United States Secretary of Navy inspects 7th Fleet in the Pacific Ocean. United States Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas drinks coffee with 1st Class Navy officers at PO's ( Petty Officer) mess on board the United States ship St. Paul. He speaks to a 1st Class officer after the inspection.
United States Secretary of Navy inspects 7th Fleet in the Pacific Ocean. The Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas along with U.S. Navy Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll and Admiral Alfred M. Pride on the deck of the Cruiser USS St. Paul (CA-73). Marine guard salutes them. A sailor helps Secretary Thomas to put on a Mae West. The Secretary shakes hands with the two Admirals. There are several sequences of Thomas boarding U.S. Navy HUP-2 helicopters. Helicopter Number 15 is seen on the USS Bennington (CVA-20) preparing to to take him to the St. Paul. Later, he is seen boarding the St. Paul's helicopter number 9 which is to take him back to the Bennington.
United States Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas in Korea during the inspection of U.S. Navy 7th Fleet. United States R6D aircraft taxis along an airstrip after landing in Korea. Charles Thomas gets off the plane and is greeted by officers of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Secretary Thomas and a Commander stand next to the aircraft. Thomas with his hat on his heart. The officer salutes as honors are being rendered to Thomas. Three saluting batteries being fired to welcome Secretary Thomas at the air station.
United States Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas during inspection of U.S. Navy 7th fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Plane director on the deck of a United States ship Bennington as he signals to the helicopter. A ship underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Korea. Aircraft lined up on deck of the ship. Men move towards the stern of the United States ship St. Paul. A sailor helps Secretary Thomas with a Mae West on the deck of the ship. Sailors salute the Secretary. Secretary Thomas boards HUP-2 helicopter and it lifts off.
World War II scenes of German Stuka dive bombers in operation. U.S. B-25 bomber in flight, and views of firestorms from Allied incendiary bombing of Axis targets. Scenes of the "Operation Firestop" project in 1954-55, in California. U.S. Forest Service and other agencies cooperate in a one-year project headquartered at Camp Pendleton, California. Aerial views of Camp Pendleton area, in Southern California. A modified Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber in flight discharges water from its torpedo bays. Men installing fabric water container into the bomb bay of the TBM. The aircraft seen in low level pass, dropping water contents onto field. Cropduster pilot Floyd Nolta, seen flying his Stearman biplane over California landscape, and then taxiing in to park, after landing. On the ground, we see how he modified his airplane to release water from a hopper in its bottom. On August 13, Vance Nolta flies the Stearman on multiple sorties, dropping water on a fire in the Mendecino Forest. Nolta filling his water tank from a hose at Willow Airport, and dropping water from the air, above the fire. View at Willow Airport, of 7 Stearman and N3N airplanes modified for aerial firefighting. Views of these aircraft dropping chemically treated water from the air. TBM aircraft equipped with 400 gallon tanks drop water from the air. PBY flying boat seen in flight. A B-26 bomber passing low and dropping chemically treated water. A Navy Mars flying boat passing overhead as it drops water from a 7000 gallon tank.
The first Cold War era USSR two-stage hydrogen bomb, the RDS-37, detonates at the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site. Multiple thin mushroom clouds form before a larger, thicker ring-shaped cloud forms in dark red sky.