United States wins table tennis mixed doubles title in Tokyo, Japan. Ivan Adrian of Czechoslovakia and Anna Haydon of England compete against U.S. team consisting Ervin Kline of Los Angeles and Lia Neuburger of New York. Spectators watch the match. U.S. team wins the final point and the championship. Winners pose.
Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) exercise in Panzing, Germany. Mobile bridge Armored Vehicle Launch Bridge (AVLB) opens at riverbank and span over river. U.S. M-60 tanks and M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APCs) cross a bridge. Ambulance crosses the tank. Tanks fired and explosion on ground. Friendly forces in defensive position. Troops run and board U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters. Helicopter takes off. M-113 APCs cross armored vehicle launch bridge.
Loading of the USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in San Diego, California. U.S. Navy Chance Vought F4Us Corsair fighter aircraft loaded on the ship. A truck on the dock. Families of the sailors stand on dock. Forward section of the ship. Men on deck remove lines. Brow being removed. Superstructure of the ship. Crane on the deck. Ship underway.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. Signal crew stand with flags as U.S. Navy Grumman S2F tracker aircraft fly by from flight deck of ship. Rear Admiral Smith and Captain Bowen at a flag plot. They plot out a chart. Captain L.W. Williams, Captain of Valley Forge seated in his chair on the bridge. Another officer hands him papers. Captain Smith sits on bridge and review flight operations.
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129) in flight over New York. Manhattan Island and New York City skyline seen below. Skyscrapers like Empire State Building visible. Hindenburg airship flies over New Jersey. Identification "D-LZ129" painted on its side. Swastika on tail of airship. Zeppelin arrives at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst ,New Jersey. Zepelin discharges liquid ballast. Docking crew (primarily U.S. sailors) awaits on the ground. Landing lines are dropped. Large number of ground crew grab the lines. Hindenburg crashes engulfed in flames. Crew members rush to the burning zeppelin and help survivors emerging from the airship cabin. Smoke rises due to fire. Burning skeleton of zeppelin is seen.
Aerial views of the wreckage of German Zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) that crashed and burned while attempting to land at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Ambulances and other vehicles. Navy inspection board members walk around the zeppelin. Remains of the airship lying on ground. Ambassador of Germany Hans Luther walks down stairs and poses. Injured passenger being put into ambulances and transported From Lakehurst to major hospitals in New York City. Unharmed crew members at officer's mess of Naval station. Youngest crew member,13 year old Werner Franz, cabin boy on the Hindenburg, poses. U.S. Navy Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, head of the Naval Station being questioned by official from investigating committee of Bureau of Air Commerce Board. Inspection committee members seated.
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