U.S. Army Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. One LVTP-5 underway near the side of a ship. Three LCTP-5s and one LCM-10 (Landing Craft, Mechanized) underway. An APD (high speed transport ship) at anchor. A man in a boat over the telephone. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky UH-34D helicopter on the deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock). UH-34D takes off from USS Cabildo (LSD-16). (Vietnam War period).
Operation Piranha at White Beach in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. United States Marine personnel moving down combination ladder of the USS Bayfield (APA-33) with their packs and rifles. Marines board a waiting LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside. LCVP in water. (Vietnam War period).
View of Morris Dam in Pine Canyon, California. Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover arrives at the dam. Heads of Pasadena water department greet him. President Hoover unveils the Morris Dam inscription tablet.
U.S. Navy Consolidated P2Y-1 flying boat in flight to Honolulu from Patrol Squadron Ten at San Francisco. The propeller of the United States Navy Consolidated P2Y-1 flying boat starts and it taxis down the ramp into water. The P2Y-1 with hull and stub lower wing takes off for flight from San Fransisco to Honolulu. Four P2Y-1 fly in formation. An old battleship underway at sea in the background. The P2Y-1 lands. A group of officers. The P2Y-1 taxis in water. A man signals. The P2Y-1 takes off on water. Four P2Y-1 fly in formation. California coast in the background. The P2Y-1 in flight over Hawaii. The P2Y-1 arrives in Hawaii and lands at Pearl Harbor. P2Y-1 taxis down the ramp into the water. The aircraft handlers take some gears off the aircraft.
A U.S. Air force F-100 Super sabre jet aircraft rounds out high in nose-high attitude, during attempted emergency landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The pilot applies power to go around without success as the F-100 enters a state known as a "Sabre Dance". The aircraft's right wing strikes the runway and it crashes on the runway in a ball of fire. (Note: This F-100 was being ferried from Palmdale, California, when it encountered problems, and the pilot elected to make an emegency landing at Edwards AFB)
The Sacramento Valley covered with flood waters. Evansville in Indiana and Henderson in Kentucky are invaded by high water as ice melts in the river. Chunks of ice in rivers. People stand on the beaches at higher area.
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