A V-2 rocket assembled during 'Operation Sandy' in New Mexico. Separated nose and body of the rocket. The nose is lifted by a crane. Workers fasten the holds. A V-2 rocket is slide into a box car. Workers help during transfer. Miller wagon on top of a flat car. Workers secure equipment on the flat car.
Body of V-2 rocket lifted and transferred to Miller wagon during 'Operation Sandy' in New Mexico. 'Naval Unit, White Sands, Proving Grounds' written on a sign board. The Miller wagon on top of flat car. 'No Smoking' sign appears on a part of rocket. Men near trucks. Railroad train cars loaded with V-2 equipment.
Excerpt from United States Information Service film about the music school and festival at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute in Massachusetts. Maestro Serge Koussevitzky conducts the Boston Symphony orchestra and a chorus in an outdoor performance during the summer of 1951. Views of the conductor, orchestra, chorus, and audience including many listening while reclining on the grass on the grounds of the institute.
View of the U.S. Carrier USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) underway, during the Korean War, with a deck full of aircraft. Change of scene shows Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Commander 7th Fleet, holding conference aboard a ship (possibly his flag ship, the Cruiser USS Rochester). His three star flag is displayed on bulkhead behind the three participants. Another change of scene to below decks of the aircraft carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45) where sailors prepare a 5th Carrier Group F9F for flight. They raise it up on an elevator to the flight deck. It is an aircraft of Squadron VF52 and displays CVG-5 tail code "S." A tow moves the aircraft into position on the flight deck. Crewman moves a bomb across the deck on a dolly. Sailors lift bombs up to flight deck. Remaining footage shows aircraft being armed with rockets, among other armaments.
Operations of U.S. Navy Carrier Group 5 (CVG-5) aboard the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45) during the Korean War. View of interior of control room. F4U Corsair aircraft of Squadrons VF-53 and VF-54 being armed while parked on flight deck with wings folded. Several start engines and begin to taxi. Rockets are mounted under their wings and bombs under their fuselages. One is given signal and commences takeoff roll. Two AD-4 Skyraiders, of Squadron VA-55, also take off from the carrier. All the aircraft seen display the CVG-5 tail code "S."
U.S. Navy F9F Panther jet aircraft of Fighter Squadrons VF-51 and VF-52, parked with wings folded, on flight deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45), during Korean War. Some of the aircraft are being towed. All display the "S" tail codes of Carrier Group 5 (CVG-5). Pilots seated inside cockpits of the aircraft. One of the aircraft taxis and takes off from the flight deck. Two aircraft are catapulted from the ship.
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