Briefing officer in orange flight suit, briefs pilots and crew seated in the background aboard USS Randolph. Three officers are in greens, two enlisted personnel in dress blues. Close view of faces of pilots and crewmen. Pilots and crewmen leave room after briefing.
Several different range views of the Soviet Kresta I class Missile Cruiser, Vladivostok (542) steaming to right. Next, a Soviet Juliett class cruise missile submarine (SSG) on surface. Then a Soviet F-class or Foxtrot class submarine is seen on the surface. Another submarine is seen, it is of the Soviet Juliett class or J-class.
Soviet Kresta-Class I Guided Missile Cruiser, Vladivostok (542), underway, showing details of antenna array. Soviet Mayak Class AGI (Intelligence Collector) steaming in Mediterranean
Helicopter SH-3A in flight over the Mediterranean Sea. SH-3A hovers over sea, dipping sonar. SH-2A dips sonar. SH-3A lifts sonar and flies off.
U.S. Navy maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy Grumman S-2D Tracker aircraft, with lower fuselage radome and Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) tail stinger extended, making low-level passes to over submarine at periscope depth. Camera holds on periscope until it disappears under water.
Activities aboard USS Randolph (CV-15). Ordnance man works on torpedo attached to side of SH-3A helicopter. Ordnance man secures depth bomb to helicopter. Tow tractor moves over flight deck next to island. Another tractor comes from left towing an S2F (aka ""Stoof" by sailors). This plane is from squadron VS-27. Side view of the aircraft with name 'USS Randolph' on engine nacelle. Ship's island in the background. Tractor tows another S2F on flight deck. SH-3A helicopters in the background.