A U.S. Military Air Transport Service C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) aircraft parks at Washington National Airport, in Washington, DC. President Habib Bourguiba of the Republic of Tunisia descends the steps of the airplane and is greeted by President John F Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy. An Honor Guard in white uniforms stands in formation.
General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Commander of French forces in Indochina, arrives by airplane and is greeted at military air base. He reviews troops arrayed in formation and converses with French Naval officers.
Vought F4U-4B aircraft, of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron VF-114, Carrier Air Group Eleven (CVG-11), take off from the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) during the Korean War. F4U form up and proceed to attack enemy ground targets. Pilots seated in the cockpit. Gun camera footage shows their attack, bombing and strafing bridges, roads, waterways, railroads, trucks, locomotives, etc. One strike produces a huge dense black cloud of smoke. They employ bombs, rockets and strafing gunfire.
F4U with tail code "V" in flight, during the Korean War. View of an Aircraft carrier from the air. Controller tracking an aircraft with sighting equipment on deck of an aircraft carrier. AD-4 Skyraider aircraft on final approach passes overhead of camera. Another AD-4 lands. Flagman directing landing aircraft. An F9F of CVG-5 (Tail code "S") lands. An F4U passes over the camera. Another F4U of CVG-5, lands, followed by a Skyraider. Another AD-4, of VA-55, CVG-5, lands in a partial crab and manages to straighten and stop. Pilot walking away from his aircraft. Deck crewman examines plane's wheel and brakes, as well as damage in wing. An aircraft being lowered on elevator. Aircrews in ready room discussing missions. View of aircraft carrier's wake. Another carrier visible in distance.
A man stands by a backyard fallout shelter. He lifts a slab and goes inside.Two men standing near the shelter demonstrate how a geiger counter would be used to determine when it would be safe to exit the shelter. Interior of the fallout shelter is shown. The door that seals the shelter is shown with its air filter. Officials converse with each other standing next to the fallout shelter.
Closeups of French troops at Hickam Air Force Base, Territory of Hawaii, on their way home to France, after leaving Indochina.They are hosted with refreshments by Red Cross volunteers. The soldiers wear berets, and officers wear caps. They all wear Hawaiian leis of flowers. They board a red cross bus inside a hangar at the base. One aboard the bus speaks through an open window to a woman standing outside.
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