Flight crew members of U.S. Navy Squadron VP-1 (later changed to VP-21) sit in front of a Squadron PBY-4 for group photo before departing on a deployment (likely to Pearl Harbor). They disperse. Sailors are seen kissing their wives and girl friends goodbye. The Squadron aircraft is pushed down a seaplane ramp and departs, followed by others, one at a time. Friends and family wave as they depart. Aircraft numbers seen include 1-P-4; 1-P-6; and 1-P-10. A huge warship is seen behind the departing PBYs in several concluding scenes. The Squadron PBYs all display the insignia of a white elephant standing on a cloud holding a bomb with its trunk. The PBY-4 aircraft are distinguished by propeller spinners and flat hatches on their sides. The location appears to be North Island NAS, at San Diego.
U.S. Navy planes land on USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway as part of the task force to launch the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan during World War 2. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter plane lands on Enterprise. A Destroyer Escort in the background. U.S. Navy SBD dive bomber plane lands on deck of Enterprise. F4F lands and noses over on deck. SBD receives a wave-off. SBDs and F4Fs lands aboard Enterprise.
Tests of GB-4 bombs (precision guided munition) in the United States during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber taxis and takes off from an air strip. A pilot and a copilot in the cockpit of the B-25. An antenna mounted on a side of the aircraft. Technicians put a cover on the front of camera equipment mounted under a GB-4 bomb. The B-25 Mitchell in flight with the GB-4 mounted on its fuselage. Aerial view of Auxiliary One airstrip at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
Large crew of Hurricane Hunters board a WC-121N Lockheed Super Constellation of Airborne Early Warning Squadron FOUR (VW-4). The aircraft takes off flying directly over the camera at U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Aerial view of the WC-121N in flight. Aerial view of storm clouds. A dropsonde being launched from the aircraft. View of cabin interior with crew members at their stations. Radio operator keying message. A sailor annotating a weather map with latest data. The USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4), reversing course due to weather warning. Two F9F-8 aircraft deploying to avoid storm. Commercial store fronts at shore boarded up for protection. Women and a boy boarding up their home in Puerto Rico for a 1960 (likely) or 1961 (possibly) hurricane storm. Men placing ropes across their roof to lash it down against wind. Water and wind driving across a city street. Several cars driving through heavy winds and rain. Trees bending in hurricane winds. Coastal flooding occuring. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of WC-121N Hurricane Hunter aircraft. Crew coping with turbulence back in the cabin. The VW-4 Logo.
United States 4th Infantry Division change of Command ceremony at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A large number of soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division lined up on a field. Color Guard at the ceremony. Flags on a stand. Soldiers of 4th Infantry Division march. Band at the parade. Soldiers march past the review stand. Color guard marches past the review stand. Major General William R Peers talks to soldiers and shakes hands with them after the change of command. Major General Peers in a jeep as it drives away. A bulldozer on a road.
United States 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A wooden structure under construction at Camp Enari, 4th Infantry Division headquarters. A jeep drives down a road in the foreground. Soldiers of 4th Infantry Division construct a wooden building. A soldier works with hammer. African American soldier puts up metal sheet to cover the wooden structure. He hammers a nail into the metal sheet.
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