Christening of USS Ranger in Newport News, Virginia. The bow of the ship. People gathered for the ceremony. An officer speaks into a microphone. Mrs. Radford swings a champagne bottle and hits the bow. The ship starts to move away from the stand. A large crowd of spectators and some dock workers at the harbor. A parked car. Cars driven away from the harbor. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Mrs. Radford and U.S. Navy Admiral Arleigh Albert Burke on a speaker's stand. Honor guards stand at attention. Admiral Radford reviews the guards. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas and Admiral Radford.
Tail section of aircraft C-124. Small D4 tractor can also be seen hauling a sled of supplies to the C-124. Man walks across in the foreground. Tucker snow cat being hoisted into C-124. Stern view of D4 tractor backing up to snow sled loaded with supplies, pushing it under the fuselage of C-124 for air drop at South Pole. Group of men under C-124 handles cargo on sled. VX-6 aircraft parked along the runway. Two men stand on sled hooking up slings to cargo. Cargo chutes lifted into C-124. D4 tractor in the background.
Port beam view of aircraft R4D that will fly to South Pole with RADM (Rear Admiral) Dufek, Captain Cordiner, Captain Hawks, and the pilot LCDR (Lieutenant Commander) Shinn. RADM Dufek with two other people standing outside doorway of R4D prior to board aircraft for flight to South Pole. RADM Dufek and crew posing for camera outside doorway of aircraft. Crew boarding aircraft. Front view of R4D equipped with skies. Men standing around R4D. R4D taxiing. Front view of aircraft parked on sea-ice runway. R4D taking off for South Pole. Several men along runway looking on.
During U.S.Navy's Operation Deep Freeze, in Antarctica. A man stripped to waist emptying coffee cups outside Ground Controlled-Approach (GCA) unit. Navy R5D-3 aircraft of Military Air Transport Service parked in the background. Man goes back into unit.
During Operation Deep Freeze by United States Air Force in Antarctica. Front view of aircraft C-124 taxiing. Aircraft drops cargo at Beardmore Station. Side view of plane director, backing up, directing C-124. Aircraft taxis. C-124 moves along runway prior to take off.
During Operation Deep Freeze by United States Air Force in Antarctica. Side view of dog team pulling a sled with two men in it, one man stands on stern of sled. Dog team moves along with sled toward high rise in ground.