Film shows test of SOC (Strategic Air Command) T.171/ A-5 Turret. View of Administration Building at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Project officer converses with Airmen. The Project officer signs paper. Airmen salute and leave the room. Board reads MacDill Air Force Base Home of Sixth Air Division. Another board reads 306th Bomb Wing, Headquarters with a crest. Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber parked on ground. Airmen install turret to Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber's tail. Airmen check radar unit of A-5 control system against ground target. Airmen load Gatling gun.
Pilot embarks SOC seaplane. The Aircraft catapults from deck of USS Honolulu. Shells hit Peleliu Island, Palau. Smoke rises from the Island. Admiral Ainsworth on bridge. Captain Ray Thruber signs a document.
U.S. Naval bombardment of Peleliu island in Palau, Pacific ocean, during World War 2. A scout and observation (SOC) Seagull floatplane is catapulted from the heavy cruiser, USS Portland, CA-33.
During U.S. Navy maneuvers just prior to U.S. entry into World War 2, Curtiss SOC Seagull scout observation biplane aircraft are seen being catapulted from USS Boise (CL-47). The crew of USS Boise, in dress whites, watches from her stern as one of her Seagull planes lands in the "slick" behind the ship. Bow view of USS Tennessee (BB-43) followed by USS Portland (CA-33), both wearing MS-1 Camouflage, plowing though the sea. Vought OS2U kingfisher seaplanes are seen on USS Maryland (BB-46). A pilot signals "OK" and his Kingfisher plane is catapulted from USS Maryland. An officer and sailor signal with flags, as another Kingfisher is catapulted. A Kingfisher flies over several ships and then lands in the "slick" behind its battleship. The plane taxis along starboard side of the ship and then is hoisted aboard.
U.S. ships of Task Force 16 underway in the Pacific Ocean carrying the Doolittle Raid crews of World War 2. The bow of the USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, as it goes through heavy seas. Water breaking over the bow. Various ships of a task force on the horizon. The bow of the same cruiser receives another breaker. The camouflaged Gleaves-class destroyer USS Meredith (DD-434) seen off the starboard of CA-25. A signalman raises flags. He sends blinker signals to carriers. A single stack destroyer of the Benham Class comes up alongside the cruiser. The task Force including USS Enterprise, USS Hornet, destroyers and two tankers underway. Aviation detail on the well-deck preparing to catapult a U.S. Navy SOC Seagull aircraft. The SOC aircraft is catapulted. A signalman sends a semaphore message. Signal flags on the ship. Several SOC scout planes are launched.
A film about missile launches in the United States. The American flag at half mast. Troops assembled on a ramp and Brigadier General Harry J. Sands Jr. Vice Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) speaks at the memorial services for the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy on 25th November, 1963. The night launch of an Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP) satellite, test no. 6900, using a Delta launch vehicle on 27th November, 1963. The launch of a Centaur II, test no. 5175 on 27th November, 1963. A map of Cape with new name Cape Kennedy.