United States Air Force General Joseph J Nazzaro visits Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam . General Joseph J Nazzaro converses with Major General Milton B Adams, Major General Larry A Smith, Major General Ernest C Hardin, Major General Roland A Campbell, Brigadier General Harold R Johnson. Joseph J Nazzaro presents Missile Safety Award to Colonel John W Roberts. 'Outstanding Achievement in Missile Safety' written on the award. The General and party being briefed at 366th Field Maintenance Squadron jet shop. (Vietnam War period).
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Paul McConnell visits Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. UH-1B helicopter from the 20th SOS (Special Operation Squadron) lands. General McConell disembarks from the helicopter and heads for the staff car. General and party enter the 12th United States Air Force hospital. He speaks to patients in the 11th Ward. Board reads '483rd Tactical Airlift Wing'. General McConell arrives at the 12th TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) and departs after inspection. The General takes a look at Dehavilland C-7A Caribou aircraft and speaks with Colonel Turk.
Interior of U.S. House of Representatives in the House Chambers of the United States Capitol building in Washington DC. Speaker at the podium. Congressmen seated around listening to the speaker. View of reporters and citizens in the upper galleries listening and entering the gallery. View from the front of the house floor of various Congressmen as they listen to a speech. Side view toward main podium and view of seated Speaker of the House, Alabama democrat William B. Bankhead. Congressmen flip through paperwork as they listen to a speech by one of their colleagues.
A curtis JN-4 "Jenny" airplane lands on a field in the United States, during World War 1. It taxis in after landing, and parks beside a hangar designated 11B. "The Air Service Needs You" is painted on the airplane fuselage . The pilot climbs out of the cockpit and walks towards the camera, taking off his flight gear.
Slate lists planned flight legs of U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft as: Washington DC to Edmonton, Alberta; Fairbanks Alaska to Seattle Washington; and Washington DC to San Diego California. Another slate explains that under command of Lieutenant Colonel H.H. Arnold,ten B-12 bombers demonstrate their capabilities in an 18,000 mile flight. Lt. Col Henry H. Arnold, U.S. Army Air Corps, stands in front of a large map on which planned flights are charted. Sign behind him identifies "Engineering Office," at Patterson Field. Arnold uses pointer to show the routings to another officer who has joined him. The next sequence shows Arnold describing the flight plans to more participants, using more charts. Camera pans across ten assembled Army personnel. Lt. Col. Arnold poses with 15 aviators in front of a YB-12 bomber (displaying air intake on port side of engine). Camera pans over eighteen mechanics and ground crewmen posed in front of the bomber. Symbol of eagle superimposed over map of alaska, is painted on side of forward fuselage. Arnold discussing the mission with Army officers and civilian officials, as they walk past a YB-10 (with air intakes atop the cowlings). Camera pans across Patterson field ramp, where officials, automobiles, YB-10 aircraft, and local civilian workers, including several women, are seen. Crew chief seen refueling a YB-10 with long hose from an underground fuel tank installed at edge of the ramp.
The U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska expedition flight of 1934. YB-10 aircraft of the Alaska Flight are parked at an airport in Fairbanks, Alaska. Hangars are seen in background. One of the aircraft is starting its right engine. Camera pans the grass field where YB-10 are parked (and a dog stands in the center of the field). The Pan American Airways logo is painted on front of a hangar and "Pacific Alaska Airways" below it. A wind sock is atop the hangar. Scene shifts to Lieutenant Colonel Henry "Hap" Arnold, standing with his aviators in front of a YB-10 airplane. He is receiving a large symbolic "Key to the City," from Fairbanks Mayor, Ernest B. Collins. They shake hands, and Mayor Collins takes his hat off to Colonel Arnold and his fliers. Arnold and Collins pose for a closeup. Camera pans across the Alaska Flight airplanes parked on the field
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