A Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) with American flag hoisted onto it underway at the sea in Aleutian Island, Alaska during World War II. Canadian troops on the flight deck of LCI climb down the side of the transport. LCI speeds towards the shore. Canadian troops wearing American equipment debark from beached LCI and move through surf and onto the beach.
A demonstration about clearing underwater obstacles and mines in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 211 Boat Bumper '. A Landing Craft Mechanized with a 5 inch thick steel pipe bumper attached to its front at a beach. The boat bumper being used to clear Japanese rails and scaffolding at sea. The LCM with the bumper heads towards a Japanese type log scaffolding. The steel bumper aids a tank to be unloaded from the LCM at the beach. A seal on a paper reads ' 100 % completed '.
A film titled ' Invasion in the making' about an amphibious training of United States troops. United States troops loaded in barges as they approach a coast. The soldiers get off the barges. U.S. troops being trained in amphibious warfare at the Amphibious Training Command at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida . An officer briefs the soldiers. The soldiers seated at the beach. They climb down landing nets during the training. The soldiers in mock landing crafts as the practice to land and to fan out on the beach. A soldier with a machine gun. Trainees use a human ladder to cross over barbed wire fences. The trainees climb over a rifle ladder to cross the barbed wire fences. (World War II period).
A tribute to Andrew H. Higgins and his workers in developing and producing invasion boats in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Navy's need for landing crafts. Landing crafts at sea. Soldiers climb a cargo net. Landing crafts head towards a beach. Soldiers disembark from the landing crafts and move towards a sandy beach. Exterior of a building in New Orleans. Andrew Higgins works in his office. He talks over a phone. He makes a rough sketch of a sample boat. Andrew Higgins and his workers discuss and look at designs of an invasion boat. A Higgins tug boat at a canal. Higgins supervises construction of a boat. Ship builders work night and day. Navy officers get off from vehicles and meet Higgins. They inspect an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). An army tank being driven aboard the LCVP. Higgins and officers board the LCVP. The ramp of the LCVP is closed. It gets underway at sea. It stops at a shore. Higgins and the officers disembark from the LCVP. They climb up a flight of steps and talk. Higgins receives rush orders from the navy. Ship builders at work. Workers build a boat. They assemble the parts of the boat and paint it. LCVPs are transported. Exterior of a boat building plant. Constructed LCVPs and ships. (World War II period).
College students on their vacations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Students from all over the country enjoy their Spring Break college vacation. Students dancing and walking on streets and beach areas. Students enjoy on a beach. Cars parked on the street. Two kegs of beer being moved by a hand cart. Group of college students sitting at an outdoor cafe table drinking cans of Budweiser beer and Busch beer.
Scientists in mission control room talk on headsets and jot down notes. Scientist with headset looking up. Closeup of face of Astronaut Glenn in helmet before launch. The “Friendship 7” in launchpad. “United States” written on the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft. Service structure moves away from the “Friendship 7” to prepare for launch. Flight engineers in mission control room gives signal for launch in one minute. United States Marines helicopter (Sikorsky UH 34D) and US Army Force helicopter. View of Australian Air Force aircraft. Men dispersing at airfield with a United States Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster parked behind them. A crowd of civilians standing at the beach waiting for John Glenn’s launch into space. A crowd on the beach, as they wait for the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6’s “Friendship 7”. Cameramen recording with television cameras in crowded field. A news reporter reports on Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path outside launch at Cape Canaveral. Cameraman records the “Friendship 7” launch with his camera.
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