A film on the importance of photographic reconnaissance in the United States. A U.S. Navy North American F9F aircraft parked at an air base. Two K-17 cameras are loaded in the airplane. A pilot in cockpit. Aerial view of the F9F Panther airplane in flight. The pilot looks at a target area on a map. The aircraft flying over the target area. Aerial view of the target area. The pilot takes photographs of the target area. Officers seated at a desk in an office. They look at pictures. The pilot stands nearby. An officer points out mistakes in the photography. The pilot in the cockpit of the F9F Panther and view of the F9F cockpit controls as the airplane is flying over the target area which is a dam complex. Aerial view of the target area. He takes photographs. An officer looks at the pictures. View of three North American F9F Panther aircraft flying in formation overhead.
U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat land aboard USS Shangri-La during Operation Crossroads in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat getting wave-off. F6F makes an arrested landing aboard aircraft carrier, several landings. F6F on flight deck. Maintenance crew work on recovery of the aircraft. F6Fs take off.
Tailhook of F9F-2 Panther naval jet fighter of U.S. Navy squadron VF-111 fails to engage on 1st landing attempt (Korean War period). An aircraft takes off. The F9F-2 jet fighter attempts to land from the flight deck of the of CV-37 USS Princeton off the coast of Korea. The F9F-2 fails to land properly, hitting 3 barriers on flight deck. Pilot in the cockpit. Crewmen rush to the aid of the pilot. F9F-2 Panther naval jet fighter (Number 109) makes an emergency landing.
Activities aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. sailors,relaxing on deck, drink near island of carrier. U.S. navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft on deck of carrier. FDO (Flight Deck Officer) gives signal and F6F takes off. F6F makes arrested landing. Plane director signaling. F6Fs parked up forward on the flight deck. Pilots walk down the flight deck. TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and F6Fs parked in the background. Two flyers climb out of TBF and jump onto the wing of the plane. Numerous miniature bombs painted below the cockpit.
Crash of a Grumman F4F-3 aircraft from U.S. Navy Squadron VF-42, on the carrier, USS Wasp, early in 1941. In a slow motion sequence, a U.S. Navy F4F-3, with F-42-17 painted on its side (BuNo 2537) is seen rounded out too high for landing, above all arresting cables, and drifting into the carrier's island, where it impacts, losing its right wing, and flipping over to crash inverted on the flight deck. Sailors stand in the background. After the aircraft settles, a sailor runs across the deck to render aid. (Note: Navy Squadrons VF-42 and VF-71, assigned to the USS Wasp, received their F4F-3 Wildcats in January and February of 1941 under Bureau of Aeronautics contract C-68219, order number 48-020. These aircraft were painted overall aluminum with VF-42 having willow green tails and VF-71 having black tails. Later in 1941 the aircraft were repainted overall light gray.)
Carrier operations aboard the USS Monterey (CVL-26) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter plane on flight deck of USS Monterey. Personnel stand around F6F. F6Fs land on flight deck of USS Monterey. Large group of enlisted men stand near F6F with folded wings. Pilot being photographed with the captain.
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