U.S. Supreme Court Justices of the 1953 session. Group showing Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Stanley F. Reed, William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark, Robert H. Jackson, Harold H. Burton and Sherman Minton, posing for the camera. Views of them as they talk.
Director of Peace Corps Robert Sargent Shriver in Washington DC. Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. is interviewed. He is questioned about pictures and sovereigns as he prepares to leave his office. Pictures and sovereigns in the office. Sargent Shriver removes a Mexican sombrero and a whip from a wall and tells the interviewer how he obtained it. He shows a wooden stick which was used and presented by the chief of a tribe of West Africa. An ebony cane received from northern Nigeria. He shows the Magsaysay Foundation Award for the work done by United States Peace Corps in Asia. He shows the White House pen which was used by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy to sign the Peace Corps Act on September 27, 1961 with the President's autograph. Sargent shows a framed letter by the parents of the first Peace Corps volunteer to die abroad. He reads out the letter.
Roles of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 and British Task Force 57 during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. An LCI (Landing Craft-Infantry) passes in front of the heavy cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) as it fires its heavy guns. Explosions on Okinawa. Glimpse of Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in marine camouflage paint. Naval gun barrels firing and shells exploding on Okinawa. The USS LSM(R)-190, a Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) is seen firing barrages of rockets at Okinawa. Closeup of the rocket pods firing. At time 00:18-00:20 the U.S. heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis,CA-36 is seen firing her main battery. Numerous views of shells bursting on the ground. More views of rocket firing landing ships, with more closeups of the rocket pods firing. Change of scene to the south, where the battleship HMS King George V, flagship of Task Force 57, and battleship HMS Howe, are seen bombarding Japanese air installations on Formosa. British Navy Marlett fighter planes (equivalent to U.S. F4Fs) in formation flight. Anti-aircraft gunfire from British aircraft carriers and other warships. Closeup of British multiple Pom Pom gun batteries firing.
Midway class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) CVA-42 in the Atlantic Ocean. A catapult officer on the flight deck gives a windup as a jet is catapulted. A U.S. Navy HUP-2 Retriever helicopter in flight in the far background. A U.S. Navy F3H Demon aircraft is positioned and catapulted. An airplane director signals another aircraft. The catapult officer gives a go signal as a jet swishes past at a high speed.
Midway class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA-42) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Belgian Minister of Defense Arthur Gilson on the bridge of USS FDR speaks into a microphone. U.S. Navy AD-6 Skyraider aircraft parked next to island structure. U.S. Navy A3D Skywarriors and jet escorts in a fly-by. A3D Skywarriors, F3H Demons and other jets as escorts in a fly-by.
Different types of American and Vietnamese aircraft at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 aircraft, Air Vietnam DC-6s, DC-3s, and C-46s Commando parked. A U.S. Air Force Martin B-57D Canberra taxis. Two B-57Ds and United States Air Force Douglas F-4C Phantom II wait for takeoff. USAF C-123K Provider and C-130B Hercules taxi past the intersection of a road and a runway. Pan American 707 (cargo version) aircraft taxi and are parked near Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 and Air Vietnam DC-6 aircraft. USAF AC-47 Spooky, C-47 Skytain and DC-3 transport aircraft wait for takeoff.
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