Swearing-in of United States Air Force Brigadier Daniel (Chappie) James, Jr. as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, at the Pentagon, Washington, DC. U.S. Defense Secretary Melvin R Laird administering an oath of office to Daniel James, Jr., during the latter's swearing-in ceremony as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Brigadier General James's wife and son standing by his side as he takes the oath of the office. Secretary Laird congratulates General James. A photographer takes pictures. Secretary Laird and the General James posing. General James speaking on the occasion. His wife and son standing beside him. The audience applaud at the end of the speech. U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater and Democratic U.S. Representative L Mendel Rivers shaking hands with the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. A few officials go up the platform and congratulate General James. All the officials get up from their seats and go up the platform to congratulate the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Defense Secretary Laird speaking to the officials and the officials shaking hands with General James and his family.
Nutritious packaged food is formulated and packaged for U.S. Army soldiers during World War 2, in the United States. Workers at soybean processing plants. View of Dr. Percy Lavon Julian, a chemist and soy expert, working in a laboratory (Dr. Julian was one of the first African American to receive a doctorate in chemistry). Two workers carry soy flour in sacks and put the flour into processors. Wheat flour and eggs are added. Dough is kneaded in the processor. Soybean biscuits coming out of the processor in strips. Women workers at a chewing gum factory, modified for making K ration packets, stand on the assembly line and pack the K-rations. An army officer beside the workers. The workers, at an assembly line, put a tin of meat, soy biscuits, a concentrated chocolate or a fruit bar, lemon powder, cigarettes and chewing gum in individual containers. The containers are made water and air tight, and a scientist tests some of the kits for quality of packaging. U.S. Army soldiers move in a column on an airfield and get into an aircraft. Views of U.S. Army soldiers in different settings, preparing and eating food: A group of soldiers under a tarp in the jungle preparing food. Two soldiers seated inside a snow igloo eating food. A group of soldiers seated on a tank in the desert, eating food. Group of soldiers having food seated at tables in a dining hall or mess area.
A film titled 'Trends in Ordnance' about the importance of ordnance and military equipment. U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft in flight. A bomb bay door opens and bombs drop out. The bombs detonate and smoke rises. Trucks and tanks advance. Artillery being fired. A technician in a laboratory. A man works on a drafting table. Ammunition being tested on test grounds. Interiors of an ordnance factory. Trucks lined up at a factory. A rail road train loaded with military supplies. Aircraft in flight and paratroopers aboard the airborne airplanes. The paratroopers jump and descend. Troops get off a Higgins boat at a beach. A DUKW (amphibious truck), trucks and movers in action.
A film about testing of rocket models at White Sands in New Mexico, United States. Technicians in a room. A car pulls up outside a building with a sign on it that reads 'Supersonic wind tunnel laboratory'. Men at a drafting table as they design rocket models. A technician in a machine shop works on a model of a missile. A model of a rocket being tested in a wind tunnel for flight factors like drag. Technicians observe during a test flight in a compression room. Men work on control panels. Rocket models being tested in the wind tunnel under simulated flight conditions. Huge gauges on a wall as technicians take readings. An image of a rocket model under test on a viewer screen. The pattern of air density being observed. Photographic record of the image being taken. A rocket lifts off and in flight.
U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune aircraft at an airfield in Vietnam during Operation Market Time of the Vietnam War. Two men stand on a work stand as they work on the engine of an SP-2H aircraft. Another man climbs up on a work stand at Da Nang airfield. Two men on a work stand as they work on the cockpit area of a SP-2H aircraft. An armed crewman signals in the foreground. Port engines of the SP-2H aircraft turn over. A man pulls a fire bottle in the foreground. A captain walks towards the under part of the aircraft and climbs aboard. SP-2H aircraft of the VP-4 (Patrol Squadron) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base. A barbed wire fence in the foreground. Vietnamese workers work on a runway using shovels. An SP-2H aircraft turns and taxis on the runway.
Japanese submarines are sunk under Operation Road's End in the Pacific Ocean after World War II. Japanese submarine I-14 underway on the surface of water. The bow of U.S. submarine USS Bugara in the foreground. The Japanese submarine explodes after being hit by a torpedo from USS Bugara. Smoke and water rise up in the air.
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