves slowly on the surface, past the camera. The USS Perch crew lines her afterdeck. Notable on the USS Perch, is a large rounded watertight container for storing amphibious landing equipment. A helicopter being loaded aboard USS Burton Island. Crew fastens the helicopter securely in anticipation of rough seas through which she is later seen making way. Views of crew members removing rime ice from the deck, superstructure, and turret of a 5 inch gun. Small slabs of sea ice termed, "lilly pads," floating in the water. Rime Ice covering the railings of the USS Burton Island.
Views of facilities aboard the icebreaker, UsS Burton Island (AGB-1) devoted to health and welfare of her crew. extra roomy bunks for the crew; Sailors making use of the ample sink and shower facilities. A sailor shaving. Crew members lining up to eat in the ship's dining facility. The ship's dentist taking a bite wing X-ray of a sailor's teeth; a sailor having blood pressure checked; and a pharmicist preparing a prescription, in the ship's well equipped medical facility. Corpsman placing instruments into an autoclave for sterilization. Physician using portable X-ray machine to examine sailor's injury. Sailors at work in the ship's laundry, equipped with automatic washer and semiautomatic pressing machine. Sailors making personal purchases in the ship's store.
View from the icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) as she approaches the two-square-mile King Island, at the Western most tip of Alaska. A village of simple dwellings is seen on the sharply sloped rocky side of the island. Local inhabitants gather at the shore to greet the arriving icebreaker. The crew lowers a gangway and villagers accept the invitation to come aboard the ship. The local Priest, Village Leader, and two school teachers are among several local people seen on the ship's deck during their visit. Eskimo women and children wait on shore with their children until being assured by their leaders and men that it is safe for them to visit. Several of the ship's company are invited to visit the village and are seen climbing up the steep way upward. View of house perched against steep mountainside, with skin boat laid up for winter, underneath. Clothing on washline. A larger building with a short wave radio. View from high up in village toward the icebreaker. Sailors climbing down the steep stairs from the village at the end of their visit. Some of them slip and slide down the hillside. Crew try hand at catching king crab through a hole in the ice. A large catch of king crab. View from the icebreaker as she departs Southward away from King Island.
A film titled 'African American pilots' about the Tuskegee Airmen African American pilot training in U.S. Army Air Forces in July, 1941. Five African American pilots stand near an aircraft at Tuskegee, Alabama. Cadets and instructors walks past U.S. Army Air Forces BT-13aircraft. BT-13 aircraft take off and fly in formation. A BT-13 aircraft lands. African American pilot talks to an officer.
U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets are seen relaxing at an airman's club on Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. One, a Cadet Colonel, is seated, reading a book. Another converses with an airman. Another cadet, accompanied by a woman airman, enters and introduces her to the others. Closeup of the cadet reading on the couch. The two cadets and two airmen are chatting amicably. The cadet, who arrived with the woman airman, leaves with her. Two more women airmen arrive and then leave with the other cadet and airman, as couples. Another woman airman arrives and joins the remaining cadet. They converse .
Aftermath of the Washington Riots in Washington DC, following death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.. An American flag flies from a pole. A sign reads 'McDonald's'. Broken window glass at the McDonald's.
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