Captain Wang and Captain Battle board Chinese Nationalist F-104B during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. Helmet on windscreen of aircraft and clouds in the background. Chinese Nationalist F-104B ground crewmen climbs down aircraft ladders and removes them from aircraft. C-47 plane parked in the right background. Chinese Nationalist F-104B taxies left on runway. Left wing and nose of C-47 plane. Tail and main fuselage of Chinese Nationalist F-104B aircraft, flying by to left.
Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. U.S. Navy F4U-4 Corsairs lined up ready for a signal to take off. AD type aircraft and F4U-4s get the signal for take off. The airplanes take off. An LSO (Landing Signal Officer) brings in a F2H-2 Banshee. The Banshee taxis. An AD-4 Skyraider approaches the stern of the ship for landing aboard USS FDR. F2H Banshee airplanes in flight, awaiting turn to land aboard the aircraft carrier. They fly in formation over Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Columbus CL-74. Captain George W. Anderson CO (Commanding Officer) of USS FDR views operations from the bridge. Commander T.F. Caldwell enters with a message which they discuss.
U.S. Navy planes land on USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway as part of the task force to launch the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan during World War 2. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter plane lands on Enterprise. A Destroyer Escort in the background. U.S. Navy SBD dive bomber plane lands on deck of Enterprise. F4F lands and noses over on deck. SBD receives a wave-off. SBDs and F4Fs lands aboard Enterprise.
U.S. President Lyndon B Johnson on the Cover of Newsweek magazine, December 9, 1963. Members of the Washington Press Corps covering news and events from the White House under the new President, Lyndon Johnson. Members of the Press pick up news releases and attend a news briefing in the White House. Views of many members of the press and media in conversation and during setup activities for a press briefing in the White House. Views of motion picture camera crews preparing cameras for the event.
A welcoming crowd gathered outside in a light rain, awaiting arrival of President and Mrs. Nixon to witness the launch of the Apollo-12 moon mission. Hazy view of the Saturn V, SA-507, on launch pad LC 39 A. A helicopter lands carrying advance party of White House staff and others, who quickly exit and walk along a roped corridor through the waiting crowd. Secret Service agents in tan rain coats patrol the pathway. Moments later, Marine One, the helicopter carrying the Presidential party, lands. The crowd stands close to the helicopter as Pat Nixon steps from it, followed by President Nixon and their daughter, Patricia. The President and First Lady immediately begin mingling with people lined up against the ropes, under watchful eyes of Secret Service agents.
F-8E Crusader of the U.S. Marine Corps Squadron, VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils) at Da Nang Airbase, Vietnam, being armed with rockets. A ground crewman wearing noise suppressor headset, gives hand and arm signals. The wing of the F-8E is raised to maximum lift position. Ground crewman enters under the tilted wing of F-8 and checks it. Pilots leave ready room in trailer and proceed to their aircraft. An F-8C Crusader takes off. A C-117 USMC transport plane takes off. (Vietnam War period).
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