Amphibious forces of the United States capture Rendova Island, Solomon Islands during World War II. An animated map links up Guadalcanal with Rendova and Vanguna depicting the voyage of U.S. amphibious forces. U.S. troops disembark from ships onto landing crafts off the coast of Rendova. Armed troopers loaded on landing craft head for Rendova beach. The troops unload after securing Rendova beachhead. Tanks followed by heavy artillery unload from a ship. Japanese dive bombers and medium bombers in flight over Rendova. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over the beachhead. U.S. fighters in flight to intercept the enemy bombers. U.S. antiaircraft batteries fire at the Japanese aircraft. Flak bursts in the sky. Japanese aircraft being attacked. A Japanese bomber crashes in water. Aftermath of battle shows abandoned equipment, dead and wounded U.S. soldiers on the beachhead. Burning beachhead of Rendova. U.S. ships unload equipment on the captured island of Rendova.
A Boeing 367 Dash 80 lands on an airstrip. Shows parts of a test airplane being transported to the Boeing Flight Center in Seattle, Washington. Interior view of the test center. A tank constructed for the hydrostatic testing of Boeing fuselage. A production line for Boeing KC-135. Fuselage section of KC-135. Boeing KC-135 parts are manufactured by companies across different parts of America such as War Aircraft Manufacturer in Riverside, California, Northrop Aviation in California, Twin Coach Company in Buffalo, New York and Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego, California. A large Boeing part being transported on the Great Northern Railways. Boeing parts being brought in assembly at the Renton Plant in Seattle. Scenes of Boeing parts being manufactured inside the plant.
A view of broken forms, door frames, stones at an abandoned mining town or ghost town in California. The photographer Edward Weston sets the view camera in a suitable position on a tripod stand. A woman student accompanying him uses a focusing cloth over her head. The photographer reduces length opening of the camera. The student looks for an object. Edward Weston seen talking, laughing and eating with friends on the shore of the Pacific ocean on the California coast. He looks for objects for his photographs. View of road, rocks, cliffs, and ocean on the coast of California.
The ship S.S. Fort Jackson, part of the U.S. emergency fleet in 1929, is destroyed by salvage buyers at Richmond Beach in Washington. Flames and smoke rising as the S.S. Fort Jackson falls to pieces.
A low flying machine of radical design makes its first successful flight at the airport in Burbank, California. View of tail-less, swept-wing aircraft designed by Waldo Waterman, called the "Waterman Whatsit." Pilot of the early pusher aircraft with the plane. Pilot boards the plane. Plane taxis and takes off. Plane flies low over airport.
U.S. troops aboard USS Bayfield (APA-33) during Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Troops on the deck of USS Bayfield wait for transportation to the beachhead. Crew member swab the deck of the ship. Two armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. (Vietnam War period).
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