U.S.LST-129 and the second USS Seaward (LST-278) next to each other, in rough surf at rock strewn Orange Beach III, Peleliu, in the Palau Island group, during World War 2. These two LSTs collided and suffered damage on October 2, 1944. View of airfield with U.S. F4U Corsair aircraft parked. An F4U landing on the runway. Another aircraft takes off. Construction equipment and tents seen on airfield. A PBY Catalina aircraft takes off. Change of sequence shows battlefield with bare trees. F4U aircraft flying low and slow, with landing gear extended, drop bombs, raising heavy smoke clouds, at Japanese positions just beyond a nearby ridge.
Red Shirts(Aviation ordnance crews) are seen at work on deck of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Coral Sea. They load bombs on pylon of an A-4E displaying "VA-153"(Attack Squadron 153) on its fuselage and tail code "NL" of Carrier Air Wing 15. Yellow shirt, flight deck director speaks in microphone. An E-2A tactical Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft is catapulted.Yellow shirt giving rev-up to A-4E aircraft , launch signal is given. A-4E takes off. Planes take off the deck in succession. A-3B is given a launch signal by an officer , plane takes off. Smoke is generated as the planes takes off.
The United States sends aircraft to enable Iran to spray against a locust plague, in 1951. Iranian farmers are seen trying to cope with a plague of locusts, seen covering everytning in sight. The farmers chase them with cloths and use watering cans to dispense chemicals. A DC-4 transport aircraft taxis in after landing in Iran. The aircraft carries several small Piper Super Cub 135 airplanes and a croip duster, all equipped for aerial spraying. View of Piper Cub being removed from the DC-4. A bi-wing crop duster airplane being assembled. Several Super Cub aircraft flying low and spraying against locusts. (Note: The DC-4 aircraft is owned by United States Overseas Airlines, a non-scheduled air carrier based in Cape May New Jersey, that was contracted to combat the locust plague. The project was undertaken as part of President Truman's Point Four Program. approved by the United States Congress on June 5, 1950 in the Foreign Economic Assistance Act. )
Japanese farmers working on a farm in Japan. Water brought by Japanese man in pail is used to irrigate farm. A 4H club representative comes and talks to Japanese farmers about farming methods. Meanwhile a Japanese girl with a water pail on her back falls on ground. Japanese man talks to representative of 4H club. Japanese man is handed a 4H information paper. Japanese farmer family inside their home. Family members sitting on floor in simple hut home, making food, and tending a cooking fire. Old Japanese woman and her son rub out grains from straw and braid the plant fibers.
Aftermath of fire on USS Forrestal (CV-59) in Gulf of Tonkin,Vietnam. Debris of the charred F-4B Phantoms lies on the deck. Crew members inspect damage and clean up. Man in flight deck crane clears the debris of damaged F-4B. A man with broom cleans the deck surface while several other men walk in background. Crew on the ship's island look towards the damage and the debris of charred aircraft scattered all over the flight deck area. A slightly damaged SH-3A helicopter. Other intact aircraft near fore starboard including A-4C and A-6A. Crew members relaxing following the incident. Crew sunning themselves on the flight deck and in nets. One has a guitar. Others in quiet contemplation. Ship en route to Subic Bay.
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Views of the F-4D Phantoms on the airfield, taking off, and then in the air. A USAF General Dynamics F-111 Ardvark aircraft taxis on the airfield. F-4s are seen in formation in a NATO military exercise. They fire rockets and drop bombs on ground targets including a watch tower. Explosions, fire, and smoke are seen. The watch tower in flames. A uniformed military observer watches from the ground.
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