A farm being plowed in the United States. Large team of mules pull a plow on a field. Rear of the horses pulling a plow, changing the landscape from grasses to plowed earth ready for planting. A farmer with a shovel near the plow. A dog near the plow. Farmer at a plow pulled by mules. Likely mid western or western United States.
Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in the United States. California : Supervisor of Salvage and Diving team's emergency boats carried on a trailer. A United States aircraft Lockheed C-5 Galaxy being loaded with the equipment. The C-5 aircraft lands on Elmendorf Air Force Base. The boat offloaded from the aircraft. The boat carried on a trailer. Supervisor of Salvage and Diving personnel prepares boats and skimmers. Boats being lowered in water. Skimmer boat moves to the Exxon Valdez. Equipment kept on bases in California and Virginia. Men load a skimmer boat onto a trailer. The boat offloaded from C-5 aircraft. Spare parts and other equipment. Equipment in a shop. A rope on deck. Oil containment boom stacked. Rubber oil storage bladders in water. A satellite communication van. Officers and coast guard personnel stand. Skimmer boat around the Exxon Valdez. Oil containment booms being deployed. An aircraft in flight over the sea. Skimmer boat in sheltered area. Oil spilled on water dragged by wind to the beaches.
United States Navy's Fleet ballistic missile submarine underway offshore the United States. Underwater photographer with camera. Underwater : faint outline of ballistic missile submarine sail and part of the hull. A small white outline made by periscope. Missile hatches on weather deck of the ballistic missile submarine. Missile hatch on weather deck opens. Bubbles of air come up through the opening missile hatch door. Hatch door closes. Missile hatch door opens, stays open for a few seconds and then closes. Rudder area and screw of the ballistic missile submarine. Part of the rudder area of the ballistic missile submarine. No turns being made on the screw.
The life of crew of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship in the United States. A line of six RC-121D Picket ships along the ramp. RC-12lD Picket ship on ramp with engines running. View of the the radar dome. The nose section of the aircraft. A canvas covered truck. Crew members alight from the truck and walk towards the aircraft. Men take stations in front of the aircraft for outdoor briefing. Several views of the men during the briefing. An officer gives the briefing. Men dismissed and they wa1k towards the aircraft. Men climb aerostand and board the aircraft. Officers carry briefcases and board the aircraft.
The life of crew of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship in the United States. The crewmen of USAF RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship exercise in gymnasium. The men play handball. They sit in a steam room or sauna. The men receive massage rubdowns.
Part of a series of films about the history of aviation in the United States.Retired United States Air Force Brigadier General Frank P. Lahm is seen speaking about his aviation pioneering days, when Orville Wright taught him and Frederick E. Humphreys of Army Engineers (both Lieutenants at the time) how to fly the Wright Flyer airplane. Views of a Wright Flyer maneuvering in the air above Fort Myer, Virginia. Somewhat later, two are seen in flight at Fort Myer. An early Curtiss airplane.is maneuvered on the ground to face away from the camera. Russian, Igor Sikorsky in an early rear propeller airplane. Igor Sikorsky at a desk in a modern engineering office. Sketch of a helicopter on drawing board behind him. He talks about the early days of experimental flight in 1909 and 1910. View of Louis Bleriot sitting in the open cockpit of his airplane, and then of him flying overhead in his famous flight across the English Channel. Obeservers watching his progress through binoculars and a telescope. Sikorsky standing next to his first helicopter (which didn't fly).
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