CH-46A helicopter in flight low over airstrip. CH-46A lands. Several marines with M-16 rifles enter the CH-46A. CH-46A takes off. UH-34D helicopter in flight low over airstrip. Cloud formations in the background. UH-34D in flight, turns, descends and lands. Marines begin to board helicopter. Supplies in the foreground. Close view of pilot of UH-34D. UH-34D turns and takes off. Parked CH-46A in the background. (Vietnam War period).
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newfoundland for the Atlantic Conference during World War II. Sailors wait aboard USS Augusta (CA-31). Officers greet each other. An officer walks up stairs. Franklin D. Roosevelt stands with an officer. The officer greet Franklin D. Roosevelt. Winston Churchill arrives and is greeted by the President. The ship is anchored at a dock. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill seated on the deck. Sailors on the dock.
United States Navy training film shows ground operations of Douglas F4D-1 Skyray, in the United States. Douglas F4D-1 Skyray aircraft being parked. Pilot seated in the cockpit. Ground crew member gives hand signal. He shuts down the cockpit canopy before taxing. Douglas F4D-1 Skyray aircraft rolls on hard surface. Pilot does a pre-take off check before he goes on the runway. Oil pressure, fuel pressure being checked. Pilot checks the take off checklist. Trims of the aircraft are raised. Douglas F4D-1 Skyray aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway.
Crew of United States Air Force B-52D Stratofortress aircraft on the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand. Buckets of water on pick up truck. Sign on back of pickup truck reads 'Vietnam 100 Missions B-52D'. B-52D aircraft taxis on the airfield. Crew leaves B-52D aircraft. Airmen put buckets on water on airfield. Airmen toss buckets of water on pilot and crew chief. Crew members greet each other. (Vietnam War period).
New U.S. Ambassador to Italy James D. Zellerbach receives word for his appointment in San Francisco, California. James D. Zellerbach seated with a dignitary in a hall. An official comes and gives him the appointment letter. James reads the letter. A close up of James D. Zellerbach. James holding a picture of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The first Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer aircraft (BuNo 139208) at Edwards AFB for its maiden flight on April 21, 1956, with test Douglas Aircraft test pilot Robert O. Rahn at the controls. Test pilot Rahn climbs aboard the aircraft, which is painted in U.S. Navy colors. After several views of pilot, Bob Rahn, in the cockpit, the scene shifts to the airplane on takeoff roll. It takes off smoothly accompanied by a T-33 chase plane. The F5D climbs out steeply and is next seen in level flight cruise configuration. The sequence concludes with the F5D on final approach and landing, with T-33 flying in parallel. The aircraft touches down smoothly and rolls out in a nose high attitude, seeming to almost drag its tail, but not quite. Photographers record the landing from the side of the runway. Reportedly the test flight was smooth overall and the aircraft easily exceeded the speed of sound on this, its first flight. (Note: The U.S. Navy cancelled the F5D Skylancer order, after only several aircraft were built. Two were eventually acquired by NASA.)
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