Port beam view of aircraft R4D that will fly to South Pole with RADM (Rear Admiral) Dufek, Captain Cordiner, Captain Hawks, and the pilot LCDR (Lieutenant Commander) Shinn. RADM Dufek with two other people standing outside doorway of R4D prior to board aircraft for flight to South Pole. RADM Dufek and crew posing for camera outside doorway of aircraft. Crew boarding aircraft. Front view of R4D equipped with skies. Men standing around R4D. R4D taxiing. Front view of aircraft parked on sea-ice runway. R4D taking off for South Pole. Several men along runway looking on.
Aircraft TA-4J parked at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4J undergoes inspection. Pilot of TA-4J in cockpit. Man converses with pilot. Man at cockpit of TA-4J. Man gets down and inspects lower nose section of TA-4J. He inspects TA-4J landing gear.
Aircraft TA-4J parked outside hangar at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4J undergoes inspection. Man works under TA-4J. Man in cockpit of TA-4J. Pilot in cockpit. Letters on side of plane read 'MAJ SMOKE BURGESS'. Co-pilot behind pilot in cockpit of TA-4J. Man refuels TA-4J. Man signals pilot in aircraft. Man moves away fuel pipe from plane. Truck is driven.
Flying boat NC-4 pushed down the wooden seaplane ramp into the water. NC-4 in flight. NC-4 in tow by navy motor launch. Navy officers and Priest. NC-4 covers a large area. A news headline reads about the British welcome the NC-4 receives in Plymouth. A car with flowers piled on it comes down the road. People walk alongside. A bi-plane is launched from deck of ship. Float plane on catapult. An amphibian plane goes in water. Amphibian plane in flight. The plane lands on grassy field. Ambulance plane. Men lie on stretcher in fuselage of plane. A bi-plane takes off.
366th Fighter Wing crew members at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. Crew members run from building towards F-4E Phantom II Aircraft parked in shelter. (Film includes several retakes of crews scrambling to alert aircraft.) Ground crew disconnects APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) from F-4E aircraft. Man gives hand signals. F-4E Phantom II Aircraft taxi out of shelter with other F-4E's parked on ground, in the background. Two F-4E Phantom II Aircraft take off from runway. (Note: An open mike in the control tower causes communications with aircraft, as well as personal conversations to be heard in background through entire film.)
Crew of the United States Navy flying boat Curtiss NC-4 during the first transatlantic flight in Ponta Delgada, Azores. Curtiss NC-4 lands and taxis on water. Crowd in front of the headquarters building to welcome the crew of Curtiss NC-4. Curtiss NC-4 takes off to Lisbon. Battleships at sea. Sailors stand on ship. Crew members of the Curtiss NC-4 including Commander Albert Cushing Read.
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