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Cat officers, catapult console operators and crewmen during test of Auto Landing Systems on A-7A warplanes, on USS America.

Auto landing systems tests aboard the United States Ship America (CVA-66). A-7A plane gets ready for a flight. Its pilot closes the canopy. Flight deck personnel on the deck. Cat crew looks over the hook protruding out from the 4 nose wheel, as the A-7A moves onto the catapult. Crewman raises his forefinger. Catapult console control man and other personnel on deck. Cat officer gives a launch signal and plane takes off. Blast fence comes up as soon as plane takes off. Catapult console operator raises both hands in air, he presses a button to launch the aircraft.

Date: 1966, December
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036960
Landing Signal Officer assistants give signals and work during tests of Auto Landing Systems on A-7A planes, on USS America.

Auto landing systems tests on A-7A planes aboard the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Landing Signal Officer (LSO) and his assistant on platform and the controls. A UH-2A helicopter in air above the carrier deck. Two men work on around nosewheel of A-7A. Two parked A-7A planes. Personnel from the island watch the activities.

Date: 1966, December
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036961
General Lemay discusses with commanding officers and observes radar photos during his fact finding visit to USS America.

General Curtis E. Lemay arrives for a fact finding visit to the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Officers in a cabin with plaque over doorway 'Command Center' written on it. Books in shelves at the cabin. Name plate over door reads 'Flag Room'. Admiral Leroy V. Swanson escorts General Lemay to the Ready Room and introduces officers to General Lemay. Vice Admiral William F. Bringle watches as Commander Wayne Smith of Air Wing 6, talks to General Lemay, who smokes a cigar. General Lemay autographs some issue from Commander. He listens to Commander Charles B. Hunter, Commanding Officer of VA-85, in ready room. Tag on a wall map reads 'Hanoi is defeated'. General Lemay and officers observe a large board containing display of radar photographs. He shakes hands with other officers in ready room.

Date: 1968, October 18
Duration: 5 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036964
U.S. soldiers, National Guardsman of the Third Army, and aircraft, training at Camp Shelby,Wiggins , Mississippi.

Forty thousand United States soldiers and National Guardsman of the third Army in military combined arms training maneuvers at Camp Shelby,and Desoto National Forest, Wiggins, Mississippi. U.S. Army Air Corps BT-9 Yale aircraft flying over tents and seen flying overhead. U.S. Army written on the wings of the planes. Troops moving in trucks and running across a field. Teams of horses pulling field artillery. Horses cooling off in canal water after the exercise. U.S. Army M2 Light tanks in maneuvers. Gun crews firing machine guns and field artillery pieces.

Date: 1938, August 8
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037136
Aviator Douglas Corrigan honored after his aircraft flight from New York to Ireland at a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts

A large crowd gathers to honor aviator Douglas Corrigan after his historic flight from Floyd Bennett Air Field in Brooklyn, New York to Ireland, in Boston Massachusetts. A decorated public procession of cars drives towards a public ceremony venue. Large crowd cheers for him and raises banners. An old woman plays piano. Several streamers and banners hang from buildings. Corrigan addresses the crowd at the public ceremony.wards a public ceremony venue. Immense crowd cheers for him and raises banners. An old woman plays piano. Several streamers and banners hang from buildings. Corrigan addresses the crowd at the public ceremony.

Date: 1938, August 8
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037140
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols over the jungles and stands in formation, Lai Khe, South Vietnam.

173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. A helicopter patrols over the jungles. Barrel of the machine gun of the helicopter can be seen. Smoke rises from two places in the jungle. Wild track audio commentary indicates helicopter is doing a troop lift. Helicopter then flies over the sea. Formation of other Assault Helicopters at high altitude, still in air. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, August 26
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037272