U.S. Navy F9F Panther jet aircraft of Fighter Squadrons VF-51 and VF-52, parked with wings folded, on flight deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45), during Korean War. Some of the aircraft are being towed. All display the "S" tail codes of Carrier Group 5 (CVG-5). Pilots seated inside cockpits of the aircraft. One of the aircraft taxis and takes off from the flight deck. Two aircraft are catapulted from the ship.
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.
French soldiers engaged in Indochina war. Soldiers on army vehicles advance on a road near a town. Trucks parked on side of the road. French tractors clear paths through overgrown areas and pass through muddy fields.
United States Marines in Korea during Chosin Reservoir battle. They fire machine guns from atop a snow covered hill. Two marines hold a machine gun. Chinese prisoner being processed by a U.S. Marine, while another stands guard. Group of Chinese prisoners walking under Marine guard. Bodies of deceased being pulled through snow by rope during retreat. Snow on tanks and vehicles. A Marine with bandaged head (Chaplain?) holds a prayer book and prays over war dead. A chapel tent with cross on top is seen behind him.
Sailors stripped to the waist, working in a triple 8 inch 55 caliber gun turret of the American Cruiser USS Chicago (CA-29) in the Southwest Pacific, during World War 2. They bring up and load 8-inch shell followed by gunpowder charges, for one of the three guns in the turret. After firing, they repeat the process. Closeup as they open the gun breech, insert a metal chute to guide the shell and follow it with two propellant charges. Interesting view looking upward from below the gun as the sailors repeat the process. They step back briefly, as the gun fires. Next, sailors are seen below deck, partially rolling shells into a lift and sending up to the gunners.
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