A computer-generated presentation about UFOs. Credits for the presentation. Various graphics and images flash on the screen.
Slow motion pictures of U.S. Navy aircraft operating on the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) in World War 2. Brief view of an FM-2 making normal landing. Closeup glimpse of TBM passing camera, after landing and view of another one in normal landing. Then a TBM bounces on touchdown, misses early restraining cable, but stops safely. Momentary views of several more by TBMs and one FM-2. touchdowns. A Grumman TBM-3U, utility aircraft, touches down at edge of flight deck and instantly veers to the left, as if its left main gear collapsed. It continues turning, noses over, tail high, and falls off the port side of the carrier deck. Sailors rushing to the accident site, and standing at the aft railing as the Guadalcanal begins a sharp turn to port.
A documentary titled 'flight deck'. U.S. Navy Jet planes seen landing on flight deck of USS Navy aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt(CV-42). Pilots in helmets seen at the busy time of departure. Commander Johnson and Commander Camaroff, Operation Officers discuss final details. Several jets seen in rows on flight deck of USS Franklin D. Roosevelt(CV-42). High speed landing of a jet seen on the narrow deck strip. Sailors seen preparing for next day's departure. Women seen in the rainy day carrying umbrellas to bid farewell. Sailors travelling take leave of their families as they cry and hug family members. Band plays while departure of ship. People wave to wish goodbye.
Senator Homer Truett Bone gives speech and warns United States against war entanglements. He says that Benito Mussolini would again push his country into war and United States must stay safely away from it on the other side of Atlantic Ocean.
United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the Joint Session of Congress in Washington, unveiling what became known as the Truman Doctrine. He urges the Joint Session of Congress to take steps to halt communism by providing financial aid to Turkey and Greece (during Greek Civil War).
United States Coast Guard C-3 Cargo Passenger Vessel African Comet at Ingalls Shipbuilding port. (Ship later renamed the USS Arthur Middleton, AP-55, APA-25). Sailors on deck. Workers working at the vessel. Wooden planks being lifted at the dry dock after launch.
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