U.S. Navy sailors in a mess hall at the Naval Station Great Lakes during training in World War 1 period. The sailors walk and form ranks in front of the mess hall. They march in through a door. An old car parked in the foreground. The sailors go through the door. Interior of the mess hall. Tables being set. Waiters place food on plates. The sailors enter, sit at the long tables and eat.
Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. A U.S. Navy AD-4 Skyraider aircraft makes an approach to land and gets a wave-off from an LSO (Landing signal Officer). USS FDR's island structure. The AD-4 Skyraider being re spotted by airplane handler. An airplane handling crew re spots a U.S. Navy F4U-4 Corsair in readiness for next launch.
Two ground crew riding on wing tips of F4U Corsair as plane taxis after landing at Vella Lavella field, near New Georgia, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. Four F4U Corsairs seen, including serial numbers 17455 and 17722 of VMF-214 "Black Sheep". One plane taxiing behind another. Mountains seen in background. F4U Corsair takes-off. F6F Hellcat warplane in background. Crew chief standing on wing of F4U Corsair. F4U Corsair taxiing on the strip. First F4U Corsair takes-off. F4U Corsair making a low pass over field. F6F Hellcat taxiing and taking off. Two F6F Hellcats seen. Douglas R4D taxiing.
Coverage of U.S. military aviation progress shows flying through the fog in the United States. Fog-shrouded business buildings. An aircraft, resembles a U.S. Boeing 247, crashed on the side of a snow-covered hill. Several civilians standing around the wreckage. A partially destroyed house and remains of the aircraft which crashed into it. A Curtiss Condor (C-30) passenger plane showing where it crash-landed in the woods. A U.S. OA-4A in flight. Interior of OA-4A cabin with radio operator seated at controls. Pilot's hands on controls of an OA-4A. Pilot seated in cockpit of an OA-4A talks into microphone. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving instruments. An OA-4A in flight. Radio operator in an OA-4A. An OA-4A in flight, enters a fog bank. Pilot seated in cockpit of aircraft talking into microphone, while aircraft is in fog bank. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving equipment and turning on marker beacon. An OA-4A in flight in a fog bank. The aircraft lands, taxis, and parked.
United States Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in formation over Quadalcanal during World War 2. Ground crew works on U.S. F4U Corsairs. Pilots converse 'Nylorac' written on an F4F Wildcat plane number 17. F4U Corsair taxis and in flight. F4F Wildcat stand in line on field, one plane is named 'Susan'. A pilot gets out of a F4F plane. A gas truck passes. TBF Avenger aircraft in large formations overhead.
Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. U.S. Navy F4U-4 Corsairs lined up ready for a signal to take off. AD type aircraft and F4U-4s get the signal for take off. The airplanes take off. An LSO (Landing Signal Officer) brings in a F2H-2 Banshee. The Banshee taxis. An AD-4 Skyraider approaches the stern of the ship for landing aboard USS FDR. F2H Banshee airplanes in flight, awaiting turn to land aboard the aircraft carrier. They fly in formation over Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Columbus CL-74. Captain George W. Anderson CO (Commanding Officer) of USS FDR views operations from the bridge. Commander T.F. Caldwell enters with a message which they discuss.
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