A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance at Fort Bragg military installation in North Carolina. Infantry troops walks over a sandy ground during a simulated assault mission at Fort Bragg military installation. The troops board a C-123B provider transport aircraft. Three C-123Bs land at Sicily Drop Zone. The troops get off the C-123Bs. Vehicles unloaded from the C-123Bs. The aircraft taxi along rough field.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance test at Ardmore Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Nine C-123Bs taxi, make cross-wind take offs and in flight. Two C-123Bs land on a dirt strip. U.S. troops board a C-123B. Litter patients loaded into a C-123B at a simulated front line casualty station. The C-123B takes off from the dirt strip.
A U.S. Navy training film titled ‘Major Caliber Guns & Turrets’ giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Drawings of various guns depict the gun turret of warship Monitor, two 15 inch guns in a ship, and 16 inch 50 caliber gun. Three 16 inch guns on BB-61 class battleship. Structure of gun being explained by an animation showing armored gun house, rotating structure below resting on a roller path. Circular turret foundation supporting the structure. Circular armored cylinder. Powder hoist and gun cradles of a gun house. Shelf plate, pan plate, power equipment for rotating gun located in a pan plate, electric deck used for training of gun, and projectile handling platforms. Projectile platforms which includes two concentric sections, shows projectile ring and fixed stowage. Pointers point to power handling room below projectile platforms. Structure of gun from top to bottom.
A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Three 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns mounted on BB-61 class battleship. Powder handling room of a 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as operators work out powder handling operations. Operators keep the powder bags moving to the powder hoists. Scuttle operators take powder bags from magazine scuttle and hand them to powder passers. Powder bags being placed in powder car which travels through powder trunk to gun house on top of the gun. Animation explains work of powder hoist as a car travels up through a trunk by means of cable. Projectile ring section as ring operators work under supervision of one petty officer. Projectile ring operator and hoist operator work. Projectile travels up to gun house. Gun house with gun captain, rammer operator, cradle operator, and a primer man. Gun captain at gun which is in loading position. Spanning tray of a gun in position. Rammer operator rams the projectile into the gun. Powder bags being rolled into the gun. Cradle operator raises the cradle and spanning tray. Gun captain turns the ready switch to ready. Gun goes back to firing position. Officer work at control panel. Guns of ship being fired. Gun goes back to loading position. Gun captain opens the breech of gun. Guns on ship being fired. Personnel at work.
A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Animation shows 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns from battleship firing toward shore installations. Guns attack targets at various distances inland. Pointers pointing to 16 inch gun turrets on Iowa class battleship. Guns on ship fire at targets. Smoke rises from gun fire.
Edgar Faure, President of the French Council of Ministers, arrives at the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). He steps from his car and walks up the steps of the building. Cameramen photograph him. The occasion is the Government's decision to dissolve the French National Assembly and proceed to quick elections. A clock shows hands approaching midnight. President Faure is accosted by numerous members of the press as he leaves the building.
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