Destroyer Escort,USS Frament (DE 677) is commissioned during World War 2. Lieutenant Commander S. T. McAdam, Jr., in command, reads his orders to crew assembled on deck. Tug boats move the ship away from the pier. DE-677 underway in shakedown cruise.Officers review daily plans for shakedown cruise. General Quarters alarm is sounded and crew mans battle stations. Gun crews at 1.1 inch, 40mm, and 3 inch guns. Crew members positioned to launch depth charges ("ash cans") , torpedoes, and to fire "hedge hogs" (clusters of bombs). Navy aircraft tows a canvas sleeve target for crew to practice fire against. Antiaircraft gun crews shoot down target.
Crew aboard U.S. Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677), load and practice firing at a floating target. Crew fires deck guns, launches torpedoes and depth charges, and fires "hedge hog" bomb clusters. Shells hit water surface and explode. Aerial view of large explosions in water. (World War II period).
C-5 Aircraft taxis to come to the runway. Narrator describes features of the C-5. Pilot and Copilot seated inside cockpit. 'Beware of Blast' written on side of the C-5 Aircraft. Airman explains about the flexibility and 28 wheels of the aircraft with the help of a model. Adapting to crosswind landing. Forward, aft, and level "kneeling" of the aircraft is shown. View of control panels inside the aircraft.
Pilot explains safe taxiiing of the C-5, with the help of a model. He emphasizes the need to care due to the sheer size of the overall aircraft, from nose to very high tail section and wing tip to wing tip, where outboard engines can be operating only 9 feet above areas outside of runway where foreign object damage could occur.
Air Force pilot explains ground handling operations of C-5 Aircraft with the help of a model. He turns the model aircraft to come on the runway. An actual C-5 Aircraft taxis on runway with a vehicle in front. Airman gives hand signals as aircraft turns.Pilot cautions of need to turn off radars on C-5 when on ground due to danger of radiation igniting certain fuels, or electrically sensitive explosive devices.
Pilot narrator explains ground handling operations of C-5 Aircraft. Ground crewman gives hand signals as aircraft turns. Crew member disembarks from the aircraft and hooks up communications wire. Airmen wearing ear protection place safety pins in landing gear and chock the wheels. Board reads 'Warning Stand clear APU Exhaust'. Narrator warns of noise hazard from sounds of engines,and auxiliary power units running at same time. Ground crewman attaches static ground wire from aircraft to fixture on tarmac.
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