King Faisal II of Iraq, and Prince Abdul-Ilah, visiting the USS Oriskany (CV-34) in the United States. The King and Vice Admiral Harold M. Martin, Commander Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, look at U.S. Navy carrier-based F9F Panther, jet fighter aircraft, on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. (Prince Abdul-Ilah is briefly seen, as well.) The King talks to a pilot, Lt. John L. Stiles. F9F aircraft of VF-103, and sailors in the background. Lt. Stiles climbs into cockpit of an F9F. The King looks at Lt. Stiles in the cockpit. Lt. Stiles puts on flight helmet and looks out of the cockpit, talking to King Faisal II. Iraqi National Flag displayed on the ship's island. Sailors and pilots, including Lt. Stiles, on the deck. Prince Abdul-Ilah conversing with Admiral Martin in background. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah on the bridge of the Oriskany. The King looks through a telescope while, below, on the flight deck, a F9F Panther of Fighter Squadron VF-781 taxis past. Several U.S. Marines in dress uniform stand on deck as a helicopter lands. A sailor with a motion picture camera joins them. King Faisal II walks, with Admiral Martin and another Admiral, across the deck. He carries a small motion picture camera and wears a white covering on his head. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah, on the bridge. Officers crowd around, obscuring the King, as they observe a demonstration. Explosion and bullet splashes are seen in water behind the ship.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island, Philippines during World War II. Leyte beach in the Philippines. Soldiers unload supplies and equipment from an LST (Landing Ship Tank). A fuel truck hauls a trailer on the beach. Men in a well bail out surface water. The soldiers gather around the new well site. A tractor hauls a fuel truck along the beach. The wheels of the tractor. The soldiers weld holes in oil drums for showers. A welder welds a drum. A soldier fits pipes into the well. The soldiers work on a pipe in the shower well. A latrine tent. Trucks in a motor pool. A scraper on the beach. The soldiers unload equipment from a landing craft onto a truck. They use a crane for carrying supplies. A ship convoy and the landing craft underway at sea.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II . Soldiers put up tents on the beach. Palm trees in the background. The soldiers drive a U.S. tank on the beach. Tents in the background. A completed tent and mess equipment in side the tent. A loaded truck pulls out of an LST ( Landing Ship Tank ). A truck enters the camp site. A grader levels a part of the beach. A ship convoy anchored in a distance. A crane unloads equipment and supplies from the LST onto the truck. The truck pulls away and drives along a muddy road.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at Squadron Area on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force aircraft in flight. Soldiers load packed boxes on a truck in the Squadron Area. The soldiers burn trash. They take off the roof of a mess hall. Bundles of tents being loaded on a truck. Trucks pulls out. Insignia of the United States. The soldiers stand in a group. A soldier with a bird on his head. Tents in the background. A pile of packed equipment kept in the Squadron Area. Men work on details of packing.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A target placer moves a target about as directed by a U.S. gunner. A gunner looks down wooden tracks at a model aircraft mounted on a tripod. The tripod moves directly towards the gunner. The gunner fires at the model aircraft. An entrance to the headquarters. 'Photographic Laboratory' sign on a doorway. An airman walks to the door and stops. He removes a film magazine from a stimulated 30 caliber gun camera. He hands the film magazine to a U.S. officer and salutes. The officer enters a building. Finished prints hanging and drying in the laboratory. A soldier carries a print over to an Evaluation Officer. The soldier checks the finished print for hits upon the same from the gunnery practice.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. An instructor and a student in prone positions on the ground fire 30 caliber Lewis Machine Guns at unseen targets. U.S. officers stand around a gunnery test platform. Two U.S. pilots get on the platform. Two 30 caliber Lewis Machine Guns mounted on the platform. The two pilots demonstrate in a twin gunner compartment mock up and a crowd looks on.
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