United States Army Air Force operations against the Japanese in China in 1944. United States Army Air Force 1st American volunteer Group pilots look at a map. A pilot in a cockpit with a sign on the plane as it reads 'Pilot R.T. Smith' Soldiers are briefed and a man puts an insignia on the collar of a soldier. An animated map shows the transportation of supplies across the Himalayas to China. Chinese troops. Planes in flight. Aircraft take off and fly in formation. American Fighters in flight. Japanese plane burns and descends. Another plane explodes in mid air and falls. Men look at wreckage of crashed aircraft. Allied Officers confer. Animation shows location of Chinese towns. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft take off for attacking the Japanese positions. (World War II period).
Two satellites launched into space by United States space shuttle Discovery. (During STS-51G, three satellites were launched: MORELOS-A, for Mexico; ARABSAT-A, for Arab Satellite Communications Organization; and TELSTAR-3D, for AT&T.) An Arabic news bulletin informs about the launch of Saudi Arabian satellite. Space Shuttle Discovery is shown at ignitiion, launch, and as it takes off from the United States and moves upwards in the sky on June 17, 1985. Men inside the space shuttle include Sultan Salman Al Saud from Saudi Arabia. The men work on controls. A communication satellite after being launched near the earth into outer space. Another satellite launch is shown. A news anchor reads out the news related to the launch of the communication satellites.
A Saudi Arabian communication satellite (and two other satellites) are launched in space by United States space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51G. An Arabic news bulletin anchor, speaking in English, introduces the event. He then tries to interview first Saudi Arabian space flier Prince Sultan Salman bin Al Saud through video conferencing. Sultan Salman of Saudi Arabia, in United States space shuttle Discovery, is visible on a TV monitor in the background. During delays while attempting to make voice contact with Prince Saud, the news anchor, now speaking in Arabic, reports about the space flight in Discovery. Finally, radio contact is made, and the anchor is able to converse with Prince Saud about his experience.
A United States Douglas AD-5 SkyRaider releases a bomb toward a land target after taking off from United States aircraft carrier Forrestal. The bomb drops leaving a pink colored smoke trail behind. Bomb impact and an explosion occurs.
Activities at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) in Takhli, Thailand. Crates and shells piled up at the air force base. United States KC-135 A aircraft lined up at the base. Airmen walk past the hootch (barracks) area. A sign on a house reads ' Takhli house branch of Wichita town house '. A tree in the foreground. Men walk past the houses. A tractor levels the earth. A clothes line outside the hootches in the background. A KC-135A tankers parked in the ramp area. United States KC-135A aircraft lined up at the air base.
American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A United States T-39 A aircraft taxis along after landing at the air base. Arthur Godfrey in Air Force uniform along with other officers get off the flight. United States 355th Wing Commander and other officers greet Godfrey. Men talk at the air base as photographers take pictures. Godfrey and others get into staff cars and move away. Arthur Godfrey along with other officers at the airbase as they look at a HH-43 B helicopter. Crew members lined up as Godfrey talks to officers. Godfrey and others leave the air base in staff cars.
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