Pilot, Major Woodrow Swancutt, Copilot Captain William C. Harrison, and Bombardier Major Harokd H. Wood, in their respective crew positions in cockpit of the B-29 Superfortress, "Dave's Dream." They fly low over the area of the Bikini Atoll, in preparation for conducting Test Able in the atomic testing sequence. Aerial view of the island.
U.S. Navy Marine Corps newsreel from 1996. Opening scenes show glimpse of the USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) followed by a Green shirt giving signal for catapulting of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft from an aircraft carrier. Next the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)is seen underway. Behind a waving U.S. flag, the destroyer, USS Barry (DDG-52) is seen in the distance. Closeup of the fast attack submarine, USS Atlanta (SSN-712) surfacing with a huge splash. Petty officer Terry Mathis and Petty officer Ron Flanders hosting the program, are seen outdoors at U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, on the Navy's 221st Birthday. Scene shifts them speaking as they walk along the empty flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Suddenly a slate, reading,"March 1996, Crisis Looming?" overlays view of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. An F-14 aircraft takes off from a carrier deck. An amphibious assault ship is shown. Red shirts moving ordnance aboard a carrier. An F-14 being catapulted. Four segment split screen shows a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC); a marine aiming a weapon; an amphibious assault ship; and President Bill Clinton, wearing a flight jacket and a cap identifying the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) as he speaks during a visit to that ship. Full screen of the President, is followed by another F-14 being catapulted. Scene shifts back to empty deck of the Theodore Roosevelt. Petty Officer Demetrios Adams is introduced. Noting that their catapult is in some maintenance activity, Adams describes its operation. Below decks in the bomb assembly shop, Aviation ordnanceman 2nd class Joel Bell, who describes assembling 500, 1000, and 2000 pound bombs seen behind him. Next, Petty Officer Charles Warren is introduced in the jet shop. Standing near jet engines he describes duties of his shop. Next, in damage control central, Electrician's mate, 1st Class, Jack Rickart, explains his duties (mentioning two nuclear reactors). At the flight deck control board, Petty Officer, Michael Knowles tells about the flight deck "Ouija board." Program hosts are back on flight deck next to ship's "Island." Sailors approach in dungarees. Others are shown at work on the ship. The USS Albany (SSN-753) moving on surface. Sailor Layton McGaw,Landing Craft chief Engineer speaks briefly. Sailor Jackie Tatum, Air Traffic Control Supervisor, speaks, and is seen in the control tower. Corpsman Donald Abele, talks of his responsibilities and is seen treating a sailor's foot. A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) headed to shore, and interviews with LCAC navigator, Christopher McCoy, and Chief engineer Andrew Sebastian. Interior of LCAC. Hosts in Primary flight tower. A sailor receiving a warfare pin. A submarine on the surface. Sailor Richard Cooper discusses the warfare pin. Sailor Ron Schneider, on the USS Barry, discusses it. Views inside a submarine. Sailor Jeffrey Strickland on the USS Atlanta, and Curtis Sears,on the Roosevelt.
U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) being launched from deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in 1966. F-4B on catapult. F-4B launched. Steam rolls down catapult track. Blast fence lowered. Another F-4B taxis onto catapult. Personnel in background. F-4B being launched with after burners. Signal man in dungarees sending message on signal light. F-4B making recovery. F-4B on deck after recovery. Signal man sending message on signal light from rim of signal bridge. Red shirts wheeling bombs under aircraft. Activity on flight deck. Group of red shirted men. Island seen in far background. A-4C aircraft of Heavy Attack Squadron Four (VAH-4), Carrier Wing Five (CVW-5), taxiing over deck. Tow bars stacked. A-4C on deck. Tractor moves by. Aircraft being launched. Men leaving deck. Switch to the personnel on catapult. Steam rolling down the track. Green shirted men and red shirted men watch aircraft recover. Aircraft zips into the scene. F-4B's being lowered on deck edge elevator. Personnel and aircraft on flight deck.
Personnel in silhouette on deck edge of USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. Personnel in silhouette standing along flight deck edge. Silhouette view, aircraft parked on flight deck. Personnel seen walking down deck. Personnel respotting. A-4E aircraft forward of island.
Many aircrafts are parked on flight deck area, with ship underway in Sea of Japan. Down starboard side of Enterprise. Looking down starboard side towards the bow of Enterprise. Several aircrafts parked forward to the island. USS Enterprise, planes parked on flight deck. USS Enterprise underway. Looking down over starboard bow of USS O'Bannon . Scene of starboard bow of ship. Looking towards starboard bow of USS Enterprise. F-4J aircraft is launched from carrier. Starboard bow view. DLG underway, one of the carrier's escorts. Port bow view. DLG underway. Starbed quarter on down the starboard side. Scene of water and bow. USS Enterprise underway. Looking towards starboard bow of Enterprise. An A-4E aircraft is launched. Starboard quarter view. Enterprise underway making aircraft recoveries. Down starboard side of Enterprise underway.
Scenes of Malta during World War 2. Navy warships passing by docks of harbor with city behind. Scenes of devastated buildings from Axis bombing. Bombing of city of Malta underway. A convoy fighting off Italian aircraft during air raid on the island. Civilians gathered at an air raid shelter for protection during the bombing. Man outside the shelter operates a hand cranked siren to signal the "All clear" after the bombing raid ends. Civilians depart the shelter. British soldiers in a field helping to grow farm crops. Scene of a pig and its piglets being tended by soldiers.
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