Animation about the activities of United States sailors on board a ship. Private Snafu introduces seaman Tarfu as he displays the uniform of an American sailor. Tarfu removes the jumper and the shirt with much difficulty. He rides on a scooter around the deck. Seaman Tarfu cleans the deck of the ship. A bird enters the interiors of the ship and moves out. A ceremony of piping an Admiral aboard the ship. Sailors lined up on the deck as an Admiral is put on the deck by a crane. Bearded sailors as they flout the rule to have well trimmed beard. Tarfu gets a tattoo made on his chest. Weather room of the ship as a sailor predicts a storm. Tarfu looks through binoculars and views a girl back home. A Japanese man on a sinking ship speaks about the fighting abilities of American sailors. (World War II period).
'Colored smoke grenades: their use in combat' shows the types, uses and importance of colored smoke grenades during combat in WW2. Colored smoke grenades burst. An orange smoke grenade burns. Grenades piled up in a crate. A soldier picks up a grenade from the crate and removes the outer can. He throws it on the ground and orange smoke rises from it. An aerial views of an area along a coast. Units advance in a field. An aircraft in flight. Different units burst different colored smoke grenades to pass on the information about their position to their Commander. The aircraft drops a colored grenade to get some information from the unit on advance. The unit sets off a purple grenade as an answer. (World War II period).
United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. General Catton and other officers enter a building. General and the party enter the Headquarters of 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group. General Catton and others at a building with a sign that reads ' Headquarters of 1st Weather Group'. The General inspects outdoor photographic equipment being displayed at the headquarters. He looks at a negative. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. General Catton and other officers move out of a building and get into a car and drive away. General Catton arrives at MAC (Military Airlift Command) post. A United States HH-43B being refueled. Catton's car pulls up at the base. Crew of HH-43 B lines up as General Catton speaks to them. He enters the helicopter and it lifts off. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. General Catton and other officers enter the 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group building. The [party comes out of another building. Photographic equipment on display in the foreground and officers walk past them in the background. General Catton examines outdoor photographic equipment. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. A sign reads 'United States Air Force Weather station'. A man at the weather station with a weather balloon. He looks up at the sky and then releases the balloon. A military police jeep with an officer at the steering. Men at the weather station. A man takes down notes on a paper. An anemometer and a wind direction indicator on a pole. (Vietnam War period).
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