Standing in front of an F4F with its engine running and the plane captain in its cockpit, Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, Commander of Navy Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) discusses a planned flight with Lieutenant Edward "Butch" O'Hare, as they look over a map. (This sequence is repeated again for the camera.) LCDR Thach boards his aircraft, as plane captain steps out of cockpit and stows his map. Thach's plane has 3 Japanese victory flags painted below the cockpit. The Squadron's Felix-the-Cat logo is seen on the fuselage.The plane captain helps Thach get strapped in and settled in the cockpit. Thach gives a thumbs up indicating he is ready. Lt. O'Hare climbs aboard his F4F, which displays 5 Japanese victory flags. (O'Hare is the U.S. Navy's first air ace of World War 2.) His plane captain stows his map and O'Hare straps himself in and runs his cockpit checks. He gives a thumbs up indicating he is ready.
U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy A-4 Skyhawk being put on to the catapult of USS Independence (CVA-62). Rear view of the A-4C type aircraft revving up for launch. A part of E-2A Hawkeye aircraft is seen parked in the foreground. A-4C being launched from catapult. U.S. Navy Admiral John Sidney McCain Jr. (father of John S. McCain III) watches the launches. Lt. Commander on the bridge looks through binoculars. McCain in the foreground. Admiral smokes a long cigar and watches the launches. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William I. Martin (Commander of the Sixth Fleet) and Admiral McCain on the bridge. Admiral puts his long cigar in his mouth on the bridge. Ships officers in the background. Admiral chats with Vice Admiral on the bridge and again places his cigar in his mouth. Martin smiles and talks with cigar in his mouth. U.S. Navy F-4J Phantom II type aircraft on catapult, ready for launch. Plane being launched.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for France to negotiate peace between Germany and Allies. U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain John W. Davis and his wife on a ship deck. John W. Davis looks through binoculars. Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, Mrs. David H. Miller and Arthur Bullitt converse with each other standing on the deck. French Ambassador to the U.S. Jules Jusserand with his wife, G. F. Close and R. C. Sween, confidential secretaries to President Wilson aboard USS George Washington.
John Joseph Pershing is congratulated on his birthday in Washington DC. John Joseph Pershing (Former General of the U.S. Armies) is congratulated on his 70th birthday. He is greeted by A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force) chief. He speaks.
Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover in his office in Washington D.C., United States. Interiors of office of John Edgar Hoover (J Edgar Hoover). Hoover at his desk talks to Mrs. Robinson, a social worker, about local agencies regarding problems on juvenile delinquency. Hoover talks. Mrs. Robinson speaks. Shield of Department of Justice - F.B.I.
United States Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron prepare aircraft before the 27th Paris Air Show as part of its European Tour during the Cold War. A United States Navy Blue Angels plane Captain Lcor. Billy “Bill” V. Wheat wiping down the windshield of his Grumman F-11A fighter. The name “Lcor. Bill Wheat” is written on the right side of the cockpit. Close up crew tightening fasteners on fuselage of the F-11A with a hand drill. Maintenance crew working on internals of the F-11A. Crewmen cleaning the exhaust port of the F-11A. One of the maintenance crewmen pulling an auxiliary power unit past the nose of the Blue Angels’ aircraft. Sideview of the F-11A with crewmen tending the power unit hooked up to the aircraft, man standing by the hose in the background. The Blue Angels insignia is seen on the aircraft. Crewmen are seen wearing shirts with words “Blue Angels” written on the back. One of the crewmen on the ground next to the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) with other crewmen in the cockpit of the F-11A, during start up and test of the fighter, as seen from the rear view. The maintenance crewmen wheeling the APU up to the side of the aircraft, one man makes the hook-up to the hose beside the aircraft, another man is up on the left wing. Blue Angel crewmen in the cockpit giving thumbs-up, second man seen in lower foreground. The name "LT JOHN ALLEN" is painted on side of the cockpit. Lieutenant John Allen, a Blue Angels Slot Pilot, is seated in the cockpit. Maintenance crewmen working around the F-11A; French flag flying from the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft, man gives "two fingers up". Two maintenance crewmen pulling APU up to the side of another Blue Angels' aircraft. The APU hooked up to the fighter, man standing by the APU giving a signal to the man in the cockpit. Horizontal stabilizer being operated. One of the Blue Angels' aircraft in the parking area with maintenance crewmen around the aircraft; oxygen bottles are on a small two-wheeled cart. Maintenance crewmen around F-11A, wiping it down, some working over the top of the fuselage. The Blue Angels' F-11A fighter on the line with maintenance crewmen working over the aircraft.
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