Mayor F. H. La Guardia gives a speech in the Mayor's Office in City Hall. He says that any peace talk by Hitler is a sheer nonsense and there should be a complete assurance of permanent peace in all the countries including U.S. Various views of newspaper reporters as they listen and note down the speech. The cover of a Program Booklet reads 'US Civilian Defense - F. H. LaGuardia.'
Flight deck operations aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) in Korean War Theater. United States jet fighter aircraft lands on flight deck of aircraft carrier. The aircraft crashes the barrier. Activities of crew members as the plane lands. F4U Corsair fighter aircraft taxis on flight deck. Pilots seated in the cockpit of the planes. Plane taxis onto wall of flight deck. F4U Corsair aircraft with wings folded.
Swift Boat 'Point Grey' underway in Vietnam. A hilly shoreline in the background. A small island in the far background. A PCF-3 Swift Boat is docked at a pier at An-Thoi area. Captain Shepherd (U.S. Navy) on wooden dock area being instructed in firing of M-70 grenade launcher. The captain fires a grenade and lowers his gun. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires an M-79 launcher. Two Vietnamese look on. A harbor area in view. A small island in the far background. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires a grenade. Captain Shepherd fires the M-79 grenade launcher. The grenade strikes the water. The Swift Boat at the pier.
United States Ship Hancock CV-19 during Project Steam in Pacific Ocean. Few crew members rig U.S. Vought F7U-3 Cutlass on catapult. U.S. F7U-3 Cutlass ready on catapult and then takes off. Crew readying another aircraft on catapult.
United States Ship Hancock CV-19 during Project Steam in Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy F7U Cutlass being rolled onto elevator. Crewmen pull the aircraft onto the elevator. F7U in position on the deck-edge elevator. A U.S. Navy FJ Fury being raised up to flight deck on elevator. Crewmen watch as the elevator ascends.
United States Ship Hancock CV-19 during Project Steam in Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy FJ Fury with folded wings taxis down flight deck towards the flight deck elevator. U.S. Navy F7U Cutlass with folded wings. The aircraft taxis towards the deck-edge elevator. Crewmen around the plane. A F7U in flight makes a pass over the carrier.
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