The USS Forrestal is seen tied up at a pier in her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia. View of a metal plaque reading: U.S.S. Forrestal CVA-59. Rear Admiral, Charles D. Griffin, Commander of Carrier Division 4, welcomes the visitors aboard the Forrestal (his flagship). Scene shifts to the aircraft carrier deck, where numerous McDonnell F3H-2 Demon aircraft are parked. View of visitors on the flight deck near the Island with many aircraft parked with wings folded in background. The narrator visitor seen with his guide, Lieutenant Kirk Carter. Nose view of an A4D-2 aircraft of VA-72 (Hawks), being worked on by plane captain. Hawks painted on the nose. Red shirt armorers loading ammunition. The civilian guests conversing with ship's personnel. Ship's captain, Richard E. Kibbe, talking with a visitor. The order to cast off being sent from the bridge. Ship's company lined up in formation in dress whites. A group of Blue shirt flight deck crewmen conversing. View of a landing mirror landing aid. View from the air, of the Forrestal underway. Some AD-6 Skyraider aircraft start engines, with wings folded. A Piasecki HUP-2 helicopter preparing for takeoff. Several Douglas A-3 Skywarrior aircraft are catapulted from the Forrestal. The Guided Missile Cruiser, USS Boston (CAG-1) passing the Forrestal.
German soldiers relaxing on sidewalks of a city in Germany at end of World War 1. German Imperial flag with crest on display. Smoke rising from field kitchen stove. View of troops resting on sidewalk island. Arms are stacked and some troops are napping. Complete change of scene to Ottoman Empire Turkish troop bivouac in a valley during First World War. Numerous tents are erected. A soldier getting shaved in the foreground. Turkish troops eating at open air mess tables.
French red cross nurses aid in care of French soldiers during World War 1. Nurses greet railroad train carrying French soldiers. Nurses work at food line giving hot food to a line of French soldiers. Injured soldiers being looked after by doctors and nurses and nuns at a hospital in France. A nurse tries to feed a patient lying in a bed. Close up view of another nurse sitting by the bed of a wounded soldier. A nurse opens a veranda door onto a sun porch where injured soldiers are recovering. French soldiers on terrace in the background. Nurses and soldiers on the terrace as they relax and enjoy. Nurse adjusts cast and bandage on a soldier's arm. A soldier on crutches and a nurse look at a chart. Nurses and French soldiers walk down a corridor. A nurse helps two blind soldiers walk down the stairs of the hospital and they walk into a garden. Sign over hospital door includes "XV Region Service de Sant Hospital Complemental Hermitage" Soldiers are helped by the nurse as they sit onto a bench. The sun sets and soldiers along with the nurse walk on a beach. (Beach location and Mediterranean foliage implies this is likely a hospital at Bastia on the island of Corsica, France used by the Allies in World War I).
Various inlets, some with fine homes near the water, seen along the coastline in the areas of Puget Sound, Hood Canal, and San Juan Islands. A sailing ship at anchor near a wooden dock. A man on the deck of the steam ferry ship SS Potlatch. Wooded shoreline in the background.
A flight of three Curtiss P-40 aircraft, from the U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Pursuit Group, make a formation takeoff at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. Next, two flights of three aircraft each, take off in a formation of six P-40s. Scene shifts to a formation of 15 P-40s in flight overhead. The aircraft return and land by flights of three, in formation. Closeup of several taxiing, with canopies open, after landing. A flight of three with landing gears down, flying on a downwind leg in formation. Closeup of two P-40s touching down on the runway. All three squadrons of the Group (33rd, 35th & 36th) appear to be represented.
Children participate in a fancy dress parade in Ocean Park, California. Children parade in a fancy dress event as they wear colorful costumes and dresses. A girl pushes a trolley or stroller decorated with flowers. A boy dressed as a cowboy, and girls dressed as saloon girls. A girl dressed as a milk maid, and another girl dressed like an island native in grass skirt. A young boy or girl rides on a float with an airplane covered in flowers, but he is crying the whole time. A girl dressed up as Statue of Liberty as she blows flying kisses.
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