United States pilots sit in ready room aboard USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) in United States. Flight gear hung against bulkhead. Pilots sit and talk. Several pilots smoke. Pilots look at a map and confer. Ready room officer talks with pilots.
View inside pilot's Ready Room aboard the USS Princeton (CVA-37) during the Korean War. Intelligence officer discusses a map with a pilot from Fighter Squadron FS-191, who wears the "Satan's Kittens" patch on shoulder of his leather jacket. The pilot and intelligence officer also speak with two other fliers seated, who consult their own maps. Upon conclusion of briefing, the three fliers pick up their helmets and oxygen masks, and leave the ready room. A loudspeaker is shown, presumably in use. (Note: Squadron FS-191 is made up of former members of the Navy's "Blue Angels" demonstration team, which was dissolved when the Korean War broke out.)
Two F9F-2s of VF-112 are catapulted from the deck of the USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) during the Korean War. Deck crew seen attaching bridle under aircraft. Two F9F-2s, of VC-61, Unit C, are set on the catapult, given signals, and catapulted, successively.
Riots and strikes in United States during period of labor unrest in the United States. A huge crowd on the street. Men rush forward and throw stones. National Guardsmen throw tear gas bombs. Buildings on the street. Vehicular traffic on the streets. Smoke rises up. The rioters scatter as the United States soldiers carrying bayoneted rifles give chase. Men stand on the sidewalk. Several men run. Men with cycles walk along the road. Police lead away a protestor.
Labor riots and strikes during the Great Depression. Opening scenes show coal being moved out of a mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. Armed Kentucky National Guard soldiers climb aboard and ride on each open car of coal. Miners who cross the picket lines to work (aka strike-breakers, or SCABS) enter the mine under National Guard protection. One miner carries a pistol, along with his lunch box. Change of scene to a street, probably in Detroit, Michigan, where several women carry signs denigrating the "Big Three" (automobile manufacturers). One sign reads: "The Big 3 call us RED Because we fight for Bread." The final sequence shows a group of men attacking a farmer's truck carrying milk cans. The attackers force the truck to the side of a country road and empty all the milk cans. A plank, filled with upwards pointing spikes, has been placed on the road to stop trucks. In a town street, A vigilante knocks a man from a vegetable truck, as it passes him. A gang of men attacking the vegetable truck are resisted by club wielding vigilantes.
Buildings in Richmond, Virginia. Union Railroad Station. Wordings on the building read 'Union Station of Richmond'. A Jim Crow racial segregation sign on a building reads "Colored Entrance". A section of station for African American people. Automobiles parked in front of the station. View of a street. Vehicular traffic on the street. Pedestrians cross the street. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. People get down from the streetcars. Busy intersection of the street.
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