Events of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 2-5 August 1964, re-enacted at later date. A U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-4E Skyhawk being recovered aboard the ship. The aircraft makes an arrested landing and is being recovered. A U.S. Navy F-8E Crusader aircraft being recovered. A U.S. Navy RF-8A Crusader aircraft touches down for a landing. The F-8E aircraft touches down for an arrested landing.
USS aircraft carrier ship Constellation (CVA-64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy UH-2B helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the ship. U.S. Boeing F-4B aircraft takes off from the angled deck of USS Constellation. Aircraft parked on the flight deck. U.S. Navy E-1B Tracer aircraft being catapulted from the angled deck. An F-4B aircraft takes off from angled deck of the ship. F-4Bs parked on the deck. (Vietnam War period.)
Newly reconstructed Franklin Field, in Philadelphia, filled with 57 thousand spectators. The 150 member University of Illinois marching band plays and parades over the field. A cheering section in the grandstand spells out "N", as part of their message and another section spells out an A" with their cards. Prior to kickoff, Harold Edward "Red" Grange, Captain of the University of Illinois football team, stands holding a football. He is flanked by Illinois Head Coach Robert Carl Zuppke and Pennsylvania coach, John Louis. Grange hands the football to another player. The field is muddy from earlier snow and rain. Grange is seen running the ball on the very muddy field in the contest against University of Pennsylvania. Players are mud-covered and sliding during play. (Underdog Illinois won 24-2.) Scene shifts to different game with cheer leaders in grandstand spelling "Knute Rockne." Camera focuses on the famous Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne, attending the game, as a spectator in the stands. Cheerleaders seen at sidelines. In another scene, Grange is shown in a game, running for a touchdown at corner of goal line. Enthusiastic spectators are seen in stands and at sidelines at a football game.
Views of an unfinished underground German factory found after World War 2, near Muehldorf (Muhldorf) am Inn, east of Munich. It was intended to manufacture Me 262 jet aircraft engines and parts. A person walks out of the underground factory site. A truck moves on a road. Large equipment working. Construction materials and equipment at work. Small houses built.
Sunken boats and ship in a harbor in North Africa, during World War 2. One sunken boat displays what appears to be a red Moroccan flag. Sunken Ship and building ruins. Several boats scattered on shore. A U.S. B-17 bomber flies over the area, in the distance. An allied soldier stands at the shore and throws stones into the water. A sunken ship in water near him.
Allied Sailors at the Port of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, during World War 2. Aerial view of the city of Tunis with buildings and roads. Allied supply ships at the Port of Tunis, Tunisia. Sailors on small boats move amongst the supply ships. A destroyer out in the bay signalling with a light. The port is busy with logistic activity.
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