United States Navy carrier underway in the China Sea during World War II. Planes on the deck of a carrier and one of them takes off. Japanese planes and installations on ground strafe. A Japanese ship strafes and burns. Plane lands back on the carrier.
Highlights the importance of weather forecast to inform people against the danger of natural hazards like storms and floods. A man rows a boat through a flooded area.
A newly developed Allied weapon airboat underway in water, Vietnam. Driven by airplane propellers it can operate on only four inches of water. Vietnamese soldiers on board the airboat.
' Up in flames' about the history of fire fighting forests. Men cut tree in a forest in United States. Forests being burned to clear away the land for farming. A massive forest fire storm is shown. Smoke rises from the remains after the fire. Men clearing the land. Cleared up piece of land.
"Operation Firestop" at Camp Pendleton, California. A helicopter lands and personnel board the helicopter. Helicopter in flight. Helicopter hovers near fire truck as pilot picks up an end of a hose and unreels it, laying it out over a hillside. Accordian-folded cotton hose uncoiled from a tray below a helicopter, as firefighter holds the hose. Fire retarding chemicals being tested by rotating treated materials through flames, in a laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Field testing by spraying fire retardants on a grass field at Camp Pendleton, and then observing their efficacy when the field is set afire. Large group of firefighters on hill, participating in "Operation Firestop," watch a helicopter flying below them during tests. A truck laden with bags of chemicals, makes its way up a hill through brush.
United Nation troops retreat during the Korean War. UN forces comprising of the British and American soldiers retreat south wards in Korea as a result of Chinese aggression, Soldiers loaded in military trucks as they cross a bridge. Displaced Korean civilians in a barge, on rail road tracks and along the roads. In Washington D.C., United States British Prime Minister Clement Attlee meets United States President Harry S. Truman. United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson also attends the meeting. Prime Minister Attlee during his address before the National Press Club emphasizes on resisting the aggression by the Red China. He also affirms the firm faith of the two countries in the principle of Rule of Law.
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