The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Soviet Navy. Ships underway in the Caspian Sea, during World War 2. The Soviet flag flutters in air. Artillery guns aboard a ship. Sailors watch through binoculars. A ship underway. A Soviet fleet underway.
U.S. Navy Admiral and Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Albert Burke visits Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Mediterranean Sea. Arleigh Albert Burke being hi-lined from Forrest Sherman class destroyer USS Bigelow DD-942 to USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). The Admiral is lowered over sponson deck. Burke climbs from a bos'n's chair and walks into the hangar bay. Burke and Rear Admiral Sotherland walk from an island across the flight deck. Vice Admiral Estrom walks across the flight deck toward Burke. Commander Carrier Division Two (ComCarDiv 2), Estrom, Sotherland and Burke watch an air show from the flight deck. USS FDR crew on the light deck. Men taking official and candid shots.
The 94th and 95th Aero Squadrons of the United States Army Air Service First Pursuit Group, at Épiez Aerodrome in Épiez-sur-Meuse France, during World War 1. Fabric curtains of a large aircraft hangar being pulled back as several ground crewmen roll a Nieuport 28c.1, of the 95th Aero Squadron, out of the hangar. Other Nieuport airplanes of the 95th Squadron, are in lined up in front of the hangar. The squadron's identifying black and white circular stripes seen on their aircraft cowlings. Scene shifts to ground crewmen working on a row of parked SPAD S.XIII aircraft of the 94th Aero Squadron. "Hat in Ring" insignia of the 94th Squadron is painted on the sides of all aircraft. American ground crewmen hold the wings of 94th Squadron Nieuport 28c.1 #18 with its engine running. Wheel chocks are pulled from under the wheels. The aircraft turns and starts taxiing.
United States Army Air Service 94th Fighter Squadron near Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselie, France, April 30, 1918, during World War 1. Captain Ken Marr standing beside the cockpit of #12 Nieuport 28c.1 airplane. He starts walking. "Hat in Ring" insignia seen on the side of the airplane. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker standing beside "Hat in Ring" insignia on side of Nieuport 28c.1. Others photographed individually at various times, posing by airplanes all displaying their "Hat in Ring" insignia, include: Lieutenant Allan F. Winslow; Captain J. A. Meissner; Captain D. M. Peterson; Captain J.N.Hall; 1st Lieutenant Douglas Campbell; and Captain Ken Marr.
Training of U.S. Army Air Force gunners in the United States. United States aerial gunners do physical exercise. The gunners are blind folded. They disassemble and reassemble weapons. A gunner boards an airplane with a gun. The gun is equipped with a camera. Airplanes in flight showing aerial combat.
A United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft takes off from China during World War II. The B-29 Superfortress aircraft taxis and takes off from a runway. The aircraft in flight over mountains. Engineers of the Chinese Army construct landing strips.
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