Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Men prepare for the launch of a balloon. A building in the area. The balloon is hoisted with a crane. Men standing near a gondola. The gondola is hoisted with the crane.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. A band of metal lathes and concrete walls which formed a machine shop on the ground. The band of lathes and the collapsed wall. Overturned lathes. Metal lathes with fractured bases and uprooted footings. A line of displaced lathes. Over bolts and anchor bolts which were pulled from concrete walls. An electric motor which apparently formed the motor power for the overhead belt drive running the lathes has been torn loose from its concrete bed. Heavy machinery in the corner of the workshop and another piece of overturned on side. Two damaged heavy milling machines- one Japanese made and the other American made. American milling machine trade mark. Damage inflicted upon metal housing of a milling machine by blast. An air raid shelter covered with earth. The entrance of the air raid shelter.
A film about training of a USAF officer student attending Squadron Officer School at the Air University on Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, United States. Small group of USAF officers in a classroom. An instructor explains the way to solve problems. A student leads the group discussion. A USAF officer with a counselor seated at a desk talk to each other. USAF officers read in a library and book store. Small group of USAF officers in classroom learning to speak before a group. USAF officers in quarters type and make corrections on a report.
A film about training of a USAF officer student attending Squadron Officer School at the Air University on Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, United States. USAF officers seated with wives. Officers and wives at a dance.
U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base (Korat RTAFB) in Thailand. Night scenes of President Johnson pinning DFCs (Distinguished Flying Crosses) on Major Myron L. Savage, Major Winiford L. Bazzell, Major James R. Bassett, Major Lloyd W. Boothby and Lt. George H. McKinney, Jr.. The President speaks from a podium. The Presidential Seal on a lectern. Royal Thai Air Force personnel listen and applaud.
A film based on mission of USS Hornet (CV-8) in Pacific Ocean during World War II. On 18th April, 1942 USS Hornet CV-8 underway with 16 U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers parked on flight deck to carry out Doolittle Raid on Japan. U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, leader of the raiding force, wires a Japanese medal to a 500-pound bomb, during ceremonies on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). The B-25s are prepared for take off. The B-25s take off from flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). USN (United States Navy) Fleet Admiral William Halsey on the deck of USS Hornet (CV-8) looks up at B-25 in flight.
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