Commodore George Dewey onboard his flagship United States cruiser USS Olympia (C-6) during a trip back to the United States. Dewey is with other U.S. Navy officers on deck. Commodore Dewey also puts on his hat. Dewey walks back and forth deck before a group of men board the ship. The group of men take off their hats and greet Dewey. Commodore Dewey and some crew sail on a boat and land in Gibraltar. Officials in Gibraltar welcome Commodore Dewey. Dewey shakes hands with the officials. More Gibraltar officials board the ship to meet Dewey on deck. Commodore Dewey receives the Washington and New York committees of the Committee of Arrangements onboard the Olympia. Commodore Dewey takes his leave of the Washington Committee onboard.
SAC unit arrives for a briefing session at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet SAC(Strategic Air Command ) unit members arrive in a room for a briefing session. An officer with long mustaches holds papers in his hands. A paper kept on a desk. Members seated on chairs. Men stand at the base. A medical van arrives and they get in the van. Vehicles move in the background. Buildings in the background. A sign reads 'Brize Norton, R.A.F. Station 3920th Air Base Group, Welcomes You'. SAC members take notes. Colonel Kunkle uses a pointer to point out an aerial route for the unit. He passes the stick to next officer Major Hess. He attaches maps onto another map, and describes the mission to the bomb wing. The crew members take notes.
United States Coast Guard Cutter Cayuga (USCGC Cayuga) in calm waters. Coast guard cadets seated on the deck practicing knot tying. All hands, plus apparent visitors, haul a line on deck. Coast guardsmen fire salutes from gun on the deck of the Cayuga, as it enters a harbor in the United Kingdom. The United States Coast Guard officers of the Cayuga, in special full-dress uniform, together with the crew, are inspected by a British Royal Navy Admiral in full dress uniform.
A control tower unit at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft after it takes off. The control tower unit. Tower operators in the control room. They are seated on chairs. Airmen operate the controls. A man speaks over a radio. Men speak into ground to air radio microphones. A close up of a man talking over the radio.
United States 8th Air Force Officers parade on a field on 'Victory in Europe Day' (VE Day) in United Kingdom after the end of World War II. A military band plays before the formation of men. Reviewing officers in foreground. The reviewing party salutes as the marching troops pass by. An officer carries a flag.
Bomber towing a glider over an air base in the United Kingdom during World War II. Aerial view of a glider assembly field. Glider crates in assembly field. A soldier stands on the balcony of a “shanty” house made from glider crates. Sign reads “Shanty Town”. Soldiers open a glider crate. Men remove the glider carefully from the crate. Two men take a metal bed frame to the crate. A man stands by the door of a shanty house. “Vine and Hollywood” is written beside the door. Soldiers relaxing inside Shanty houses. Soldier sitting on bunk bed polishes his shoes while another writes letters. A soldier with headset listens to his homemade crystal set radio and reads a magazine. Specially constructed blinds of glider crate tiny house open. Troops lined outside a glider crate barber shop. A sign detailing the rates for a haircut. A barber shop made from scrap. A barber cuts the hair of a soldier inside makeshift barber shop.
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