A promotional propaganda documentary justifying Japanese involvement in World War II. An aircraft overhead. An Allied officer walks out of a building with Soong May-ling, wife of Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-Shek. Newsmen in an office sending dispatches overseas. Transmission towers for message transmissions. Allied officials in a conference. Western soldiers in bunkers.
Routine aircraft maintenance activities of Carrier Wing 14, on flight deck of the USS Constellation (CVA-64) while on Yankee Station in south China Sea during Vietnam War. View Looking up starboard side of A-4E in parking area showing starboard intake. Port side of and A-4E from squadron VA-55 (Warhorses). A-4E framed by wing of second A- 4E in right foreground. Plane captain working on aircraft in left foreground. Plane captain on starboard side of cockpit areas and man on port side looking into cockpit area. Ordnancemen fitting pylon in place under wing of A-4E. Plane captain seated in cockpit of A-4E with canopy open. Man's hand pointing toward bullet hole in side of A- 4E wing tank.
Twenty thousand people including high military and political leaders of the Chinese National Government gather to pay respect to countrymen who have died in the war torn China. Chinese troops parade. Chinese political leaders review the parade.
The crew men work on flight deck with fire hoses all over the deck area of USS Oriskany (CVA-34) aircraft carrier in South China Sea, off South Vietnam. Several men holding fire hoses and spread water all over the deck above a fire burning below. smoke is seen seeping through the deck. A helicopter flies over the deck area. Men running through smoke to rescue crewmen. Four men carry an injured on a stretcher. Smoke spreads all over the ship.
Aircraft carrier, USS Oriskany, conducting flight operations from Yankee Station, in South China Sea off Vietnam. Several A4-E aircraft return and land on the carrier deck, engaging the restraining cable, without incident. (A fire broke out on the ship from accidental igniting of flares, in a locker below the flight deck, on this day. It is not clear whether these aircraft landed before, during, or after that event.)
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) suffering from accidental fire as result of flares igniting aboard ship, while operating in South China Sea off Vietnam. Many sailors on flight deck holding hose lines. A few firefighters and their gear on deck. Smoke issuing from fire below flight deck. Fire extinguishing foam being pumped into the area of fire. Sailors, ankle deep in foam hold the hose lines. Below deck in the burning area, firefighters enter and leave while tethered to lines held by sailors.