United States Navy training film shows characteristics and identification of Douglas F4D Skyray aircraft in the United States. Douglas F4D Skyray aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. Smoke rises on the ground. Douglas F4D Skyray in flight.
United States conducts nuclear test at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada, during Operation Plumbbob. Desert floor, mountains in the background. Area obscured by the brightness as shot Owens blast goes off in the background. Circular ring of smoke covers the ground area. The fireball and smoke churns upward. The top part of the mushroom cloud rise slowly and moves outward. Cloud dissipates from the blast, it mingles in with natural clouds.
United States nuclear testing footage. View of the fireball from the 19th full-scale atomic detonation of Operation Plumbbob, code named "Fizeau." The 11 kiloton shot, fired atop a 500 foot tower, as observed from "News Nob" at a distance of about seven miles.
Chinese woman walks past factory workers' apartments in Shenyang, China. Chinese man carries a sack on his shoulders as he walks past apartments. A woman holds a baby, with two other daughters in front of their apartment building. A Chinese woman holding her baby while walking outside apartment. A smiling Chinese girl wearing a red neckerchief holds a fly swatter as part of her contribution to the "Kill Pests" campaign under the Great Leap Forward. A busy street in heart of Shenyang. Model employees’ photographs are on display on a bulletin board at a state-run department store. Customers walking outside the state-run department store. A crowd watching a film shoot on the street. A child actress plays with a ball during shooting. A woman script supervisor writing notes. Chinese film crew at work as two male actors stand in a doorway with crew running 35mm motion picture camera. Crowd stands behind camera and light reflector while watching production.
Japanese Zeke fighter aircraft (Misubishi A6M Zero) strafes USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and bullets splash in water. Destroyer underway and flak bursts in air. USS Sangamon underway and Japanese plane burns in waters of the Leyte Gulf in background. Other vessels in Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") seen in the footage. Shortly before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. (World War II period).
Plane handlers lounge on flight deck of USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and eat ice cream. U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Trathen (DD-530) approaches and transfers wounded Japanese fighter pilot to USS Sangamon (CVE-26) via breeches buoy. (The guns of the USS Trathen had shot his plane down). Japanese pilot received on USS Sangamon and transferred to stretcher.