Midshipman William J. Kane being instructed about duties of signalmen by Harold Albritton,a signalmen on board a United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard. Kane looks on as signalmen puts a cover on signal light. Two signalmen take out signal flags from a bag and the hoist being hauled down. Signal man instructs Kane on use of a long glass. A Pilot Landing Aid Television System (PLAT) shows A-4E aircraft taking off on board Bon Home Richard.
U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) being launched from deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in 1966. F-4B on catapult. F-4B launched. Steam rolls down catapult track. Blast fence lowered. Another F-4B taxis onto catapult. Personnel in background. F-4B being launched with after burners. Signal man in dungarees sending message on signal light. F-4B making recovery. F-4B on deck after recovery. Signal man sending message on signal light from rim of signal bridge. Red shirts wheeling bombs under aircraft. Activity on flight deck. Group of red shirted men. Island seen in far background. A-4C aircraft of Heavy Attack Squadron Four (VAH-4), Carrier Wing Five (CVW-5), taxiing over deck. Tow bars stacked. A-4C on deck. Tractor moves by. Aircraft being launched. Men leaving deck. Switch to the personnel on catapult. Steam rolling down the track. Green shirted men and red shirted men watch aircraft recover. Aircraft zips into the scene. F-4B's being lowered on deck edge elevator. Personnel and aircraft on flight deck.
K D Munro working in emergency generator room 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.
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