Cold war era film opens with animated slideshow view of latest Soviet Jet Interceptor and Fighter Aircraft. (Narrator mistakenly identifies the Flagon as a Su-11 but it is a Su-15.) MiG including MiG-23 planes developed by aircraft designers Mikoyan and Gurevich (MiG). Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) Admiral Thomas Connolly discusses the development of United States fighter aircrafts. US aircraft F-8 Crusader landing on an Aircraft Carrier deck. U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter taking off from a Carrier deck. Aerial closeup view of formation of F-4 planes in flight. New F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft described by Connolly.
F9F Panther and F7U-1 Cutlass (early prototype) aircraft take off from the deck of USS Midway. F7U-1 Cutlass aircraft lands on the flight deck.
Aircraft of Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9), embarked aboard the USS ESSEX (CV-9), operating with Task Force 58, are seen returning from a strike over Tokyo, Japan, in February, 1945, during World War 2. They display the white double-diamond tail design of aircraft assigned to the USS Essex. F4U Corsair makes an arrested landing. Unusual point of view shot from rear seat, left side, of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft as it approaches aircraft carrier, turns, and comes in for landing on the carrier deck. F4U Corsair taxiing to deck edge elevator and lowered to hangar below. F6F Hellcat touchdown for an arrested landing. Pilots seen in the cockpit.
Flight deck activities aboard a United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. 20 mm guns aboard an aircraft carrier being fired from the gun gallery. An air carrier on horizon as it fires. A covered motor launch comes alongside. U.S. Navy F6F, F4U and TBF warm up as they taxi along the flight deck. Aircraft take off. An aircraft lands on the flight deck.
View of a Ford Model-T motorcar parked. Henry Ford and John Burroughs with his long white beard get into the car and a man cranks the car. Henry Ford drives the car away.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Aftermath of a major fire on board the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). A marine helicopter standing on the flight deck area of USS Enterprise. Admiral John Hyland and other U.S. Navy officers get down from the helicopter. Officers walk towards the destroyed portions of the ship. They stand beside a gaping hole in the deck, caused by explosion of a bomb during the fire. Sailors working at the gaping hole on the bulkhead of the deck. One is holding a long rope that extends down into the hole. Admiral Hyland stands with other officers and discusses. Red shirts still holding a fire hose. Debris of many burnt and mangled aircraft scattered over the deck and men among the wreckage. A torn leather shoe among the wreckage.
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