A United States Marine aircraft in flight. The aircraft fires a sidewinder missile at a target in the air. The hit target in flames descends towards the ground. A Hawk missile in a ground launcher is seen as it is launched ground to air and strikes an aerial target. Marines fire a single rocket launcher. A Marine aims a Redeye launcher. Camera view as seen through launcher tube.
United States Marines undergo Combat Readiness Training in the United States. A Marine operates a "Space Age" hovercraft vehicle that the narrator says is a "Air suspension platform" that travels on compressed air. 'United States Marine Corps' written on the hover craft vehicle seen as it flies in testing. A Marine seated in a one-man helicopter. The Marine in the solo, open helicopter performs maneuvers and training close to the ground. A U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky S-56 vertical assault helicopter in flight. A Marine Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in flight. View from inside the H-34 helicopter as a Marine on a ship gives hand signals as the H-34 helicopter approaches for landing on the ship deck.
Actor Jack Webb speaks from an office decorated with American and U.S. Marine Corps flags and other Marine symbols. With his hand on a world globe, he speaks of America's treaties and agreements with other nations in the world and the importance of the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps in supporting world peace efforts. Scene shifts to Marines on parade heading straight toward and to either side of the camera. More views from various places, of the marching marines. Next, various radar antennas are seen rotating, some on land and some on ships at sea. Two sailors are seen plotting positions of detected things with white grease pencils on a large plexiglass display. A sailor in a communications center hands a report to a Marine standing nearby. The next scene shows the Marine delivering the message to an officer in a command and control center, staffed with Navy and Marine Corps personnel. A Navy Commander stands in front of a large wall map covering the Indian Ocean and bordering land masses. He uses a pointer while briefing an audience of very high ranking officers about places in Southeast Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Seated in the front row are Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Beside him is Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. They both confer and decide that U.S. Marines should be deployed in this situation. Admiral Anderson questions the briefing officer.
United States Marines seen in Combat Readiness Training in the United States. A fleet of United States navy ships underway at sea. Ships with heavy equipment and Marines advance towards a target area. Refueling of a ship while at sea. The Marines on deck of ship readying for a combat drop. They put on combat gear. Scene on land of a Marine observing from a camouflaged position as a Sikorsky H-34 helicopter lands. Group of Marines run and get into the helicopter. Smaller boat at sea moving at high speed and then slowing and using a loop to grab a Navy frogman diver after an operation. Low aerial view of a number of folded wing aircraft on a ship deck. A submarine fires a Polaris missile from underwater. The Polaris missile rising into the sky. A radar on the ship in operation.
U.S. Navy and Marine life fire exercises at sea. Opening scene shows Destroyer USS Decatur (DD-936) accompanying Aircraft Carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43)at high speed. Navy and Marine pilots scramble to A4 Skyhawk aircraft readied on deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Ranger (CV-61). Green shirt operator seen at controls below ship's catapult, as an A4 is launched. F4 Skyray aircraft being launched simultaneously from different catapults. Destroyers firing 8-inch guns. Closeup on deck, of an 8-inch gun being fired. Battery of antiaircraft guns installed beside flight deck on an aircraft carrier. missiles being lauched from deck of a ship and from aircraft in flight. Marine aircraft dropping napalm. Flames and black smoke from the bombing.
As film begins, U.S. Marine paratroopers are seen jumping from an R4D (Douglas DC-3) transport aircraft. View of the airplane with Marines parachuting from its cargo door. (The aircraft has "QF"and number 17225 stenciled on its tail, and United states Marines on its fuselage.) A marine descending on opened parachute is seen from below. Narrator describes them as "Pathfinders," to establish landing zones. As they hit the ground, the parachuting marines quickly set up homing devices, electronic signals and markers to guide incoming helicopters. The amphibious assault carrier, USS Princeton (LPH-5) is seen underway at sea, with her deck full of marine helicopters. She is accompanied by a transport ship. Closeups of the carrier and helicopters, from low flying helicopter overhead (unseen). Scene shifts to pilots being briefed aboard the ship. Marines in battle dress on the carrier flight deck. They double-time and board their assigned Sikorsky H-34 helicopters. View from inside a helicopter as marines board it. View from helicopter flying above those on flight deck shows those below with their engines running. Deck crew directs launching of the choppers. The H-34s are followed by Sikorsky H-56 helicopters carrying heavy equipment. Several views of them flying near the ship. Formation of helicopters in flight en route to landing areas. Helicopters heading to the beach and landing in formation. Closeup of them landing and marines moving quickly to exit and take up their positions ashore. An artillery piece suspended from a helicopter, being lowered to the ground. A number of views of marines and equipment deploying from helicopters. Scene shifts to landing craft in formation approaching the beach. Explosion occurs on shore.
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