A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) dead in water, close to floating half of USS Frank E. Evans. Two small boats in still waters. A helicopter in flight low over water, searching for survivors. A small boat moves through water searching for survivors. The helicopter banks to left.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) dead in water, close to floating half of USS Frank E. Evans. Australian personnel talk on the deck of HMAS Melbourne. Two Australian officer move down the deck towards U.S. Navy SH-3D Seaking helicopter in the background. Crewmen on the deck of the ship. A U.S. Navy officer talks with an Australian officer on the deck. The Australian officer escorts the USN officer towards the SH-3D helicopter. The officers exchange salutes. The USN officer boards the helicopter. The helicopter lifts up. Australian officers on the deck. Floating half of USS Frank E. Evans.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. A group of personnel in the hangar bay of a U.S. carrier. U.S. Navy SH-3D Seaking helicopters seen nearby. Survivors from USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) being interviewed at large tables. The survivors come up the gangway of the carrier. A boat underway loaded with survivors. An Australian launch approaches the carrier. The survivors come aboard the carrier. The ship's officers and personnel in the foreground.
Well diggers in Tze-Kung, China. Men shape large well drill bit using sledge hammers. Workers using their feet to raise and lower the drill, while one man rotates it by hand. Brine surges forth when they succeed in drilling.Harnessed cattle provide power to raise brine to top of tower in conveyers, from where it is distributed to reservoirs by gravity. Bamboo pipes used in place of metal pipes to transport brine. The workers covering the bamboo pipes with clay-like mud. The pipes laid along long distances.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skyhawk rolls to a stop. The wire is released and wings are folded. Aircraft taxis off to the left. A-4E catapulted from starboard. Others wait in the foreground. United States Navy aircraft A-4E Skyhawk taxis up to deck. United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skywarrior parked in the background. A United States Navy aircraft F-8D Crusader being catted from catapult. A-4E Skyhawk on a catapult. A-4E Skyhawk catted from catapult. Blast fence being lowered in the foreground. F-8D Crusader catted. A-4E Skyhawk on fly by past the ship during air demonstration. Napalm bomb hits the water in far background making a fireball. Several crew members on flight deck watch. Smoke rises from water as Napalm bombs explode.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Crewmen in a fire room. Man secures the boiler. Man looks at gauges in fire room. A man enters and talks to another man in a fire room. Man looks at main control in the engine room. Log on a desk in the main control room. A man checks the log.