Brigadier General James Stewart at Macdill Air Force Base in Florida, United States during his two week duty training period. Brigadier General speaks to Captain John D Brown and shows him a board with a few important equipment put up on it with their names written on the labels below. Brigadier General being fitted in P anti G cutaway garment, seat harness, flight helmet and mask as officer help him out. Brigadier General gets out from his seat and speaks to colonel Everest.
Brigadier General James Stewart at Macdill Air Force Base in Florida, United States during his two week duty training period. Brigadier General along with other officers comes out of a building at Macdill Air Force Base. He writes on a paper and men stand next to him. He comes out of another building, cars parked outside the building. He walks on the flight line at the base, a hangar in the background. He climbs into the F-4C rear cockpit as photographers click pictures. An Air Force officer at the base.
President Herbert Hoover and others leave for fishing grounds in Long Key, Florida. President Herbert Hoover and others walk to the dock. Party gets into Jeremiah Milibank's boat ' Saunterer' Men push the boat away from the dock. Boat with an American flag hoisted on it. President and others take to smaller boats to catch sail fish.
Newsreel entitled "Babe Gets a New Bat." Shows American baseball legend Babe Ruth playing golf at a St. Petersburg Florida golf course in 1930 with his wife, the former Claire Hodgson. The couple exit clubhouse with unidentified man; pose for camera on a breezy, sunny day; Claire holds up flowers for Babe to smell; Babe takes first shot while others in the background watch; the Ruths walk across golf course. (NOTE: St. Petersburg was where Ruth's team, the New York Yankees, held spring training most of the time between 1925 and 1960.)
Opening scene shows sign at front of some buildings reading:"23rd Air Transportable Hospital, England AFB, LA." ( This sign refers to the home base, England Air Force Base, Louisiana, of the hospital unit providing medical services at the Vietnamese Refugee camp in Eglin AFB, Florida.) Camera pans over to a large olive drab tent. Next, two field ambulances are seen parked in grass next to wood-reinforced canvas tent structures. Several Vietnamese civilians stroll up to the entrance of one and stand there. Partway inside is a woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese conical hat (non la), pulled down over her shoulders. The hat is red in color.
Vietnamese refugee families at Eglin Air Force base in Valparaiso Florida, shortly after the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War. A visiting youth band (possibly a high school band) plays for a group of refugees gathered. A man directs the band and various band instruments are seen. Vietnamese children seated in chairs listen to the music. Tree in the background. The children appear to be singing a song as they clap along to the music, and then they smile and applaud at the end.
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