U.S. Navy 7th fleet activities in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Flight deck of USS Coral Sea as a U.S. Navy A-1H aircraft makes arrested landing on the deck. It touches down and catches fire. Aircraft taxis forward and folds its wings. U.S. Navy A-3B being catapulted from the deck. A-3 being launched and airborne. Aircraft on after part of flight deck as one of the aircraft unfolds its wings. A-3B aircraft takes off. Blast fence being lowered in the background as steam rolls down the deck. A-3B aircraft takes off and in flight. U.S. Navy E-1B aircraft takes off from aboard USS Coral Sea. RF-8A parked on the deck of the aircraft. Tow bar attached to the aircraft as sun sets in the background.
U.S. Navy 7th fleet activities in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Two men push a large rack of trays in mess area aboard USS Coral Sea. Sailors move through the mess line. Men move along a salad bar as they help themselves to various salads and desert. Cooks hand out meat to sailors as they move through the chow line. Pork chops being taken off grill by a cook and being placed in a pan for steam table. Cook places fresh pork chops on the grill. Pork chops being cooked on the grill.
A dozen South Vietnamese farmers walk side-by-side in a large rice paddy, spraying their crop. Outline map of Vietnam and environs is superimposed on the moving scene. Two farmers threshing crop by hand. Two farmers pounding rice with a foot operated wooden device. A steam shovel lifting mineral-bearing earth. Vietnamese workers using hand tools to loosen ore and push it down the side of a hill, where another is seen pushing a small rail car loaded with ore. A worker cutting a rubber tree on a plantation, to collect its natural latex. Latex being processed in a factory. Workers in a spinning facility and others weaving large rolls of cloth by machine.
Aircraft B-52 taxiing. Aerial view of two United States Air Force B-52 aircraft high over clouds. Vapor trails coming off the wings. Crew members seen inside the aircraft at their respective crew positions. Aerial bombs away view of Bombs falling in great numbers from B-52s and exploding on enemy position in jungles below. Air Force tower operator looks through binoculars as B-52s return to land at their home airfield in Guam. B-52s in landing approach and landing after mission. (Vietnam War period).
Aircraft B-52 lands on airfield, using drag chute to help decelerate. B-52 releases parachute on runway during landing roll. Ground crews quickly retrieve the chute and clear runway. Inside hangar, they repack the drag chute for reuse. Plane taxies on airfield. Ground crewman hooks up hose to underground fuel supply for refueling the B-52 airplane. (Vietnam War period).
USS Coral Sea (CV-43) returns to San Francisco from the Vietnam War. Sailors aboard USS Coral Sea. A crowd cheers on a dock. Relatives and friends welcome the crew members of USS Coral Sea and greet them as they arrive. A sailor kisses a woman after disembarking.
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