Several A-6As in formation. Grumman A-6A Intruder aircrafft in flight over the Gulf of Tonkin. Aircraft number 504 is seen at close range. Two A-6As in formation, one banking.
D F Traeger, SN sitting at desk in personnel office of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), removing and replacing some paper from personnel records. Traeger inserts some papers into typewriter. Face of Traeger. Man types entries into personnel record. Traeger after completing one personnel record begins on another. He opens it up, removes some papers. Two stacks of personnel records at right side of desk. Paperwork is inserted into typewriter for entry. Traeger inserting some paper from personnel records into typewriter. Small entry is made on paper. Looking down over the top of typewriter. Entries are made on personnel record sheet. Typing on typewriter and made entries on personnel record sheet.
M Kadrlik taking meter readings for generator in one of ship's spaces aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin, Yankee Station. Entries are made on log sheet on small desk. Chief is standing before. Chief's hand shown moving dial for checking the cylinder head temperature. Dial on panel of air pressure gauze. One dial between two others in lower position on panel. Large dial for lubricant oil from engine. Temperature of lubricant oil from engine. Chief's face as he checks gauzes. Chief writes down information. Chief taking meter readings for emergency generator.
O M Fraser working in emergency generator room aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Fraser standing before desk makes some adjustments on dial at left of the high panel. Black dial being changed, dial is moved back to zero. Head of Fraser while checking various gauzes in the generator room. One of the gauzes showing red and black needle. Fahrenheit gauze with lubricant oil from engine. Fraser checking gauzes. He looks upward. He changes one of the dials.
K D Munro working in emergency generator room of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Aircraft Carrier of the U.S. Navy, checking gauzes faces panels with various gauzes. Munro checking gauzes, writing down information. Knob on dial being changed. Hand moves in and out of scene to check temperatures. Face of Munro while checking dials and gauzes. Gauzes showing black and white needle. Gauze with black and white needle somewhat apart. Fahrenheit with lubricant oil from engine. Panel board containing seven gauzes, varied sizes. Looking down over hand of Munro as he writes information into a log sheet. General view of flight deck area, showing a DC firefighting crew. Pouring water on the plane. Some planes burning in the background. Fire is now contained on the after part of the flight deck. DD is alongside. Port side aft assisting the deck crew in fighting the fire. Large amount of smoke still rises from the flight deck area in the background at port side. Tilly crane is seen moving across the deck, comes to a stop. UH-2A aircraft on deck. SH-3A helicopter coming in for a landing. It touches down. Men running to the side of the helicopter. Firefighters fighting the fire. Large group of mixed aircraft parked in the safety area. DC crews, attempting to put out the fire along the aircraft on the after part of the flight deck. Several view of CH-2A and SH-3A and CH-53A helicopters touching down on the flight deck. Large groups of men running up to the helicopters.
Flight deck gas crewman pulls gas hose on board United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin. He gases one of the aircrafts. Midshipman 1st class Robert S. Schreiber under the guidance of Lollyd E. Webber observes refueling operation. The two of them chat as gas crewman gases a fuel tank under the wing of an aircraft. Schreiber being instructed on gas fuel pumps by Lollyd. Midshipman and Lollyd under A-4E aircraft as it gets refueled.