U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 4, 1964, announcing that he is ordering U.S. military forces to respond to an incident involving hostile action by North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin. View of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Constellation (CV-64) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin, off Vietnam. Next, pilots are seen walking on flight deck of the carrier,USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14). Behind them are A-3B Skywarriors of VAH-4 "Fourrunners," Det. B (tail code "ZB"). One displays BuNo 142255. Clear view, from another aircraft overhead, of a U.S. carrier-based Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft diving and firing a rocket at a target in North Vietnam and pulling out over hills afterwards. View of another rocket headed toward a target in hills, followed by fairly close views of an A-4 making another attack. U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert MacNamara, broadcasting that "We seek no wider war."
U.s. Coast Guard crew members run from their hangar to their HH-52 Search and Rescue helicopter, parked on a pier. They don personal equipment and board the helicopter which then takes off. View from the cockpit as the chopper heads toward orange smoke from a flare in the waters close to shore. It lands, close to a man, in the water. View from inside the HH-52 as the rescue crew performs a platform pickup. A crew member deploys a steel grate platform and assists the man onto the platform, from the water.The crew member then folds the platform into the helicopter, which takes off and flies away.
Wiley Post on arrival at Floyd Bennett field in New York, after flying around the world in 8 days. People take dinner at dining table to celebrate the setting of a new record in aviation. Crowd stands around the aircraft after arrival. Motorcade of Wiley Post in New York City. People welcome him with ticker tape parade in New York. Mayor of New York city, John Patrick O'Brien presents him with Medal of Valor. Next segment covers pilot Colonel Roscoe Turner who sets a new record of 10 hours and 5 minutes flying coast to coast from New York to Los Angeles. His Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft is seen landing and Roscoe Turner smiles broadly for the camera. He won the Bendix Trophy. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and defense team at Pentagon in Virginia. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and group posing in Secretary of Defense, Wilson's office. Among those present: U.S. Army General Matthew B. Ridgway, USAF General Nathan F Twining, U.S. Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney, U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur W. Radford, U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson, U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley, USAF General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, U.S. Army General Joseph Lawton Collins, U.S. Marine Corps General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Admiral William Fletcher and others. President Eisenhower stand by Secretary of Defense Wilson and General Omar Bradley. Admiral Radford stands on the President's right. Line of Defense officials and officers identified by name. President Eisenhower seated with David Kyes, Harold Talbott, and Defense Secretary Wilson. Standing directly behind are: General Nathan F Twining, Admiral Radford, and General Omar Bradley.
Twenty millionth car manufactured by Ford in Tennessee. The band and a crowd around a monument in Lebanon, Tennessee. Police escort the twenty millionth Ford, a black Town Sedan, during a parade. An elderly man in uniform and others in front of the twenty millionth Ford. A group pose in front of the twenty millionth Ford at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Men in front of the car, one of them signs the logbook at Franklin, Tennessee. Spectators watch the motorcade and band pass by at Columbia, Tennessee. A sign over an old car at the roadside reads 'Welcome 20,000,000 Ford my number is 602765, I was born in 1913'. The band play in front of the Ford car. The drum major twirls the baton.
Sea going specializations in the U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy ships and submarine underway and tour various countries. Sea going specialists include radar man, mechanic and quarter master. U.S. Navy personnel receive training and education.
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