A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines march ahead on the island. Henderson Field after being captured by the Marines. The American flag being raised at the field. The Marines salute. Shell crates on the field. A gun emplacement on the field. Rollers and other mechanized equipment are used to level surface and make a runway at the airfield. An aircraft taxis at the field. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft parked at the field.
United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower aboard USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater. Dwight David Eisenhower at the ship's rails. Eisenhower with United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney at the rails. Both the men chat with Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner on the deck. Dwight David Eisenhower talks with Robert Carney.
From the Pre-war RAF to the RAF in World War II. Pre-War (1930's) British pilots and aircraft. A line of parked Hawker bi-planes (1930's). Formation display at pre-war Hendon Air Pageant. The Schneider Trophy won by Supermarine. This racing plane design helped Mitchell design the Supermarine Spitfire. A Supermarine S-2B sea plane takes off and seen in flight. Workers work for the production of aircraft. An assembly line of aircraft. Men work on the bodies of aircraft. A Royal Air Force Vickers Wellington medium bomber taxis and takes off. Lines of parked AW Whitleys. A front line medium bomber. A Bristol Blenheim light bomber aircraft takes off. A Beaufighter night-fighter in flight. Short Stirling aircraft stationed. A Halifax heavy bomber takes off and in flight.
Airlift of U.S. 82nd Airborne troops by Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and Tactical (TAC) aircraft from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, United States to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Lockheed C-130B Hercules and C-130E Hercules of the United States Air Force parked on an apron. A Lockheed C-130 Hercules taxis in the foreground. 82nd Airborne troops sit and relax on the air base.
USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. A camouflaged Army of the Republic of Vietnam (VNAF) aircraft A-1H Skyraider on approach and lands. Shows camouflaged C-130A on approach and landing to left. Shows camouflaged USA CV-2B aircraft on approach and landing to left. Shows USN Lockheed P2V-5FS (SP-2E) Neptune on approach and lands. Shows camouflaged RF-101Voodoo taxiing out. (Vietnam War period).
Annual matches of the National Rifle Association of America at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States. Men at the firing line and fire pistol at targets during the rapid fire pistol match. Sergeant Young of the Portland police fires pistol at a target. Men fire pistol at targets at a 25 yard range. Men mark at the targets. The cardboard targets being raised. Men at firing line as they aim at targets. Sergeant B. H. Harris of Fort Clark in Texas, winner of the pistol shooting championship aims at a target. He stands at the shooting range.
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