United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A yard worker sprays deck plates of the carrier. The yard workers work on the deck of the carrier. A gun director being hoisted off the carrier and being placed on flat cap on the pier. Cocoons being removed from the gun mount by a crane. The gun mount being swung outboard by a large crane.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A French officer and navy men on the pier at Philadelphia Navy yard. The officer reviews the navy men lined up on the pier. The officer at a blackboard in a classroom as he briefs the navy men.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. The aircraft carrier Langley alongside the dock as a large crane swings outboard. Men on a scaffold as they sand blast the hull from a barge. Cocoons being removed from around a gun. Yard workers assist in removing the cocoons and lower them to the pier. An armor plate being removed from around the gun. A large cocoon being removed from a gun mount by a crane. The cocoon being lowered to the pier.
U.S. aircraft makes three passes strafing buildings in a valley next to a steep hill in Korea, during Korean War. On each pass, the pilot successfully destroys a different building. On third pass, he must pull up sharply to fly over the hill. The aircraft strafes roads and launches several rockets at clusters of buildings. The entire area is covered in snow.
U.S. aircraft, of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Group,strafing roads and military compounds in Korea, creating explosions in several buildings. Entire area is snow covered. Tracers can be seen during the strafing runs.
U.S. aircraft in flight over snow covered terrain, during Korean War. Aircraft attacks and strafes targets on road. Smoke rises from explosions.