United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Official marks on the telemetry recording paper with lines on it. He turns the dial on front of the telemetry recording instrument. Woman types on a typing machine. Print on paper read 'Air Force Lt Col. Frank K Pete Everest flew Bell X-2 research rocket plane 1900 miles per hour last week, nudging close to three times the speed of sound'. U.S. Air Force B-47 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force F-104 A Aircraft in flight. Three F-1004 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force F-84F aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. U.S. Air Force Bell X-1 parked on ground. Pilot gets into cockpit of Bell X-1A aircraft. Bell X-2 on static thrust as engine is fired during a test.
Japanese aircraft tackle the U.S. Army invasion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Low level attack by Japanese aircraft. Explosions and fire shots in the sea by the aircraft. U.S. aircraft fire. A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat returns to its carrier safely. Another F6F aircraft lands on the flight deck of USS Enterprise and crashes. The pilot is safely removed after the fire extinguishes. Japanese aircraft wrecked by U.S. airplanes.
U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. USS Essex (CV-9) underway. Flight operations on board the USS Essex before the carrier was attacked by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft (later that same day). Men loading ammunition belt in U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat aircraft. Twin 40 inches guns, manned by the crew. A crew member in the foreground looks skyward. Another uses binoculars. 5" gun trained skyward. 'Fox Trot' flag two-blocked. Airplanes warm up on the deck aboard the aircraft carrier. F6F taxis for take off. Damaged U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver parked in the background. An airplane on fire on the deck edge.
A U.S. naval Task Force, carrying troops and equipment in the Pacific, during World War 2. Infantry fill the deck of a transport ship. Closeup of some. A Benham class destroyer nearby. Closeup of the USS Buchanan (DD-484), a Gleaves-class destroyer, in camouflage, as it steams past the camera ship. Closeup of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier. A Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat airplane with engine running on a carrier deck. Another Douglas Dauntless plane taking off from a carrier. American aircraft circling to land on a carrier. Two Independence class light aircraft carriers underway. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft taking off from a carrier, as another is seen aloft in the background. Repeated earlier view of Grumman F4F on a carrier. A U.S. Colorado class battleship raising a large bow wave as it heads toward the camera ship. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser underway. Task force planning taking place aboard warships. Iowa class fast battleship. Alarm sounds aboard a warship and sailors respond to battle stations. Grumman TBF torpedo bomber aircraft take off from a U.S. Aircraft Carrier, and are seen later flying in formation. Gun camera footage from U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese warplanes parked on airfields and strafing Japanese supply ships. (One explodes). Gun camera footage from U.S. planes attacking Japanese ships and boats.
Animated map shows U.S. forces extending control in the Pacific the the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in the Pacific during World War 2. An American soldier sentry near a destroyed Japanese reinforced concrete bunker. Another looks at a destroyed Japanese coastal gun. More American soldiers looking over destroyed Japanese coastal defenses. A destroyed Japanese type 95 HA-GO tank. A U.S. troops look at a destroyed Japanese Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) bombers on a captured airfield. Animated map of New Guinea.showing Allied advance to Hollandia. U.S. aircraft carriers with their aircraft flying overhead. Closeup from behind of a Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft taking off from a carrier. Formations of U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft in flight overhead. Escort aircraft carriers (called "Jeep" carriers by the narrator) are seen with decks full of airplanes. Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taxiing on a carrier deck. An F6F fighter plane taking off. A formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless airplanes viewed from above, flying over the sea. Gun camera films from U.S. aircraft strafing parked airplanes on Japanese airfields.
Refueling from Kitty Hawk class supercarrier USS America in the Mediterranean Sea. Port beam view of USS America (CVA-66). Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) along the port quarter refueling from USS America. The stern of the supercarrier. Stern view of USS America refueling USS Richard E. Byrd. Gearing-class destroyer USS William R. Rush (DD-714) off the starboard beam. The starboard quarter of USS America during the underway refueling. U.S. Navy A- 3B Skywarrior, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk and F-4B Phantom aircraft seen on the flight deck. USS Richard F. Byrd underway off the port quarter. Crewmen aboard USS William R. Rush during the refueling. A refueling hose is secured and men are in life jackets. The port side of the bow of USS Rush. The fuel line over to the forward station. Crewmen on the fantail. Wake of USS Rush in the background. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter on the flight deck. Nose of a RA-5C Vigilante aircraft in the foreground. Tail section of an F-4B Phantom aircraft. Hospital corpsmen around a helicopter with stretchers. Sailors wounded in the Israeli attacks on the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) are offloaded. Two crewmen rush up to the hatch of the helicopter with an empty stretcher. Flight deck personnel look on.