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Information about unidentified airplanes is transmitted in the United States.
A public television program by the U.S. Army entitled 'The Big Picture.' U.S. troops are seen hunkered down and looking through binoculars in a defensive position in Korea, during the Korean War. American soldiers riding atop a Sherman tank on a city street in Germany, during World War II. Ski troops moving across snowy hill in Alaska. U.S. Army amphibious assault training on a beach in Puerto Rico. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen, narrator, speaks about America's defense against threat of atomic attack in these times of lukewarm peace. View of mountainous region in Alaska. A cluster of Cup'it Eskimo dwellings is seen on Nunivak Island, in the Bering Sea. Several of the local inhabitants are fishing through holes cut in the ice. Vapor trails are seen from Soviet aircraft flying at high altitude. A sign on a tarpaulin displaying logo of the Army Signal Corps, reads,"Alaska Communication System, Long Distance Commercial Telephone-Telegraph." A tracked vehicle carries a soldier to a facility posting a sign reading, "Alaska Communications System Receiver Station." Several tall antennas loom above the site. The soldier, dressed in arctic gear, steps from the tracked vehicle and walks past several snow shoes, standing upright in the snow, to enter a white wooden building. Inside, a man in civilian clothes works at a battery of telecomunications equipment. He transmits a message about the aircraft sighting, to the Alaska Communication System facility in Fairbanks Alaska (briefly shown) by means of a telegraph key. From there it is relayed to a Signal Corps facility, shown, in Washington, DC. A soldier is seen Inside that facility, in a room filled with computers and telecommunications equipment. A Sergeant handles paper tape messages being sent and received by teletype. Another soldier plugs connections into a communications switchboard. Next, the camera pans over the entrance to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, in the Pentagon. More views of soldiers attending banks of teletype machines. Animated map displays paths of orders being transmitted to U.S. Air Defense Centers in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, New York, and Atlanta. View from control room, of several U.S. Air Force F-94 Fighter Interceptor aircraft on an airfield ramp. A controller activates a Klaxon horn and pilots on alert, in the Fighter Interceptor Squadron ready room, jump up and scramble to their aircraft. A pair of F-94s taking off. One is number 51-5385. Next, a U.S. Navy F-9 fighter plane is seen taking off from an airfield. It displays tail code AE. It is followed by another F-9 aircraft.
U.S. naval ships under air attack as flak bursts in sky aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy's fleet task force under Japanese air attack in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. CA (Cruiser) and DD (destroyer) under air attack, much flak rises in the sky. Iowa class BB (Battleship) under air attack, much flak in sky. Crew aboard deck of a ship. Mounted guns on deck, fire. Flaming Japanese planes fall through flak to sea. U.S. Navy fighter aircraft F6F Hellcat lands on carrier deck, one wheel collapses. Pilot gets off from the aircraft F6F. Crew recovers the aircraft.
U.S. Navy aircraft in exercises and a review of aircraft in service at the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific
Wide-ranging review of U.S. Navy aircraft operational in 1941. Formation of U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight. One enters shallow dive and emits smoke as a screen for warships during training exercise. Nine U.S. Navy Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers peel off from echelon formation and dive toward the sea, as the Douglas SBD Dauntless emitting smoke skims over the water. A glimpse of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) is seen in the background. The TBDs launch their attack under cover of the smoke screen. They drop their torpedoes low over the water and climb out past the USS Enterprise. Her deck is empty. Large formations of U.S. Navy SBD and TBD aircraft fly overhead. TBD and SBD aircraft are seen landing on the Enterprise. Deck crews and signal officers, with paddles, are seen at work. An F4F lands on the flight deck. Deck crews position the aircraft, after landing, and chock their wheels. Plane captains attend to their aircraft, including refueling them. Scene shifts to land base, where mechanics work on various aircraft, including a PBM Mariner flying boat. At TC: 03:13, a U.S. Navy JRS-1 flying boat is seen in flight. (This is a Sikorsky S-43, Baby Clipper. The Navy had about 15, or so, of these, just prior to World War 2.) A mechanic is sitting on the nose of this aircraft performing some task, while in flight. (Clearly, the aircraft is capable of very slow flight.) Next seen is a Navy N3N trainer plane; an SNJ (North American T-6 Texan); Several Consolidated PB2 Coronados; PBY amphibian; Vought Kingfisher;Grumman F4F Wildcat;formation of Douglas TBD Devastators;formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless; and closeup of SBD with canopies open and pilot and rear gunner visible. Brief view of Lexington-class aircraft carrier.
Aircraft launched from flight deck of USS Constellation at Yankee Station, Vietnam.
Operations aboard U.S. Navy's USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Vietnam. A-4C aircraft moves onto catapult. Men on deck. Plane ready for launch. Aircraft in flight. A-4C aircraft launched from Number two catapult. Island in the far background. F-4B aircraft launched from angled deck. Catapult console operator with raised hands. He lowers his hands and presses a button. A-4C launched. RA-5C aircraft moves on catapult. Catapult crew under aircraft. Men hook up and check bridle. Men leave the area. RA-5C aircraft being launched from number one catapult. Catapult console operator on deck. F-4B aircraft ready for launch. C-2A aircraft comes in for recovery. Men wearing yellow shirt in the foreground. Plane rolls out with area. C-2A taxis toward in front of island. A-6A aircraft towed over deck by tractor. F-4B parked at deck edge between two other F-4B aircraft.
Activities of fire-fighters as they attempt to extinguish fire of burning aircraft at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam.
Covers crash landing of U.S. Air Force F-105D Thunderchief, a fighter bomber on foamed runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Camouflaged F-105D skids on a foamed runway and catches fire as it skids to a stop. F-105D burns as fire-fighters spray foam. Fire truck moves to extinguish fire of a burning aircraft. American helicopter flies over a crash site. A fireman on a fire truck and signals. Scenes of fire at tail of F-105D and smoke rises. Fire-fighters spray foam on fire and on a bomb under the wing of aircraft.
Huge Model of battleship is focus of Victory Loan Drive in Manhattan, New York City
A 250 foot model of a battleship is center of attention for Navy recruitment and Victory loan Drive, in Union Square, New york City. Women Navy Yeomen (F) of the U.S. Navy Reserve, line the decks of the "ship." People are walking around the ship during the entire time. The women yeomen wave to the crowd. A large sign above reads: "Men wanted for U.S. Navy, apply here." Sign on the stern reads: "Speed the Navy's Victory Loan Ship to victory..." and advertises a Victory Loan Show, to be held April 21, 1919. On the ship's top deck, a yeoman(F) types at a telegraph machine,as another turns a cros-shaped signal. Several yeomen (F) pose on the deck, nearby. View from the ground of Photographers on the stern deck taking pictures of the assembled women yeoman. Scene shifts to aboard the ship, where the Yeomen (F) stand in formation in a double row around the foredeck. Facimile guns are seen. The yeomen salute two Naval officers, in unison. Panning closeup of the yeomen and the ship's guns. The yeomen adjust their formation with eyes right. They execute close order motions at the direction of a Naval officer. Another officer carries a Yeoman recruiting poster to the foredeck. The yeomen continue their maneuvers and then are dismissed from formation. Several are given brooms and put on a show of sweeping the foredeck. Sailors are packed into a smaller boat nearby with a sign reading: "Buy Liberty Bonds at this Battleship."
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