The United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt (CV-42) in the Pacific Ocean. Captain HB Felt watches flight deck operations on board Franklin D Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier. A Lieutenant Commander talks to him, another officer with them on the bridge of the ship. A pilot just recovered from water, comes out of a helicopter on the flight deck. A member of medical staff and other men on the flight deck.
REFORGER 77 (Return of Forces to Germany). United States C-130 aircraft in flight, Germany. Plane flies at a low altitude as a parachute opens up at its tail. M-551 Sheridan tank extracts the parachutes from the aircraft and the plane takes off for a higher altitude.
British Royal Navy practice carrier operations aboard the United States aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVA-36) in 1953. A Supermarine Attacker F1 aircraft lands on angled deck of the Antietam employing arresting gear. Several British Royal Navy Hawker Seahawk aircraft make repeated touch and go landings (10) on the Antietam. The last Seahawk plane makes an arrested landing.
British Royal Navy flight operations aboard United States aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVA-36) in 1953, A Royal Navy Hawker Seahawk aircraft makes a low pass over the angled flight deck on the Antietam. Next are seen a succession of successful arrested landings by six Seahawk aircraft. The last one taxis after being released from arresting gear.
President Franklin D Roosevelt delivers a fireside speech from inside the White House in Washington DC, United States. During the speech he expresses concern over the national emergency and the need to defend the freedom of American republics. He expresses concern over the European War turning into a World War (World War II) and the increasing threat to countries in the American hemisphere. He condemns Adolf Hitler's policies and stresses upon the need to check Nazi German expansion to the west. He says that the only way to stop Adolf Hitler is to prevent him from gaining control of the seas. Toward this end he stresses the need to speed up the ship building program.
President Franklin D Roosevelt during the Rearmament speech before the Congress in Washington DC, United States emphasizes upon the need to increase airplane production to 50,000 planes a year. He also emphasizes upon the need to increase production of tanks, antiaircraft guns and ammunition. He urges the Congress to allow appropriating a sum of 896 million American dollars for the purpose of increasing armament production.
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