General Curtis E. Lemay arrives for a fact finding visit to the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Officers in a cabin with plaque over doorway 'Command Center' written on it. Books in shelves at the cabin. Name plate over door reads 'Flag Room'. Admiral Leroy V. Swanson escorts General Lemay to the Ready Room and introduces officers to General Lemay. Vice Admiral William F. Bringle watches as Commander Wayne Smith of Air Wing 6, talks to General Lemay, who smokes a cigar. General Lemay autographs some issue from Commander. He listens to Commander Charles B. Hunter, Commanding Officer of VA-85, in ready room. Tag on a wall map reads 'Hanoi is defeated'. General Lemay and officers observe a large board containing display of radar photographs. He shakes hands with other officers in ready room.
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Chief J. Edgar Hoover observes his 40th Anniversary as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in United States. Staff members present him with a bronze bust of himself, at the FBI Headquarters in Washington DC. The 70 year old continues to hold his seat on request of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Sailors drinking beer at a bar. A woman tends the bar. Liquor bottles in the rack behind her. U.S. fighter planes in formation. Large number of U.S. B-18, Bolo bombers parked on an airfield. Pedestrians walk on sidewalks. Two sailors walk on talking to each other. High tide in sea surf rolls over the beach on the coastline of Oahu. A burned Japanese fighter plane on the beach area, surf rolls over the parts of the wreckage. 'Rising Sun' insignia on part of the aircraft and its tail section.
U.S. warplanes burning at airfield from attack by Japanese airplanes. Armed military responding to the attack run past the burning planes. At least one of the burning aircraft is a B-17 bomber. (World War II period).
Sign at a gangplank in Honolulu, Hawaii, reads: 'N Y K Lines', Tatsuta Maru Sails 2:00 p.m. A lone man walks over the gangplank of the ship carrying his luggage. U.S. Navy ships in Pearl Harbor. Palm trees on the shore. A man sits alone on the top of a mountain. Large number of U.S. B-18 Bolo bomber aircraft parked on an airfield.
United States B-17 bomber aircraft at an air base where AZON bomb is attached to it. An antenna for radio transmitter,compact transmitter and control stick are seen.working on controls. AZON bomb without its tail being attached to the bomber and tail is put after it is shut. Thereafter control stick is moved to check whether the rudders are responding and after this aircraft takes off. Bomb detaches from the aircraft in midair. Bomb drops and strikes an isolated area marked as a big triangle in white. Explosion occurs. (World War II period).
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