F-104A Starfighter in hangar at Palmdale airport in California. The press people seated inside a hangar. A sign reads 'Behind This Drape is The "Hottest" Shape in U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Starfighter F-104A'. Press and dignitaries seated look at it and clap. Curtain drawn up. A sign is hung in front of the curtain as they draw up. F-104A on stage. Several shots of a row lights across the back of the roof is used to illuminate the aircraft. A man with microphone walks towards the pilot tube. A man with microphone stands next to the F-104A and speaks making gestures. The press and dignitaries seated. Large drapes on either side of the gallery.
Occupation of Marbache Sector by U.S. Second Division in France during World War I. A soldier looks through binoculars from an observation posts in Pont-a-Mousson. A Japanese officer confers with U.S. General Albert Jesse Bowley in Marbache. The Japanese officer, General Bowley and a French officer seated on a bench. They visit Marine General Wendell Cushing Neville in Dieulouard and inspect 17th Field Artillery batteries.
U.S. Navy Documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A sign reads 'US Naval Communications'. Women work in a room on typewriters. TBF Avengers, F6F Hellcats, A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers fly out towards the carrier. Aircraft in flight with insignia of the United States. A ship 'The Fighting Lady' underway. Crewmen stand on the deck. A plane lands on the deck. Planes in flight in background. Wire barriers on the deck in case the plane fails to land on the resting gear. A landing signal officer on the deck. The plane lands on the ship's deck. People stand on the deck. The planes are to be rearranged for a take off. The skipper of the ship stands on the deck. The crew stand on the deck. The skipper reproofs the flight deck. He asks the deck crew to arrange the planes properly. A diagram of the carrier and an account of the hangar deck. A structure on the mid ship.
U.S. Department of Agriculture documentary depicts how rural America used machines to achieve production at a terrible cost to the land and people including erosion and poverty. The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains. Top soil is blown away in a storm. Barren land. Soil washed into the Arkansas River. Layers of soil in the river. Wasted land and rivers due to sheet erosion. Soil destruction, barren land and farms. Texas: A town called "Go Forth" or "Goforth" founded by cotton farmers long ago. Abandoned houses, damaged roads, and unemployed desperate farmers are seen. Emaciated cows search for food. On the edge of the town, migrant landless farmers sit by a fire near a car. Rains and water erode the soil. A sign in a barren eroded patch reads 'Abernathy Furniture Co.'. The wind blows away the top soil.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The U.S. Air Force 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at the Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. A red truck parked in a shed. U.S. Air Force airmen stand near a military jeep. An Airman First Class seated as he works on something. Another airman looks on. Airmen enter a building, a van parked outside. 'Billeting Office' painted outside. Military trucks pass by trailers. A sign between sand bags reads 'Aerospace Audio Visual Services'. Airmen approach and enter the 35th TAC Dispensary. The Dispensary sign on a pole. An airman enters and closes the door behind him. Another airman seated outside. Signs for 'General Practice Clinic', 'Dental Services Sick Call', and 'Medical Surgical Nursing Unit' stating the respective timings. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen at the Binh Thuy Air Base near the city of Can Tho in Vietnam. U.S. aircraft taxis and turns on the runway. A sandbag bunker. An aircraft passes overhead. An airman works on the engine of a U.S. aircraft parked on the runway. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota parked in the background. Airmen near a sandbag bunker. A sign behind them reads: '22nd TASS Flight Line Maint.' A Tech sergeant talks on the radio. Airmen including Airmen Second Class and Airmen First Class look on. A fire extinguisher on the road. A barrack in the background. Vietnamese Air Force Fin Flash flag on a pole. The fluttering flag. A sign reads: 'Khong Boan 74 - 74th Wing Headquarters'. (Vietnam War period).
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