Historic scenes of early aircraft carrier development. Biplanes taking off and landing on the USS langley (CV-1). The launching of the USS Lexington (CV-2). View on flight deck of the Lexington. The carrier underway. Antiaircraft guns on the ship. View, from a ship, of the USS Lexington and a battleship in the distance. Closeup of the USS Langley (CV-1). Crew boarding the USS Hornet prior to her commissioning just before World War 2. View from Hornet's forward elevator as it rises from hangar deck up to flight deck. Entire ship's company, officers, sailors, and marine detachment, on deck in dress uniforms on flight deck during Hornet's commissioning ceremony in October, 1941. Sailors on shore wave as the USS Hornet leaves the harbor. Brief view of American carriers Lexington, Ranger, Yorktown, and Enterprise in line ahead in 1940, followed by view of Lexington.
An American soldier uses a mine detector while "protected" by another armed soldier, during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. An area at the side of a road is cordoned off with triangular flags warning of mines.
View of muddy river from a Command and Communications boat of the Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) moving in the Song Ba Lai - West region in Vietnam. As it rounds a bend in the river, several other boats from the unit are seen ahead including Armored Troop Carriers and monitors underway. One monitor, maneuvers close to shore past the camera boat. it is followed by two Armored Troop Carriers. Change of scene, shows another Command and Communications boat passing the camera boat in the opposite direction.
Opening scene shows a Navy anti-submarine warfare SH-3A helicopter, of ASM Squadron HS-11, from Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 52 (CVSG-52) on the Carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18). It is filmed from another nearby helicopter as it executes a "dippiing sonar" procedure during fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea. .It is seen lowering an ASW tranducer, into the water by means of a cable. The helicopter remains in a hover throughout the sequence, with the sonor buoy deployed.
Gun fired from a boat. Shell strikes near opposite shore. Wounded Russian White Guards carried on stretchers, being loaded on boats at the beach, for evacuation. A doctor in white coat and medical hat accompanies them. Boats loaded with evacuating White Guards, head for Vladivostok harbor, where they pull up beside a large steamship. American troops lined up on wharf. Large American flag flying from docked American warship. Officers inspect American troops readying for departure. Troops are loaded aboard launch flying American flag, and depart from the wharf. The American warship is seen steaming out of the harbor.
View of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. View of the George Washington Bridge, and automobiles at its toll plaza (e.g. 1948 Lincoln). Elevated views and aerial views as car traffic moves on New Jersey and Manhattan parkways. Street sign pointing to the 'Queens Midtown tunnel.' Trucks and cars headed toward the tunnel. Traffic entering and leaving the Lincoln Tunnel, including a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer truck. Manhattan commercial markets, where trucks deliver various food supplies. Men unloading the fresh food boxes on busy streets of New York City. Fresh fish is poured into baskets outside the Geo F. Fish market. The food items are supplied to central markets and the grocery stores.
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