U.S. Destroyer Escort USS Brennan, DE-13,underway. U.S. navy crew aboard the ship. View at shipbuilding area of Bethlehem Steel in Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel is laid and shipbuilders busy on day 60 of construction of DE-677, the USS Frament. Scenes of construction. Welding steel plate. DE-677 is christened USS Frament and launched on June 28, 1943. Destroyer Escorts at pier, being fitted out. New ship's crew assembled on pier and boards for shakedown cruise. Supplies and munitions loaded on board the ship, including ammunition, depth charges, and torpedoes ("tin fish").
Crew aboard U.S. Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677), load and practice firing at a floating target. Crew fires deck guns, launches torpedoes and depth charges, and fires "hedge hog" bomb clusters. Shells hit water surface and explode. Aerial view of large explosions in water. (World War II period).
C-5 Aircraft taxis to come to the runway. Narrator describes features of the C-5. Pilot and Copilot seated inside cockpit. 'Beware of Blast' written on side of the C-5 Aircraft. Airman explains about the flexibility and 28 wheels of the aircraft with the help of a model. Adapting to crosswind landing. Forward, aft, and level "kneeling" of the aircraft is shown. View of control panels inside the aircraft.
Pilot explains safe taxiiing of the C-5, with the help of a model. He emphasizes the need to care due to the sheer size of the overall aircraft, from nose to very high tail section and wing tip to wing tip, where outboard engines can be operating only 9 feet above areas outside of runway where foreign object damage could occur.
Air Force pilot explains ground handling operations of C-5 Aircraft with the help of a model. He turns the model aircraft to come on the runway. An actual C-5 Aircraft taxis on runway with a vehicle in front. Airman gives hand signals as aircraft turns.Pilot cautions of need to turn off radars on C-5 when on ground due to danger of radiation igniting certain fuels, or electrically sensitive explosive devices.
Pilot narrator explains ground handling operations of C-5 Aircraft. Ground crewman gives hand signals as aircraft turns. Crew member disembarks from the aircraft and hooks up communications wire. Airmen wearing ear protection place safety pins in landing gear and chock the wheels. Board reads 'Warning Stand clear APU Exhaust'. Narrator warns of noise hazard from sounds of engines,and auxiliary power units running at same time. Ground crewman attaches static ground wire from aircraft to fixture on tarmac.
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