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King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah of Iraq, visit the Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany in San Diego, California

King Faisal II of Iraq, and Prince Abdul-Ilah, visiting the USS Oriskany (CV-34) in the United States. The King and Vice Admiral Harold M. Martin, Commander Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, look at U.S. Navy carrier-based F9F Panther, jet fighter aircraft, on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. (Prince Abdul-Ilah is briefly seen, as well.) The King talks to a pilot, Lt. John L. Stiles. F9F aircraft of VF-103, and sailors in the background. Lt. Stiles climbs into cockpit of an F9F. The King looks at Lt. Stiles in the cockpit. Lt. Stiles puts on flight helmet and looks out of the cockpit, talking to King Faisal II. Iraqi National Flag displayed on the ship's island. Sailors and pilots, including Lt. Stiles, on the deck. Prince Abdul-Ilah conversing with Admiral Martin in background. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah on the bridge of the Oriskany. The King looks through a telescope while, below, on the flight deck, a F9F Panther of Fighter Squadron VF-781 taxis past. Several U.S. Marines in dress uniform stand on deck as a helicopter lands. A sailor with a motion picture camera joins them. King Faisal II walks, with Admiral Martin and another Admiral, across the deck. He carries a small motion picture camera and wears a white covering on his head. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah, on the bridge. Officers crowd around, obscuring the King, as they observe a demonstration. Explosion and bullet splashes are seen in water behind the ship.

Date: 1952, August 29
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068899
King Faisal II and his royal party boards a barge and the King walks up a ladder to the deck of USS Oriskany in the U.S.

King Faisal II of Iraq in San Diego, United States. A Greyhound Bus over a bridge. The King's royal party walks down a gangplank. They board a barge. The barge underway. The Iraqi and the American flags on the barge. It ferries the King to a ship. USS Oriskany underway. The barge approaches the ship. King walks up a ladder to the deck of the ship. Sailors on the deck.

Date: 1952, August 29
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068901