Secretary of Defense Joint Civil Orientation Conference in United States. Guests aboard the flight deck of the United States light aircraft carrier USS Wright (CVL-49) while underway at sea off the coast of United States. Personnel being transferred from carrier Wright to a destroyer. Members of the orientation on the bridge as they look at the flight deck operations. Men on flight deck of the carrier Wright. Men pose for a picture in front of the stack of Wright. Members look at the flight deck operations from the bridge. Aircraft lined up and take off from the deck.
Secretary of Defense Joint Civil Orientation Conference at sea. United States NavyF4U aircraft being catapulted off flight deck of the United States aircraft carrier USS Wright (CVL-49) during a Joint Civil Orientation Conference. An aircraft being lowered on an elevator. Members of Joint Orientation Conference on the catwalk as they watch the flight deck operations. Members along with officers on the catwalk.
Air Sea rescue operations in United States. United States Air Force P-47 air sea rescue plane in flight. A parachute falls. Interiors of the control room as men speak on wireless and plot on a map. United States P-47 rescue plane. Pilot in the cockpit of the plane. A rescue motor torpedo boat underway. A pilot on a one man raft at sea. P-47s of rescue team in flight. Aircraft dives down on life raft. Airman on the raft waves to the pilot. Control room of air sea rescue. Motor Torpedo boat being rescued. P-47 aircraft directs a motor torpedo boat to downed airman.
Air sea rescue operations in the United States. A United States B-24 bomber with a feathered engine. The pilot of the B-24 aircraft talks to operations of Air Sea Rescue. Men speak over a wireless in the control room. The pilot of a P-47 aircraft while it is in flight. The B-24 and the P-47 aircraft in flight. Feathered propeller of an aircraft. The B-24 aircraft lands. A motor torpedo boat underway. A United States B-17 bomber drops a life boat. A boat descends by a parachute. A B-24 bomber with a feathered propeller.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A yard worker sprays deck plates of the carrier. The yard workers work on the deck of the carrier. A gun director being hoisted off the carrier and being placed on flat cap on the pier. Cocoons being removed from the gun mount by a crane. The gun mount being swung outboard by a large crane.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A French officer and navy men on the pier at Philadelphia Navy yard. The officer reviews the navy men lined up on the pier. The officer at a blackboard in a classroom as he briefs the navy men.
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