LST (Landing Ship, Tank) convoy heading for Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Tracer bullets fired at Japanese plane in sky. Japanese plane is hit and shot down. U.S. battleship underway. (World War II period).
Bombardment on beach of Kerama Retto, Okinawa in Pacific Theater. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyer ships and battle ships underway. Rockets fired from ships. Rocket barrage fired. Black smoke rises up. Mountains and island in the background. (World War II period).
Film opens showing a Paris street scene. Cars and buses pass on the streets. A man peruses publications on a newsstand. Camera moves to the newsstand. Traffic flows past. Pedestrians walk past. Customers patronize the newsstand.Camera moves across the street to reveal flowers on a Chestnut tree looming above the newsstand. Scene shifts to the flower market on the Cite Island in Paris. The Palais de Justice; La Conciergerie; Tour de l'Horloge are in the background. Vendors bring wares to the flower stands. Views of patrons walking amongst the various flower stalls.
USS Chowanoc (ATF-100) at Point Loma in San Diego, California. USS Chowanoc tows USS Philippine Sea (CVS-11). Three Large Harbor Tugs in view. USS Midway in the far background. Bow of the USS Philippine Sea. Tow cable lead to the bow chock. Four Large Harbor Tugs follow behind the USS Philippine Sea. Channel of San Diego in the background. Large Harbor Tugs at port side of the USS Philippine Sea. USS Chowanoc in the background. North Island in the background. Automobiles at the port.
Repair of a Swift Boat tied to a barge in Vietnam. The barge is secured up alongside the USS Tutuila (ARG-4). Port bow of the Swift Boat in view. A man works on one of the engines of the boat. The hatch of the Swift Boat is opened. Men work on engines. Two men work on a starboard engine. A man uses a speed wrench. He removes the bolts from the side of the engine being worked on. He boards the boat. Two men go down in the pit and work on an engine. A Swift Boat underway. Mountains in the background. Crew on the deck of the boat. A United States flag aboard the boat. The boat makes a starboard turn. An island in the background. The stern of the Swift Boat PCF-6.
Aerial views from Coast Guard aircraft, of U.S. Navy warships on maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean. Three U.S. Navy warships move in single line formation in the ocean. Another view, from the stern, of four warships in single line formation. Sea is calm. Three aircraft carrier-type ships seen. The first appears to be USS Langley (CV-1). The second, and largest, is a CV-2, Lexington Class Carrier. It has a large island and tower and its flight deck is filled with aircraft.
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